Nassinia
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| Nassinia | |
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| Nassinia caffraria caffraria, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Nassinia D. S. Fletcher, 1979 |
Nassinia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]
Some of the species are known to be partially diurnal, possibly as an adaptation for mate selection.[2] Several such species are aposematic and their males are often active by day, but retain the bipectinate (comb-like on both sides) antennae of their strictly nocturnal relatives. Either sex may be found at light traps at night.[2]
Their food plants seem to be poorly known.[2]
