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Ligdia

Ligdia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.

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Ligdia
Ligdia adustata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Abraxini
Genus: Ligdia
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
Synonyms
  • Harpicostia Wehrli, 19361

Ligdia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.2

Species

  • Ligdia adustata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Ligdia coctata Guenée, [1858]
  • Ligdia extratenebrosa (Wehrli, 1936)
  • Ligdia wagneri Ferguson & Adams, 2008
References

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Ligdia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Ligdia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 1, 2019.