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Gymnoscelis
Sign in to saveGymnoscelis, the pugs, is a large genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Paul Mabille in 1868.
Species
Double-striped Pug
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGeometridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Geometridae
- Collections
- USNM, MNHN, BPBM
- Recorded in
- United States, Philippines
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geometridae
- Image
- Geometridae-Chloroclystis derasata-14mm.jpg
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Gymnoscelis, the pugs, is a large genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Paul Mabille in 1868.
==Description== Palpi porrect (extending forward), where the second joint clothed with hair and reaching beyond the frontal tuft. Third joint prominent. Antennae of male ciliated. Hind tibia with a terminal spur pair, and rarely with a very minute medial pair. Abdomen with slight dorsal crests. Forewings with vein 3 from close to angle of cell. Vein 5 from middle of discocellulars and vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 10 and 11 stalked, and vein 10 anastomosing (fusing) with veins 7 to 9 to form areole. Vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12 as well. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell and vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 8 anastomosing with vein 7 to beyond middle of cell.
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