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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