Asthena Explained

Asthena is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Species

• Asthena albidaria (Leech, 1897)
• Asthena albosignata (Moore, 1888)
• Asthena albulata  - small white wave (Hufnagel, 1767)
• Asthena amurensis (Staudinger, 1897)
• Asthena anseraria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• Asthena lactularia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• Asthena lassa Prout, 1926
• Asthena livida (Warren, 1896)
• Asthena melanosticta Wehrli, 1924
• Asthena nymphaeata Staudinger, 1897
• Asthena ochrifasciaria (Leech, 1897)
• Asthena octomacularia Leech, 1897
• Asthena opedogramma (Prout, 1926)
• Asthena plenaria (Leech, 1897)
• Asthena sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925
• Asthena tchratchraria (Oberthür, 1893)
• Asthena undulata (Wileman, 1915)

Excluded species

The following species have been excluded from the genus, but have not been reassigned to another genus.

• Asthena argentipuncta Warren, 1906
• Asthena argyrorrhytes Prout, 1916
• Asthena aurantiaca Prout, 1926
• Asthena eurychora Prout, 1928
• Asthena subditaria Warren, 1906

Former species

• Asthena chionata is now Hydrelia chionata (Lederer, 1870)
• Asthena distinctaria is now Pseudostegania distinctaria (Leech, 1897)
• Asthena percandidata is now Hydrelia percandidata (Christoph, 1893)
• Asthena straminearia is now Pseudostegania straminearia (Leech, 1897)
• Asthena yargongaria is now Pseudostegania yargongaria (Oberthur, 1916)

References

• , 2012: Taxonomic review of the genus Asthena Hübner (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Korea. Entomological Research 42 (3): 151-157. Abstract: .
• 2011: A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zootaxa, 3136: 1–44. Preview

External links

• Web site: Savela . Markku . Asthena Hübner, 1825 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . February 15, 2019.