Piercia
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| Piercia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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 10 species occur in southern and eastern Asia, but most – almost 50 as of 2005 – are found in Africa.[1]
