''Somatina'' 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 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 ''met ...

first described by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...

in 1858.

Description

The genus is similar to ''

Problepsis ''Problepsis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. Description Palpi thick scaled and reaching just beyond the frons. Hindleg of male small, tibia dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair, where the first joint of tarsus dil ...

'', but differs in that the antennae of the male usually being ciliated. Forewings with vein 10 arising from veins 7, 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 11, and then with veins 8 and 9 to form a double areole.

Species

*'' Somatina accraria'' Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Somatina anthophilata'' Guenée,

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/small> *'' Somatina apicipuncta'' Prout, 1915 *'' Somatina centrofasciaria'' (Leech, 1897) *'' Somatina chalyboeata'' (Walker, 1869) *'' Somatina ctenophora'' Prout, 1915 *'' Somatina densifasciaria'' Inoue, 1992 *'' Somatina discata'' Warren, 1909 *'' Somatina eurymitra'' Turner, 1926 *'' Somatina figurata'' Warren, 1897 *'' Somatina fletcheri'' Herbulot, 1958 *'' Somatina fraus'' Prout, 1916 *'' Somatina fungifera'' Warren, 1909 *'' Somatina hombergi'' Herbulot, 1967 *'' Somatina impunctulata'' (Warren, 1901) *'' Somatina ioscia'' Prout, 1932 *'' Somatina irregularis'' (Warren, 1898) *'' Somatina lemairei'' Herbulot, 1978 *'' Somatina lia'' Prout, 1915 *'' Somatina macroanthophilata'' Xue, 1992 *'' Somatina maeandrata'' Prout, 1925 *'' Somatina mozambica'' (Thierry-Mieg, 1905) *'' Somatina nigridiscata'' (Warren, 1896) *'' Somatina obscuriciliata'' Wehrli, 1924 *'' Somatina omicraria'' (Fabricius, 1798) *'' Somatina ossicolor'' Warren, 1898 *'' Somatina plynusaria'' (Walker,

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*'' Somatina postlineata'' (Warren, 1899) *'' Somatina probleptica'' Prout, 1917 *'' Somatina prouti'' Janse, 1934 *'' Somatina purpurascens'' Moore,

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/small> *'' Somatina pythiaria'' (Guenée,

*'' Somatina rhodochila'' Prout, 1932 *'' Somatina rosacea'' Swinhoe, 1894 *'' Somatina rufifascia'' Warren, 1896 *'' Somatina sanctithomae'' Herbulot, 1958 *'' Somatina sedata'' Prout, 1922 *'' Somatina sublucens'' (Warren, 1907) *'' Somatina subviridata'' (Warren, 1901) *'' Somatina syneorus'' Prout, 1915 *'' Somatina transvehens'' Prout, 1918 *'' Somatina vestalis'' (Butler, 1875) *'' Somatina virginalis'' Prout, 1917 *'' Somatina wiltshirei'' Prout, 1938

References

External links

* Scopulini {{Sterrhinae-stub