Colostygia Explained

Colostygia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.^[1]

Selected species

Colostygia ablutaria (Boisduval, 1840)
Colostygia aestivalis (Dioszeghy, 1930)
Colostygia albidissima (Strand, 1920)
Colostygia albigirata (Kollar, 1844) (from India)
Colostygia albocincta (Lempke, 1950)
Colostygia alboviridata (Haworth, 1802)
Colostygia algidata (Möschler, 1874)
Colostygia alpestrata (Hübner, 1800-1808)
Colostygia approximata (Lempke, 1950)
Colostygia aptata (Hübner, 1813)
Colostygia aquearia (Bruand, 1846)
Colostygia aqueata (Hübner, 1813)
Colostygia arctica (Schryer, 1881)
Colostygia atra (Rebel, 1910)
Colostygia austriacaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
Colostygia corydalaria (Graeser, 1889)
Colostygia cyrnea (Wehrli, 1925)
Colostygia fitzi (Schawerda, 1914)
Colostygia hilariata (Pinker, 1954)^[2]
Colostygia kitschelti (Rebel, 1934)
Colostygia kollariaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)
Colostygia laetaria (La Harpe, 1853)
Colostygia multistrigaria (Haworth, 1809) - mottled gray
Colostygia olivata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) - beech-green carpet
Colostygia pectinataria (Knoch, 1781) - green carpet
Colostygia pragmatica Viidalepp, 1988
Colostygia puengeleri (Stertz, 1902)
Colostygia sericeata (Schwingenschuss, 1926)
Colostygia stilpna (Prout, 1924)
Colostygia tempestaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
Colostygia turbata (Hübner, 1799)
Colostygia ustipennis (Hampson, 1895) (from India)
Colostygia wolfschlaegerae (Pinker, 1953)
Colostygia zaprjagaevi Viidalepp, 1988

References

Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Geometridae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.
Kandasamy, Gunathilagaraj (2016). "Checklist of Indian Geometridae with FBI number". Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.

Notes and References

Web site: Savela . Markku . Colostygia Hübner, 1825 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . April 25, 2019.
Book: Tentarelli, Eric . A Guide to Insects . 2012 . Blackwell . 558.