Erateina

Erateina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Doubleday in 1848.

Erateina
Mounted specimen of Erateina zoraida on display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Larentiinae
Genus:	Erateina Doubleday, 1848

Species

This genus contains 85 described species, including:

• Erateina amazonia
• Erateina artabates
• Erateina attali
• Erateina garrulata
• Erateina julia
• Erateina kuczynskii
• Erateina leptograta
• Erateina meduthina
• Erateina puellaastuta
• Erateina radiata
• Erateina rogersi
• Erateina siliquata
• Erateina staudingeri
• Erateina subjunctaria
• Erateina undulata
• Erateina zoraida

Description

Species of this genus have a more or less elongated, caudate hindwings and a peculiar wing shape, characterized by the anal lobe of the males. They lack of a frenulum (in both sexes).

Habitat

These day-flying moths are typically montane and can be found in Neotropical cloud forests.

References

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Pyrcz, T.W.; Stachowicz, I. & Garlacz, R. (2013). "A new Andean element in the lepidopterous fauna of the Guiana Shield: the day-flying genus Erateina Doubleday, with the description of two new species from Roraima, Tramen and Auyán Tepui (Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Genus. 24 (3-4): 291–301.
• Viidalepp, J. (2011). "A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zootaxa. 3136: 1–44.