Bylazora (moth) explained

Bylazora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1863.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward) and hairy. A large frontal tuft present. Hindlegs with a tuft of long hair from femoro-tibial joint. Wings with crenulate outer margin. Forewings short and broad. Costa arched at base. Male with a fovea. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked from near upper angle. Vein 10 and 11 stalked and anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell.^[1]

Species

• Bylazora infumata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
• Bylazora licheniferata Walker, [1863]
• Bylazora pilicostata Walker, 1862

References

• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Geometridae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1895 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III . 253-224 . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.