Dasyuris

Dasyuris
Female Dasyuris partheniata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Tribe: Xanthorhoini
Genus: Dasyuris
Guenée, 1868
Synonyms
  • Stathmonyma Meyrick, 1885
  • Statira Meyrick, 1883

Dasyuris is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1868. The type species of this genus is Dasyuris partheniata by original designation. It has been stated that this genus is in need of revision.

Description

Guenée originally described this genus as follows:

Antennae of the ♂ simple, granulated, scarcely pubescent. Palpi moderately long, connivent in form of a beak, hairy, the joints distinct. Haustellum robust. Body thick, velvety. Thorax robust, broad, hairy ; abdomen scaly, banded, laterally velvety, truncated at the apex. Legs long, scaly, spurs robust ; tarsi spiny. Wings stout, entire, with long fringes, the markings similar on both pairs, colours bright, even on the under-side.

Species

Species within this genus are as follows:

References

  1. ↑ "Dasyuris Guenée, 1868". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dugdale, John Stewart (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 177. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 Guenée, Achille (1868). "New species, &c., of heterocerous Lepidoptera from Canterbury, New Zealand, collected by Mr. R. W. Fereday". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 5: 91–92. ISSN 0013-8908. Wikidata Q104214297. BHL page 48393828 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ↑ Hoare, Robert J. B.; I. R. Millar; S. J. Richardson (2016). "The insect fauna of granite sand plains: a naturally rare ecosystem in New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 39 (1): 10. doi:10.1080/00779962.2015.1108159. Wikidata Q54783104. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for I. R. Millar, S. J. Richardson (help)