Isturgia

Isturgia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.

Isturgia
Isturgia arenacearia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Macariini
Genus:	Isturgia Hübner, [1823]
Synonyms
Histurgia Agassiz, 1847 Enconista Lederer, 1853 Tephrina Guenée, [1845] Bichroma Gumppenberg, 1887

Description

Palpi hairy and reaching beyond the frons. Hind tibia not dilated. Wings with evenly curved outer margin. Forewings of male usually with fovea. Vein 3 from angle of cell. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from upper angle and vein 10 absent. Vein 11 usually free. Hindwings with vein 3 from angle of cell. In the typical section of male has the branches of antennae very short.^[1]

Species

• Isturgia arenacearia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Isturgia arenularia (Mabille, 1880)
• Isturgia assimilaria (Rambur, 1833)
• Isturgia arizeloides Krüger, 2001
• Isturgia berytaria (Staudinger, 1892)
• Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1857)
• Isturgia contexta (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)
• Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Isturgia dislocaria (Packard, 1876)
• Isturgia dukuduku Krüger, 2001
• Isturgia exerraria (Prout, 1925)
• Isturgia exospilata (Walker, 1861)
• Isturgia famula (Esper, 1787)
• Isturgia geminata (Warren, 1897)
• Isturgia hopfferaria Staudinger, 1878
• Isturgia inconspicuaria (Hübner, 1819)
• Isturgia kaszabi (Vojnits, 1974)
• Isturgia limbaria (Fabricius, 1775)
• Isturgia malesignaria (Mabille, 1880)
• Isturgia miniosaria (Duponchel, 1829)
• Isturgia modestaria (Pagenstecher, 1907)
• Isturgia murinaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Isturgia penthearia Guenée, 1857
• Isturgia perplexa Krüger, 2001
• Isturgia pulinda (Walker, 1860)
• Isturgia pumicaria (Lederer, 1855)
• Isturgia roraria (Fabricius, 1776)
• Isturgia rubrior (Hausmann, 1990)
• Isturgia spissata (Walker, 1862)
• Isturgia spodiaria (Lefèbvre, 1832)
• Isturgia supergressa (Prout 1913)
• Isturgia tennoa (Pinker, 1978)
• Isturgia univirgaria (Mabille, 1880)

References

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

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Savela, Markku. "Isturgia Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 31, 2018.