Eumelea
Sign in to saveEumelea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841. Species are confined to Austro-Malayan subregions and throughout China, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Eumelea, and connects out to Geometridae, India and China.
Vinony files it under Desmobathrinae and Taxa named by John O. Westwood.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- Family
- Geometridae
- Collections
- DMNS, USNM, GMNH, NHMUK, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Indonesia
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- Parent taxon
- Geometridae
- Image
- Eumelea rosalia (Geometridae Oenochrominae).jpg
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Eumelea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841. Species are confined to Austro-Malayan subregions and throughout China, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
==Description== Palpi upturned, the second joint thickly scaled and third joint porrect (extended forward) and naked. Antennae very long and slender. Legs long and slender. Hind tibia fringed with hair. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12 and then with vein 10. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. Vein 6, 7 stalked.
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