''Venusia'' 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 John Curtis in 1839.

Species

*'' Venusia accentuata'' (Prout, 1914) *'' Venusia albinea'' (Prout, 1938) *'' Venusia apicistrigaria'' (Djakonov, 1936) *'' Venusia balausta'' Xue, 1999 *'' Venusia biangulata'' (Sterneck, 1938) *'' Venusia blomeri'' (Curtis, 1832) *'' Venusia brevipectinata'' Prout, 1938 *'' Venusia cambrica'' Curtis, 1839 *'' Venusia comptaria'' (Walker, 1860) *'' Venusia conisaria'' Hampson, 1903 *'' Venusia crassisigna'' Inoue, 1987 *'' Venusia dilecta'' Yazaki, 1995 *'' Venusia distrigaria'' (Boisduval, 1833) *'' Venusia eucosma'' (Prout, 1914) *'' Venusia inefficax'' (Prout, 1938) *'' Venusia kasyata'' Wiltshire, 1966 *'' Venusia kioudjrouaria'' Oberthür, 1893 *'' Venusia laria'' Oberthür, 1893 *'' Venusia lilacina'' (Warren, 1893) *'' Venusia limata'' Inoue, 1982 *'' Venusia lineata'' Wileman, 1916 *'' Venusia maniata'' Xue, 1999 *'' Venusia marmoraria'' (Leech, 1897) *'' Venusia megaspilata'' (Warren, 1895) *'' Venusia naparia'' Oberthür, 1893 *'' Venusia nigrifurca'' (Prout, 1926) *'' Venusia obliquisigna'' (Moore, 1888) *'' Venusia ochrota'' Hampson, 1903 *'' Venusia pallidaria'' Hampson, 1903 *'' Venusia paradoxa'' Xue, 1999 *'' Venusia pearsalli'' (Dyar, 1906) *'' Venusia phasma'' (Butler, 1879) *'' Venusia planicaput'' Inoue, 1987 *'' Venusia punctiuncula'' Prout, 1938 *'' Venusia purpuraria'' (Hampson, 1895) *'' Venusia scitula'' Xue, 1999 *'' Venusia semistrigata'' (Christoph, 1881) *'' Venusia sikkimensis'' (Warren, 1893) *'' Venusia syngenes'' Wehrli, 1931 *'' Venusia tchraria'' Oberthür, 1893 *'' Venusia violettaria'' Wehrli, 1931 *'' Venusia yasudai'' Inoue, 1987

Status unclear

*''Venusia participata'' (Sauter, 1869), described as ''Eupithecia participata'' from

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

. It is sometimes attributed to Grentzenberg instead of Sauter.

References

Asthenini {{Asthenini-stub