Agathia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Achille Guenée in 1858.
Description Palpi with second joint upturned and reaching vertex of head, and third joint porrect (extending forward), which is short in male and long in female. Antennae almost simple. Hind tibia of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair and ending in a short process on upperside. Abdomen with dorsal tufts. Forewings with vein 3 from angle of cell. Veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked and vein 11 free. Hindwings with vein 3 from angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 8 approximating to vein 7 to near middle of cell. The outer margin produced to a point at vein 4.
Species
Agathia affluens Prout, 1937 Agathia arcuata Moore, Agathia carissima Butler, 1878 Agathia codina Swinhoe, 1892 Agathia conviridaria Hübner, 1823 Agathia cristifera (Walker, 1861) Agathia deliciosa Holloway & Sommerer, 1984 Agathia diplochorda Prout, 1916 Agathia distributa Lucas, 1891 Agathia diversiformis Warren, 1894 Agathia eromenoides Holloway, 1996 Agathia gigantea Butler, 1880 Agathia hemithearia Guenee, 1857 Agathia kuehni Warren, 1898 Agathia laetata (Fabricius, 1794) Agathia laqueifera Prout, 1912 Agathia largita Holloway, 1996 Agathia lycaenaria (Kollar, 1848) Agathia magnifica Moore, 1879 Agathia magnificentia Inoue, 1978 Agathia muluensis Holloway, 1996 Agathia obsoleta Warren, 1897 Agathia ochrotypa Turner, 1922 Agathia pisina Butler, 1887 Agathia prasinaspis Meyrick, 1889 Agathia quinaria Moore, Agathia rubrilineata Warren, 1896 Agathia solaria Swinhoe, 1905 Agathia succedanea Warren, 1897 Agathia vicina (Bastelberger, 1911) Agathia visenda Prout, 1917
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