Gymnoscelis
Introduction '''''Gymnoscelis''''', the '''pugs''', is a large genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Paul Mabille in 1868.
Description Palpi porrect (extending forward), where the second joint clothed with hair and reaching beyond the frontal tuft. Third joint prominent. Antennae of male ciliated. Hind tibia with a terminal spur pair, and rarely with a very minute medial pair. Abdomen with slight dorsal crests. Forewings with vein 3 from close to angle of cell. Vein 5 from middle of discocellulars and vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 10 and 11 stalked, and vein 10 anastomosing (fusing) with veins 7 to 9 to form areole. Vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12 as well. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell and vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 8 anastomosing with vein 7 to beyond middle of cell.
Species *''Gymnoscelis acutipennis''*''Gymnoscelis admixtaria''*''Gymnoscelis aenictopa''*''Gymnoscelis albicaudata''*''Gymnoscelis ammocyma''*''Gymnoscelis anaxia''*''Gymnoscelis argyropasta''*''Gymnoscelis barbuti''*''Gymnoscelis bassa''*''Gymnoscelis biangulata''*''Gymnoscelis birivulata''*''Gymnoscelis boninensis''*''Gymnoscelis bryodes''*''Gymnoscelis bryoscopa''*''Gymnoscelis caelestis''*''Gymnoscelis callichlora''*''Gymnoscelis carneata''*''Gymnoscelis celaenephes''*''Gymnoscelis celebensis''*''Gymnoscelis chlorobapta''*''Gymnoscelis concinna''*''Gymnoscelis confusata''*''Gymnoscelis conjurata''*''Gymnoscelis coquina''*''Gymnoscelis crassata''*''Gymnoscelis crassifemur''*''Gymnoscelis daniloi''*''Gymnoscelis deleta''*''Gymnoscelis delocyma''*''Gymnoscelis derogata''*''Gymnoscelis desiderata''*''Gymnoscelis distatica''*''Gymnoscelis ectochloros''*''Gymnoscelis erymna''*''Gymnoscelis esakii''*''Gymnoscelis exangulata''*''Gymnoscelis fasciata''*''Gymnoscelis festiva''*''Gymnoscelis fragilis''*''Gymnoscelis grisea''*''Gymnoscelis harterti''*''Gymnoscelis holocapna''*''Gymnoscelis holoprasia''*''Gymnoscelis idiograpta''*''Gymnoscelis imparatalis''*''Gymnoscelis inexpressa''*''Gymnoscelis ischnophylla''*''Gymnoscelis kennii''*''Gymnoscelis latipennis''*''Gymnoscelis lavella''*''Gymnoscelis lindbergi''*''Gymnoscelis lophopus''*''Gymnoscelis melaninfra''*''Gymnoscelis merochyta''*''Gymnoscelis mesophoena''*''Gymnoscelis montgomeryi''*''Gymnoscelis nepotalis''*''Gymnoscelis nigrescens''*''Gymnoscelis oblenita''*''Gymnoscelis olsoufieffae''*''Gymnoscelis oribiensis''*''Gymnoscelis pallidirufa''*''Gymnoscelis perpusilla''*''Gymnoscelis phoenicopus''*''Gymnoscelis poecilimon''*''Gymnoscelis protracta''*''Gymnoscelis prouti''*''Gymnoscelis pseudotibialis''*''Gymnoscelis roseifascia''*''Gymnoscelis rubricata''*''Gymnoscelis rufifasciata''*''Gymnoscelis sara''*''Gymnoscelis semialbida''*''Gymnoscelis silvicola''*''Gymnoscelis smithersi''*''Gymnoscelis spodias''*''Gymnoscelis tanaoptila''*''Gymnoscelis taprobanica''*''Gymnoscelis tenera''*''Gymnoscelis tibialis''*''Gymnoscelis transapicalis''*''Gymnoscelis tristrigosa''*''Gymnoscelis tylocera''*''Gymnoscelis yurikae''
References * , 2009, New and interesting geometrid moths from the Cape Verde islands (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). ''SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología'' '''37''' (146): 241–247. * , 2009: 3.Contribution à la connaissance des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tahiti ''Gymnoscelis barbuti'' n. sp. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Mulhouse'' '''65''' (3): 41–42. *  1994: New ''Eupithecia'', ''Gymnoscelis'' and ''Chloroclystis'' species from Africa and Arabia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae: Larentiinae). ''Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae'' '''40''' (3): 265–271.
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