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Myrteta
	Myrteta_angelica - Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Caberini
Genus:	Myrteta; Walker, 1861

Myrteta is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1861.

Palpi slender and porrect (extending forward), not reaching beyond the frons. Forewings with vein 3 from just before angle of cell. Veins 7 to 9 stalked from just before upper angle. Vein 10 and 11 stalked and anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings with vein 8 from before angle of cell.^[1]

Species

Myrteta angelica Butler, 1881
Myrteta argentaria Leech, 1897
Myrteta interferenda Wehrli, 1939
Myrteta leroyi (D. S. Fletcher, 1958)
Myrteta parallelaria (Warren, 1902)
Myrteta planaria Walker, 1861
Myrteta punctata (Warren, 1894)
Myrteta sinensaria Leech, 1897
Myrteta tripunctaria Leech, 1897

References

^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Myrteta Walker 1861". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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