Declana

Declana
Declana floccosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	Declana Walker, 1858
Synonyms
Argua Walker, 1863 Epicasis Meyrick, 1885 Politeia Walker, 1865

Declana is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae that is endemic to New Zealand. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.^[1] In 2023, several members of the genus were moved to Ipana, a reinstated genus also originally described by Walker.^[2]

Species

Species found in this genus include:^[3][2]

• Declana floccosa Walker, 1858 – forest semilooper
• Declana foxii Dugdale & Emmerson, 2023
• Declana lupa Dugdale & Emmerson, 2023
• Declana nigrosparsa Butler, 1879
• Declana niveata Butler, 1879

References

1. "Declana Walker, 1858". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
2. Dugdale, J. S.; Emmerson, A. W.; Hoare, R. J. B. (2023). "Declana and Ipana (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)". Fauna of New Zealand. 82: 1–120. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.82. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q124100766.
3. "Declana Walker, 1858". nzinverts.landcareresearch.co.nz. 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-03.

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Declana Walker, 1858". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Declana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.