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Asestra

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Asestra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Genus: Asestra
Warren, 1895
Type species
Pseudosestra bella
Butler, 1882

Asestra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was described by William Warren in 1895.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Warren, William (1895). "New Species and Genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum". Novitates Zoologicae. 2. Tring Museum: 137. ISSN 0950-7655. OCLC 1588421 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ Fletcher, David Stephen (1979). Nye, Ian William Beresford (ed.). The Generic Names of Moths of the World. Vol. 3. Geometroidea: Apoprogonidae, Axiidae, Callidulidae, Cyclidiidae, Drepanidae, Epicopeiida, Epiplemidae, Geometridae, Pterothysanidae, Sematuridae, Thyatiridae, Uraniidae. British Museum (Natural History). p. 21. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.119424. ISBN 0565008129 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.