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Corymica

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Corymica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Genus: Corymica
Walker, 1860
Synonyms
  • Caprilia Walker, 1866
  • Thiopsyche Butler, 1878

Corymica is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1860.

Description

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Palpi reaching well beyond the frons and fringed with hair. Antennae of male ciliated. Hind tibia not dilated. Forewings of male with a very large fovea of hyaline membrane. The apex acute and somewhat rounded. The outer margin crenulate (scolloped) near the apex. Inner margin highly excised from middle to outer angle. Vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked and vein 10 absent. Vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12 and[1] connected with vein 8 and 9. Hindwings with costa excised beyond middle. Vein 3 from before angle of cell.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.