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Luxiaria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyGeometridae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
9
Family
Geometridae
Collections
DMNS
Recorded in
Indonesia

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Luxiaria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860.

==Description== Palpi obliquely porrect (extending forward), where the second joint roughly scaled. Antennae minutely ciliated. Hind tibia of male dilated and with a longitudinal fold containing a ridge of silken hair. Forewings produced and somewhat acute at apex. Vein 3 from angle of cell and veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked, from upper angle. Vein 10 absent and vein 11 free.

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