Fascellina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1860.
Description Its eyes are hairy. The palpi are stout and reach the vertex of the head, where the first joint is hairy and the third joint minute. Antennae with cilia and bristles. Abdomen stout. Hind tibia not dilated. Forewings with arched costa towards apex. Vein 3 from close to angle of cell and vein 5 from above middle of discocellulars. Vein 7 to 9 stalked from before upper angle. Veins 10 and 11 stalked and joined by bars to vein 12 and veins 8, 9. Hindwings with vein 3 from close to angle of cell.
Species Fascellina albicordis Prout, 1932 Fascellina altiplagiata Holloway, 1976 Fascellina aua Prout, 1928 Fascellina aurifera Warren, 1897 Fascellina castanea Moore, 1877 Fascellina cervinaria Snellen, 1881 Fascellina chromataria Walker, 1860 Fascellina clausaria Walker, 1866 Fascellina cydra Prout, 1925 Fascellina dacoda C. Swinhoe, 1893 Fascellina glaucifulgurea Prout, 1916 Fascellina inconspicua Warren, 1894 Fascellina meligerys Prout, 1925 Fascellina papuensis Warren, 1898 Fascellina plagiata (Walker, 1866) Fascellina pulchracoda Holloway, 1993 Fascellina punctata Warren, 1898 Fascellina quadrata Holloway, 1993 Fascellina rectimarginata Warren, 1894 Fascellina subsignata Warren, 1893 Fascellina viridicosta Holloway, 1993
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