Selenia

Selenia Hübner, [1823]

Selenia Hübner, [1823]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (19): 292; TS: Geometra illunaria Hübner
Eutrapela Hübner, [1806]
- = Selenia; [RFEL]

Selenia; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Selenia (Anagogini); [NACL], 95
Selenia (Ennomini); [FE]
Selenia (Epionini); [RFEL]

Selenia sordidaria Leech, 1897

-. See [maps]

Selenia sordidaria Leech, 1897; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 19 : 205; TL: Ichang
Selenia hypomelathiaria Oberthür, 1912
- = ; [RFEL]
Selenia hypomelathiaria schojina Wehrli, 1940
- = ; [RFEL]
Selenia takaosana Inoue, 1965
- = ; [RFEL]

Selenia sordidaria filipjevi; [LepIndex]
Selenia sordidaria hypomelathiaria; [LepIndex]
Selenia sordidaria schojina; [LepIndex]
Selenia sordidaria; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

S. s. djakonovi Bang-Haas, 1927 Amur, Primorye, Japan, Korea

Selenia ononica Kostyuk, 1991

Selenia ononica; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

Selenia dentaria (Fabricius, 1775)

NEU, Turkey, N.Siberia, Far East, Mongolia, Caucasus, Transcaucasia. See [maps] Early Thorn Kakskuumittari

Phalaena dentaria Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 623
Phalaena (Geometra) bilunaria Esper, 1795; Die Schmett., Th. V (2): 43, (3): pl. 13, f. 1
- = ; Hacker, 1999, Esperiana 7: 445
Phalaena (Geometra) unilunaria Esper, 1801; Die Schmett., Th. V (3): 77, pl. 14, f. 6.8
- = ; Hacker, 1999, Esperiana 7: 459
Phalaena (Geometra) fulvolunaria Esper, 1801; Die Schmett., Th. V (3): 78, pl. 14, f. 9-10
- = ; Hacker, 1999, Esperiana 7: 445
Geometra illunaria Hübner, [1799]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [5]: pl. 7, f. 36-37
Selenia bilunaria var. alpestris Wehrli, 1940
- = ; [RFEL]
Selenia bilunaria minima Strand, 1901

Selenia bilunaria alpestris; [LepIndex]
Selenia bilunaria; [SPRK]; [LepIndex]
Selenia dentaria alpestris; [CoL]
Selenia dentaria; Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002, Ent. Fennica 13 (4): 200; [RFEL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]

820x560 (~62Kb) ♀ underside Finland, EH: Kuhmoinen 683:39, ex.l. 9.1987, Photo 16.2.1988 © Kimmo Silvonen	778x700 (~94Kb) ♂ underside Russia, Moscow area, 15.6.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov	652x740 (~111Kb) ♀ underside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 31.7.2009 (II gen.), Photo © D. Smirnov
704x768 (~95Kb) ♂ underside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 30.7.2009 (II gen.), Photo © D. Smirnov	444x464 (~37Kb)

Selenia lunularia (Hübner, 1788)

EU, .... See [maps] Lunar Thorn Ykskuumittari

lunaria Denis & Shiffermüller, 1775

Selenia lunaria gamra; [LepIndex]
Selenia lunaria; [SPRK]; [LepIndex]
Selenia lunularia gamra; [CoL]
Selenia lunularia nubilunaria; [CoL]
Selenia lunularia privataria; [CoL]
Selenia lunularia; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]

670x900 (~75Kb) ♀ Finland, EK: Kotka 668:51, ex.l. 1988, Photo 27.1.1989 © Kimmo Silvonen

404x240 (~17Kb)

S. l. kuldjana Wehrli, 1940

Selenia lunaria kuldjana; [LepIndex]
Selenia lunularia kuldjana; [CoL]

Selenia tetralunaria (Hufnagel, 1767)

EU, Caucasus, Georgia, Azerbaijan, N.Kasakhstan, Siberia, Sakhalin, China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan. See [maps] Purple Thorn Mondfleckspanner Nelikuumittari

Phalaena tetralunaria Hufnagel, 1767
Phalaena (Geometra) quadrilunaria Esper, 1801; Die Schmett., Th. V (3): 72, pl. 12, f. 5-6
- = ; Hacker, 1999, Esperiana 7: 457
Selenia tetralunaria coreana Wehrli, 1940
- = ; [RFEL]
Selenia tetralunaria coreana f. wehrlilunaria Bryk, 1949
- = ; [RFEL]

Selenia tetralunaria clarilunaria; [CoL]
Selenia tetralunaria coreana; [LepIndex]
Selenia tetralunaria; [SPRK]; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]

1000x713 (~79Kb) ♂ underside Finland, Ks: Kuusamo Oulanka 736:61, ex.l. 7.1994, Photo 6.4.1995 © Kimmo Silvonen	400x599 (~49Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	400x599 (~46Kb) ♂ underside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
705x725 (~94Kb) ♂ Russia, Kaluga area, 1.5.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov	538x639 (~103Kb) ♂ Russia, Kaluga area, 1.5.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov	902x532 (~114Kb) ♂ upperside Russia, Moscow area, 26.7.2008 (II gen., 36°25'E, 56°23'N), Photo © D. Smirnov
698x714 (~92Kb) ♂ underside Russia, Moscow area, 26.7.2008 (II gen., 36°25'E, 56°23'N), Photo © D. Smirnov	569x721 (~91Kb) ♀ underside Russia, Moscow area, 15.5.2010 (36°25'E, 56°23'N), Photo © D. Smirnov	440x272 (~20Kb)

The NA species-group

Selenia alciphearia Walker, 1860

Selenia perangulata Hulst, 1896
- = ; [NACL], #6817
Selenia ornata Barnes & McDunnough, 1914; (summer form)
- = ; [NACL], #6817

Selenia alciphearia; [NACL], #6817; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]

Selenia kentaria (Grote & Robinson, 1867)

Selenia glaucata Barnes & McDunnough, 1917; (summer form)
- = ; [NACL], #6818

Selenia kentaria; [NACL], #6818; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL] ; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]

900x769 (~116Kb) ♀ USA: Glacier Basin Path (46°55'53N 121°40'45W), Mt. Rainier, Pierce Co., WA, 21.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela
Selenia kentaria det. Gary Anweiler

Selenia gynaecon Dyar, 1918

Mexico. See [maps]

Selenia gynaecon Dyar, 1918; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239): 361; TL: Misantla, Mexico

Selenia gynaecon; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

Selenia eucore Dyar, 1918

Mexico. See [maps]

Selenia eucore Dyar, 1918; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239): 361; TL: Cuernavaca, Mexico

Selenia eucore; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

Selenia cacocore Dyar, 1918

Mexico. See [maps]

Selenia cacocore Dyar, 1918; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239): 361; TL: Cuernavaca, Mexico

Selenia cacocore; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

Selenia veda Dyar, 1910; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 38 (1742): 263; TL: Mexico City, Mexico

Selenia ismalida Dyar, 1913; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 44 (1951): 311; TL: Zacualpan, Mexico

Selenia ismalida; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GMWL]

Selenia ricochetta Dyar, 1913; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 44 (1951): 312; TL: Jalapa and Coatepec, Mexico

Selenia ricochetta; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[EF]
Entomologica Fennica
[ESP] :ESP#c Heppner, 1981
[FE] Fauna Europaea
Fauna Europaea
[GALEPS] Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States
James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[GMWL] Scoble & Hausmann, 2007
Geometric Moths of the World, online list
[Gary Anweiler]
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[Kimmo Silvonen] Espoo, Finland
Kimmo's Lep Site
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[Michael Borsch]
Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Beljaev & Vasilenko, 2002
An annotated checklist of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from the Kamchatka Peninsula and adjacent islands Ent. Fennica 13 (4): 195-235
Dyar, 1910
Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera from Mexico Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 38 (1742) : 229-273
Dyar, 1913
Descriptions of new Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 44 (1951) : 279-324
Dyar, 1918
Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Mexico Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239) : 335-372
Esper, 1795; Esper, 1801
Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil V. Die Spannerphalenen Die Schmett., Th. V (1): 1-40, pl. 1-4 (1795), (2): 41-64, pl. 5-10 ([1795-1801]), (3): 65-88, pl. 11-16 ([1795-1801]), (4): 89-104, pl. 17-20 ([1795-1801]), (5): 105-128, pl. 21-25 ([1795-1801]), (6): 149-172, pl. 26-30 ([1795-1801]), (7): 173-196, pl. 31-35 ([1795-1801]), (8): 197-220, pl. 36-40 (1801), (9): 221-244, pl. 41-46 (1803), (10): 245-276, pl. 47-52 ([1806]), : ? ([1806])
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus Syst. Ent. : 1-832
Hacker, 1999
Die Typen der von E. J. Ch. Esper (1742-1810) in seinem "Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur" beschriebenen Bombycoidea, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Hepialoidea, Lasiocampoidea, Noctuoidea, Pyraloidea, Tineoidea (Lepidoptera) II Esperiana 7 : 443-461
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hübner, [1799]
Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. V. Geometrae - Spanner ("Vierte Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [5] : [1-14], 15-24 (1796), : pl. 1-59, f. 1-307 (1796-1799), : pl. 60, f. 308-312 (1799-1800), : pl. 61-66, f. 313-346 (1800-1809), : pl. 67-89, f. 347-460 (1809-1813), : pl. 90-95, f. 461-492 (1814-1817), : pl. 96-98, f. 493-508 (1818-1819), : pl. 99-100, f. 509-519 (1819-1822), : pl. 101-102, f. 520-531 (1824-1825), : pl. 103-105, f. 532-549 (1825-1826), : pl. 106-108, f. 550-568 (1828-1831), : pl. 109-111, f. 569-585 (1833), : pl. 112-113, f. 586-596 (1838)
Hübner, [1823]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Leech, 1897
On Lepidoptera Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 19 : 180-235, : 297-349, : 414-462, pl. 6-7, : 543-573, : 640-679
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
[SPRK]; Seppänen, 1970
Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit Animalia Fennica 14

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