Selenia (moth)
''Selenia'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metro ... erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. In 1999, there were about twenty-four species in the genus. Species *'' Selenia alciphearia'' Walker, 1860 - brown-tipped thorn, northern selenia *'' Selenia cacocore'' Dyar, 1918 *'' Selenia dentaria'' (Fabricius, 1775) - early thorn *'' Selenia eucore'' Dyar, 1918 *'' Selenia gynaecon'' Dyar, 1918 *'' Selenia kentaria'' (Grote & Robinson, 1867) - Kent's geometer *'' Selenia lunularia'' (Hübner, 1788) - lunar thorn *'' Selenia sordida'' (Leech, 1897) *'' Selenia tetralunaria'' (Hufnagel, 1767) - purple thorn References Ennomini Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Ennominae-stub ...
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Selenia Lunularia
''Selenia lunularia'', the lunar thorn, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Europe except Iberia and Greece; also in Asia Minor, Armenia, SiberiaIssyk-Kul. The wingspan is 38–44 mm. The length of the forewings is 16–22 mm. Similar to '' Selenia dentaria'' but "Antemedian lines of forewing strongly curved, postmedian almost straight, oblique outwards, median area very much wider posteriorly than anteriorly, wholly or in part dark-shaded.- ab. ''sublunaria'' Steph. is much darker and more purple, almost exactly the colour of some '' tetralunaria'' - ''delunaria'' Hhn. the 2nd generation, is on an average rather smaller and with less irroration, but differs less from the 1st brood than in the other elatedspecies.Prout, L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart. The ground colour of the caterpillar is usually some shade of brown, ranging from greyi ...
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Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. He was one of the first specialists to work on the European Lepidoptera. He described many new species, for example ''Sesia bembeciformis'' and ''Euchloe tagis'', many of them common. He also described many new genus, genera. He was a designer and engraver and from 1786 he worked for three years as a designer and engraver at a cotton factory in Ukraine. There he collected butterflies and moths including descriptions and illustrations of some in ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schmetterlinge'' (1786–1790) along with other new species from the countryside around his home in Augsburg. Hübner's masterwork "Tentamen" was intended as a discussion document. I ...
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Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ...
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Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metron'' "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to measure the earth as they move along in a looping fashion. A very large family, it has around 23,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subfamilies indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, ''Biston betularia'', which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests. Adults Many geometrids have slender abdomens and broad wings which are usually held flat with the hindwings visible. As such, they appear rather butterfly-like, but in most respects they are typical moths; the majority fly at night, they possess a frenulum to link the wings, and th ...
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Selenia Alciphearia
''Selenia alciphearia'', known generally as the northern selenia or brown-tipped thorn, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metro .... It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Selenia alciphearia'' is 6817. References Further reading * External links * Ennominae Articles created by Qbugbot Moths described in 1860 {{ennominae-stub ...
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Selenia Cacocore
Selenia may refer to: * Selenia (company), an Italian electronics company merged into Alenia Aeronautica * ''Selenia'' (moth), a genus of moths * ''Selenia'' (plant), a genus of plants * Selenia, a character from the film ''Arthur and the Invisibles ''Arthur and the Invisibles'' or ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' (French: ''Arthur et les Minimoys'') is a 2006 English-language French fantasy adventure comedy animated/live-action film directed and co-written by French filmmaker Luc Besson. It is ...

Selenia Dentaria
''Selenia dentaria'', the early thorn, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Northern Europe, and across the Palearctic to the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, North Siberia, Russian Far East, Amur and Mongolia. Description The wingspan is 28–40 mm. The wings are scalloped and there are 3 crosslines on the forewings. There is a dark stain at the apex of the forewing. Adults are extremely variable in colour. Distinguished by the less deep excision between the radials of the hindwing, less rich colouring, enlarged costal spots at the origin of the lines, a median area not differentiated in colour from the distal area, transparent discal marks not well developed. The spring form is large, strongly irrorated with fuscous, sometimes more olivaceous.the median and postmedian lines darkened into a band. -ab. ''illunaria'' Esp. is the summer generation, much smaller and much lees irrorated. Sometimes pale, sometimes warmer brown. - ab. ''minima'' Strand is a dwarfed form, so ...
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Selenia Eucore
Selenia may refer to: * Selenia (company), an Italian electronics company merged into Alenia Aeronautica * ''Selenia'' (moth), a genus of moths * ''Selenia'' (plant), a genus of plants * Selenia, a character from the film ''Arthur and the Invisibles ''Arthur and the Invisibles'' or ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' (French: ''Arthur et les Minimoys'') is a 2006 English-language French fantasy adventure comedy animated/live-action film directed and co-written by French filmmaker Luc Besson. It is ...

Selenia Gynaecon
Selenia may refer to: * Selenia (company), an Italian electronics company merged into Alenia Aeronautica * ''Selenia'' (moth), a genus of moths * ''Selenia'' (plant), a genus of plants * Selenia, a character from the film ''Arthur and the Invisibles ''Arthur and the Invisibles'' or ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' (French: ''Arthur et les Minimoys'') is a 2006 English-language French fantasy adventure comedy animated/live-action film directed and co-written by French filmmaker Luc Besson. It is ...

Selenia Kentaria
''Selenia kentaria'', commonly known as Kent's thorn or Kent's geometer, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1867. It is found in eastern and central North America. The wingspan is 32–52 mm. Adults are on wing from March to August. The adults mimic wilted leaves, while the larvae resemble twigs. The larvae feed on several hardwood trees, including ''Betula'' and ''Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, Cherry, cherries, peaches, Peach#Nectarine, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of Sou ...''. External links * * * Ennominae {{Ennominae-stub ...
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Selenia Sordida
Selenia may refer to: * Selenia (company), an Italian electronics company merged into Alenia Aeronautica * ''Selenia'' (moth), a genus of moths * ''Selenia'' (plant), a genus of plants * Selenia, a character from the film ''Arthur and the Invisibles ''Arthur and the Invisibles'' or ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' (French: ''Arthur et les Minimoys'') is a 2006 English-language French fantasy adventure comedy animated/live-action film directed and co-written by French filmmaker Luc Besson. It is ...

Selenia Tetralunaria
The purple thorn (''Selenia tetralunaria'') is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767. It is a species of northern and central Europe. It has a scattered distribution in Britain but is absent from Ireland. This species is dark purplish brown, paler towards the termen, with a dark spot at the apex of the forewing. Both wings are marked with a comma-shaped white mark. The margins of the wings are angular, giving the species a distinctive shape. Two broods are produced each year and they differ considerably in size and colour. Adults of the spring brood, which fly in April and May, have a wingspan of 46–52 mm. Moths of the summer brood, flying in July and August, are smaller (wingspan 44–46 mm) and darker. The caterpillar is reddish brown, mottled with darker brown, and with pale greyish. The species flies at night and is attracted to light. The caterpillar feeds on a variety of trees and shrubs (se ...
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