Piercia

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]

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

Selected species

Species of Piercia include:[2]

  • Piercia alpinaria Krüger, 2005
  • Piercia dryas (Prout, 1915)
  • Piercia lichenocosmia Krüger, 2005
  • Piercia petraria Krüger, 2005
  • Piercia prasinaria (Warren, 1901)
  • Piercia smaragdinata (Walker,1862)
  • Piercia cf. smaragdinata 'Janse 1933'[3]

Footnotes
  1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Krüger (2005)
  2. Krüger (2005), and see references in Savela (2009)
  3. Mentioned in Krüger (2005)

References
  • Krüger, M. (2005): New species of geometrid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 42: 19-45. HTML abstract
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Piercia. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
  • Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Piercia. Version of 2009-APR-29. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.


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