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Erastria
Sign in to saveErastria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae, found primarily in tropical and subtropical climates in Africa and Asia. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1813.
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Vinony's link graph records 7 inbound references to Erastria, and connects out to Geometridae, Animalia and insect.
It is catalogued under the topic Caberini.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Silver barred
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGeometridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- Family
- Geometridae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, FMNH, USNM, UMNH, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Russia, United States, Canada, Germany, Cameroon, Japan
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geometridae
- Image
- Erastria decrepitaria.jpg
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- taxon name
- Erastria
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Erastria
- Commons category
- Erastria
- taxon common name
- polówka
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
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Erastria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae, found primarily in tropical and subtropical climates in Africa and Asia. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1813.
==Description== Palpi upturned, reaching above vertex of head, where the second joint clothed with long hair below, and third joint prominent. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax roughly scaled but tuftless. Abdomen with strong dorsal tufts, and shorter than the hindwings. Forewings with long and narrow areole. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from cell. Legs naked. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.
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