Amblychia

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Amblychia
File:Amblychia angeronaria.jpg
Amblychia angeronaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Amblychia
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
Synonyms
  • Elphos Guenée, 1857

Amblychia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Achille Guenée in 1857.

Description

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Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head and fringed with long hair in front. Antenna of male usually bipectinated with long branches to three-fourths length. Hind tibia usually dilated and with a tuft of hair from base on inner side. Forewings of male with fovea. Apex somewhat acute and produced. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle. Vein 11 free. Hindwings with produced outer margin at vein 4. Vein 3 from before angle of cell.[1]

Species

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File:Amblychia angeronaria, female (Geometridae- Ennominae- Boarmiini) (22628572394).jpg
Female

References

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