Medasina

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Medasina
Medasina (Chorodna) creataria (Geometridae Ennominae Boarmiini).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Medasina

Moore, [1887]

Medasina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index lists it as a junior subjective synonym of Chorodna . Species are distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Description

Palpi upturned and fringed with hair. Antennae of male bipectinate (comb like on both sides) to three-fourths of their length. Abdomen of male clothed with long hair below. Wings with crenulated (scalloped) margin. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle. Vein 10 from cell, sometimes connected with veins 8 and 9. Vein 11 given off from vein 12, which rarely anastomosing with vein 10. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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