Achagua is a small Neotropical genus of moths in the family Geometridae, with species found in South and Central America. Specimens are seldomly collected.[1]

Achagua
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Nacophorini
Genus: Achagua
Rindge, 1983[1]

Taxonomy

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Achagua was erected by Frederick H. Rindge in 1983, and placed in tribe Nacophorini of the Geometridae.[2][3] Phylogenetic research in 2019 confirmed its placement in Nacophorini, and placed Achagua as sister taxon to the genera Gabriola and Cargolia.[1]

At the time of the Rindge's description, Achagua obsoleta was the sole formally described species in the genus, although Rindge mentioned—but did not provide a formal first description or name of—a second species.[3] This second species was, alongside two further species, formally described in 2023 by Tanner A. Matson.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Matson, Tanner A. (5 October 2023). "The known species of the genus Achagua Rindge, 1983, with the description of three new species from the Neotropics (Geometridae: Ennominae)". Zootaxa. 5352 (4): 565–576. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5352.4.7. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  2. ^ Rindge, Frederick H. (1983). "A generic revision of the New World Nacophorini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)". Bulletin of the AMNH. 175. American Museum of Natural History: 219–221. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Pitkin, Linda M. (June 2002). "Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 135 (2–3): 203. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00012.x. Retrieved 2 June 2024.