Piercia

Piercia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Cataclysmiini
Genus:	Piercia Janse, 1933
Type species
Epirrhoe prasinaria Warren, 1901
Diversity
Almost 60 species

Piercia is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It belongs to subfamily Larentiinae, but therein its relationships are fairly obscure. About ten species occur in southern and eastern Asia, but most – almost 50 as of 2005 – are found in Africa.

Selected species

Species of Piercia include:

• Piercia alpinaria Krüger, 2005
• Piercia dryas (Prout, 1915)
• Piercia lichenocosmia Krüger, 2005
• Piercia petraria Krüger, 2005
• Piercia prasinaria (Warren, 1901)
• Piercia smaragdinata (Walker, 1862)
• Piercia cf. smaragdinata 'Janse 1933'

Footnotes

References

• Krüger, M. (2005): New species of geometrid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 42: 19–45. HTML abstract
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Piercia. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
• Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Piercia. Version of 2009-APR-29. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.

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