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Medasina
Sign in to saveMedasina 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGeometridae
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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.
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