Timandra (moth)

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Timandra
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The blood-vein moth, Timandra comae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Timandrini
Genus: Timandra
Duponchel, 1829
Synonyms
  • BradyepetesStephens, 1831
  • BradypetesAgassiz, 1847

Timandra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1829.

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Taxonomy

Timandra was raised by Duponchel and is taken from Greek mythology and is named after the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda. [1]

Description

Palpi not reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male bipectinate (comb like on both sides). Apex simple. Hind tibia of male with two spur pairs. Forewings with acute and produced apex. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars. Veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Vein 10 anastomosing (fusing) with veins 8 and 9 to form the areole. Hindwings with produced outer margin to a point at vein 4, veins 6 and 7 from angle of cell. [2]

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Emmet, A Maitland (1991). The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their history and meaning. Colchestr: Harley Books. p. 163. ISBN   0 946589 35 6.
  2. ↑ 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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