Hemithea

Hemithea
	Hemithea aestivaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Geometrinae
Tribe:	Hemitheini
Genus:	Hemithea; Duponchel, 1829
Synonyms
	Chlorochroma Duponchel, 1845; Geometrina Motschulsky, [1861]; Lophocrita Warren, 1894; Mixolophia Warren, 1894;

Hemithea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1829. In 1999 there were about 31 species in the genus.^[1]

Description

Palpi reaching just beyond the frons in male, long in female. Antennae of male usually ciliated. Hind tibia of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on three segments. Forewings with vein 3 from angle of cell. Veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked and vein 11 free. Hindwings with angled outer margin at vein 4. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked.^[2]

Species

Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner, 1789) – common emerald
Hemithea antigrapha Prout, 1917
Hemithea aquamarina Hampson, 1895
Hemithea insularia Guenée, 1857
Hemithea krakenaria Holloway, 1996
Hemithea marina (Butler, 1878)
Hemithea melalopha Prout, 1931
Hemithea neptunaria Holloway, 1996
Hemithea nigriparmata Prout, 1935
Hemithea notospila Prout, 1917
Hemithea obscurata (Warren, 1896)
Hemithea ochrolauta (Warren, 1894)
Hemithea pellucidula (Turner, 1906)
Hemithea poseidonaria Holloway, 1996
Hemithea sequestrata (Prout 1917)
Hemithea subaurata Warren, 1899
Hemithea subflavida Warren, 1896
Hemithea tritonaria (Walker, 1863)
Hemithea undifera (Walker, 1861)
Hemithea viridescentaria (Motschulsky, [1861])
Hemithea wuka (Pagenstecher, 1886)

References

^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Hemithea Duponchel, 1829". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

Savela, Markku. "Hemithea Duponchel, 1829". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
Media related to Hemithea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Hemithea at Wikispecies

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[1] Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Hemithea Duponchel, 1829". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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