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Somatina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.

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

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Somatina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.

==Description== The genus is similar to Problepsis, but differs in that the antennae of the male usually being ciliated. Forewings with vein 10 arising from veins 7, 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 11, and then with veins 8 and 9 to form a double areole.

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