Amblychia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Tribus: Boarmiini
Genus: Amblychia
Species: A. angeronaria – A. atropunctata – A. cavimargo – A. fushana – A. hymenaria – A. infoveata – A. lutulenta – A. nanlingana – A. nimia – A. pardicelata – A. praeumbrata – A. sauteri – A. sommereri – A. subrubida – A. torrida – A. yuwanina
Name

Amblychia Guenée, 1857: 214

Type species: Amblychia angeronaria Guenée, 1857 by monotypy.
Synonymy

Elphos Guenée, 1857

References
Primary references

Guenée, A. In Boisduval, J.A.B. & Guenée, A. 1857. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. IX. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome I. 9: 1–xxxvii + 1–514. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 214]

Additional references

Sato, Rikio, 1995: Descriptions of two new genera and eight new species of the Boarmiini (Geometridae: Ennominae) from Sulawesi. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 46 (1): 33–43. Abstract and full article: [1].
Sato, R., 1996: Records of the Boarmiini (Geometridae; Ennominae) from Thailand III. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 47(4): 223–236. Full article: [2].
Wu, S., Sato, R., Wang, M. 2014: Elucidating the taxonomie problems surrounding Amblychia sauteri w ith descriptions of two new species from S. China and Taiw an (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae). Tinea 23(1): 10-18. Reference page.

Amblychia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Description

Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head and fringed with long hair in front. Antenna of male usually bipectinated with long branches to three-fourths length. Hind tibia usually dilated and with a tuft of hair from base on inner side. Forewings of male with fovea. Apex somewhat acute and produced. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle. Vein 11 free. Hindwings with produced outer margin at vein 4. Vein 3 from before angle of cell.[1]
Species

Amblychia angeronaria Guenée, 1857
Amblychia cavimargo (Prout, 1925)
Amblychia hymenaria (Guenée, 1857)
Amblychia infoveata Prout, 1932
Amblychia lutulenta (West)
Amblychia moltrechti (Bastelberger, 1909)
Amblychia nimia (Prout, 1925)
Amblychia pardicelata (Walker, [1863])
Amblychia praeumbrata (Warren, 1893)
Amblychia sauteri (Prout, 1914)
Amblychia sommereri Holloway, 1993
Amblychia subrubida (Warren, 1896)
Amblychia torrida Moore

Female
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.

Savela, Markku. "Amblychia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 24, 2018.