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Fascellina
Sign in to saveFascellina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1860.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGeometridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Geometridae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geometridae
- Image
- Fascellina chromataria (26260756944).jpg
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- taxon name
- Fascellina
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- Category:Fascellina
- Commons category
- Fascellina
- has host
- Litsea monopetala
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Fascellina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1860.
==Description== Its eyes are hairy. The palpi are stout and reach the vertex of the head, where the first joint is hairy and the third joint minute. Antennae with cilia and bristles. Abdomen stout. Hind tibia not dilated. Forewings with arched costa towards apex. Vein 3 from close to angle of cell and vein 5 from above middle of discocellulars. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle. Veins 10 and 11 stalked and joined by bars to vein 12 and veins 8, 9. Hindwings with vein 3 from close to angle of cell.
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