Somatina

Somatina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.

Somatina
Somatina cf. plynusaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Scopulini
Genus:	Somatina Guenée, [1858][1]
Synonyms
Nebessa Walker, 1869 Somatinopsis Warren, 1896 Somatodes Guenée, [1858]

Description

The genus is similar to Problepsis, but differs in that the antennae of the male usually being ciliated. Forewings with vein 10 arising from veins 7, 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 11, and then with veins 8 and 9 to form a double areole.^[2]

Species

• Somatina accraria Swinhoe, 1904
• Somatina anthophilata Guenée, [1858]
• Somatina apicipuncta Prout, 1915
• Somatina centrofasciaria (Leech, 1897)
• Somatina chalyboeata (Walker, 1869)
• Somatina ctenophora Prout, 1915
• Somatina densifasciaria Inoue, 1992
• Somatina discata Warren, 1909
• Somatina eurymitra Turner, 1926
• Somatina figurata Warren, 1897
• Somatina fletcheri Herbulot, 1958
• Somatina fraus Prout, 1916
• Somatina fungifera Warren, 1909
• Somatina hombergi Herbulot, 1967
• Somatina impunctulata (Warren, 1901)
• Somatina ioscia Prout, 1932
• Somatina irregularis (Warren, 1898)
• Somatina lemairei Herbulot, 1978
• Somatina lia Prout, 1915
• Somatina macroanthophilata Xue, 1992
• Somatina maeandrata Prout, 1925
• Somatina mozambica (Thierry-Mieg, 1905)
• Somatina nigridiscata (Warren, 1896)
• Somatina obscuriciliata Wehrli, 1924
• Somatina omicraria (Fabricius, 1798)
• Somatina ossicolor Warren, 1898
• Somatina plynusaria (Walker, [1863])
• Somatina postlineata (Warren, 1899)
• Somatina probleptica Prout, 1917
• Somatina prouti Janse, 1934
• Somatina purpurascens Moore, [1887]
• Somatina pythiaria (Guenée, [1858])
• Somatina rhodochila Prout, 1932
• Somatina rosacea Swinhoe, 1894
• Somatina rufifascia Warren, 1896
• Somatina sanctithomae Herbulot, 1958
• Somatina sedata Prout, 1922
• Somatina sublucens (Warren, 1907)
• Somatina subviridata (Warren, 1901)
• Somatina syneorus Prout, 1915
• Somatina transvehens Prout, 1918
• Somatina vestalis (Butler, 1875)
• Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917
• Somatina wiltshirei Prout, 1938

References

1. Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Vol. Moths - Vol. III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.