Lacaria
| Lacaria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Lacaria Orfila & Schajovski, 1959 |
Lacaria is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.[1][2][3] They occur in South America (Chile, Argentina).[4]
Description
The forewings are brown or grey, with paler patches or mottling, and with wavy transverse lines that can be indistinct. The hindwings are whitish buff with two indistinct dark streaks near tornus.[4]
Species
There are seven recognized species:[1][2]
- Lacaria aczeli Orfila & Schajovski, [1960]
- Lacaria araucanaria Orfila & Schajovski, [1960]
- Lacaria phasma (Butler, 1882)
- Lacaria orfilai Rindge, 1986
- Lacaria picuncharia Orfila & Schajovski, 1960
- Lacaria schachovskoyi (Sperry, 1954)
- Lacaria sperryi Orfila & Schajovski, [1960]
References
- 1 2 Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys & Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Lacaria Orfila & Schajovski, 1825". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Lacaria Orfila & Schajovski, 1959". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.26.041. 10 February 2026. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ "Lacaria Orfila & Schajovski, 1959". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- 1 2 Pitkin, Linda M. (2002). "Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 135 (2–3): 121–401 [193]. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00012.x.