''Colostygia'' is a genus of
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 w ...
s in the family
Geometridae erected by
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 '' ...
in 1825.
Selected species
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Colostygia ablutaria''
(Boisduval, 1840)
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Colostygia aestivalis''
(Dioszeghy, 1930)
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Colostygia albidissima''
(Strand, 1920)
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Colostygia albigirata''
(Kollar, 1844) (from India)
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Colostygia albocincta''
(Lempke, 1950)
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Colostygia alboviridata''
(Haworth, 1802)
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Colostygia algidata''
(Möschler, 1874)
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Colostygia alpestrata''
(Hübner, 1800-1808)
* ''
Colostygia approximata''
(Lempke, 1950)
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Colostygia aptata''
(Hübner, 1813)
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Colostygia aquearia''
(Bruand, 1846)
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Colostygia aqueata''
(Hübner, 1813)
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Colostygia arctica''
(Schryer, 1881)
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Colostygia atra''
(Rebel, 1910)
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Colostygia austriacaria''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
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Colostygia corydalaria''
(Graeser, 1889)
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Colostygia cyrnea''
(Wehrli, 1925)
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Colostygia fitzi''
(Schawerda, 1914)
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Colostygia hilariata''
(Pinker, 1954)
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Colostygia kitschelti''
(Rebel, 1934)
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Colostygia kollariaria''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)
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Colostygia laetaria''
(La Harpe, 1853)
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Colostygia multistrigaria''
(Haworth, 1809) – mottled gray
* ''
Colostygia olivata''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – beech-green carpet
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Colostygia pectinataria
''Colostygia pectinataria'', the green carpet, is a moth of the genus '' Colostygia'' in the family Geometridae. It was first described by August Wilhelm Knoch in 1781.
The moth has a wingspan from . The strong forewing ground colour is green ...
''
(Knoch, 1781) – green carpet
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Colostygia pragmatica''
Viidalepp, 1988
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Colostygia puengeleri''
(Stertz, 1902)
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Colostygia sericeata''
(Schwingenschuss, 1926)
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Colostygia stilpna''
(Prout, 1924)
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Colostygia tempestaria''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
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Colostygia turbata''
(Hübner, 1799)
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Colostygia ustipennis''
(Hampson, 1895) (from India)
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Colostygia wolfschlaegerae''
(Pinker, 1953)
* ''
Colostygia zaprjagaevi''
Viidalepp, 1988
References
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*Kandasamy, Gunathilagaraj (2016)
"Checklist of Indian Geometridae with FBI number" Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
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