Luxiaria
| Luxiaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Luxiaria Walker, 1860 |
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Luxiaria is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.
Description
Palpi obliquely porrect, 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. Fore wings produced and somewhat acute at apex. Vein 3 from angle of cell and veins 7,8,9 stalked, from upper angle. Vein 10 absent and vein 11 free.[1]
Selected species
- Luxiaria amasa (Butler, 1878)
- Luxiaria mitorrhaphes Prout, 1925
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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