Zamarada

Zamarada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Tribe:	Cassymini
Genus:	Zamarada; Moore, 1887

Zamarada is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae, first described by Frederic Moore in 1887. The species type is Zamarada translucida. Over 250 species and 35 subspecies (including nominates) have been listed.¹

Description

Moths in this genus have short, porrect palpi and roughly scaled with bipectinate (comb like on both sides) antennae that present with longer branches in male than female moths. Their hind tibia are not dilated. Forewings with vein 3 from angle of cell. Veins 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 10 absent. Vein 11 free. Hindwings with vein 3 from angle of cell.²

Selected species

Zamarada aureomarginata
Zamarada baliata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Zamarada denticulata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Zamarada differens
Zamarada eogenaria (Snellen, 1881)
Zamarada eucharis
Zamarada exigua
Zamarada metallicata Warren, 1914
Zamarada nesiotica D. S. Fletcher, 1974
Zamarada scriptifasciata (Walker, 1862)
Zamarada ucatoides Holloway

Notes

Parsons, Mark S.; et al. (1999), "The Catalogue", in Scoble, M. J. (ed.), Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, ISBN 0-643-06304-8
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Zamarada Moore, 1887". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Tribe Cassymini". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 14, 2021.

[1] Parsons, Mark S.; et al. (1999), "The Catalogue", in Scoble, M. J. (ed.), Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, ISBN 0-643-06304-8

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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