Scardamia

Scardamia
Scardamia chrysolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Ourapterygini
Genus:	Scardamia Guenée, 1857
Synonyms
LagniaWalker, 1860

Scardamia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi smoothly scaled and not reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male bipectinated. Hind tibia not dilated. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle and veins 10 and 11 stalked, anastomosing with vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and vein 7 from before upper angle. ^[1]

Species

• Scardamia aurantiacaria Bremer, 1864
• Scardamia bractearia (Walker, 1860)
• Scardamia chrysolina Meyrick, 1892 (Australia)
• Scardamia iographa Prout, 1932 (Borneo, Malaysia)
• Scardamia ithyzona Turner, 1919 (Australia)
• Scardamia maculata Warren, 1897 ( Central & E.Africa, Madagascar)
• Scardamia metallaria Guenée, 1858 (India, S.E.Asia, Australia)
• Scardamia nubilicosta L. B. Prout, 1932 (Congo, Nigeria)
• Scardamia obliquaria Leech, 1897
• Scardamian seminigra Prout, 1925
• Scardamia xylosmaria Sato, C.M. Fu & Kawakami, 2011 (Japan)

References

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

• "Taxonomy Browser: Scardamia". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Scardamia Guenée, 1857". Afromoths. Retrieved August 1, 2018.