Piercia
| Piercia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Cataclysmiini |
| Genus: | Piercia Janse, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| Epirrhoe prasinaria Warren, 1901
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| Diversity | |
| Almost 60 species | |
Piercia is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It belongs to subfamily Larentiinae, but therein its relationships are fairly obscure. About 10 species occur in southern and eastern Asia, but most – almost 50 as of 2005 – are found in Africa.[1]
Selected species
[edit]Species of Piercia include:[2]
- Piercia alpinaria Krüger, 2005
- Piercia dryas (Prout, 1915)
- Piercia lichenocosmia Krüger, 2005
- Piercia petraria Krüger, 2005
- Piercia prasinaria (Warren, 1901)
- Piercia smaragdinata (Walker, 1862)
- Piercia cf. smaragdinata 'Janse 1933'[3]
Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]- Krüger, M. (2005): New species of geometrid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 42: 19–45. HTML abstract
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Piercia. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
- Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Piercia. Version of 2009-APR-29. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
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