Erateina

Erateina
Mounted specimen of Erateina zoraida on display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Larentiinae
Genus:	Erateina Doubleday, 1848

Erateina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Doubleday in 1848.

Species

This genus contains 85 described species, including:

• Erateina amazonia
• Erateina artabates
• Erateina attali
• Erateina garrulata
• Erateina julia
• Erateina kuczynskii
• Erateina leptograta
• Erateina meduthina
• Erateina puellaastuta
• Erateina radiata
• Erateina rogersi
• Erateina siliquata
• Erateina staudingeri
• Erateina subjunctaria
• Erateina undulata
• Erateina zoraida

Description

Species of this genus have a more or less elongated, caudate hindwings and a peculiar wing shape, characterized by the anal lobe of the males. They lack of a frenulum (in both sexes).

Habitat

These day-flying moths are typically montane and can be found in Neotropical cloud forests.

References

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Pyrcz, T.W.; Stachowicz, I. & Garlacz, R. (2013). "A new Andean element in the lepidopterous fauna of the Guiana Shield: the day-flying genus Erateina Doubleday, with the description of two new species from Roraima, Tramen and Auyán Tepui (Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Genus. 24 (3-4): 291–301.
• Viidalepp, J. (2011). "A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zootaxa. 3136: 1–44.