Gonanticlea

Genus of moths From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gonanticlea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.

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Gonanticlea
Gonanticlea ochreivittata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Genus: Gonanticlea
Swinhoe, 1892
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Description

Palpi having second joint reaching well beyond the frontal tuft, where the third joint prominent. Antennae of male ciliated. Forewings with slightly dentate outer margin below apex and angled at vein 4. Hindwings with slightly angled outer margin at vein 4. Vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars, which are angled.[1]

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