Selenia (moth)
{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Selenia lunularia.jpg
| image_caption = Selenia lunularia
| taxon = Selenia (moth)
| authority = Hübner, 1823
}}
Selenia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/ennominae/selenia/ |title=Selenia Hübner, 1823 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=30 December 2020}} In 1999, there were about twenty-four species in the genus.{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=26670.0 |title=Selenia Hübner, 1823 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=30 December 2020}}
Species
- Selenia alciphearia Walker, 1860 - brown-tipped thorn, northern selenia
- Selenia cacocore Dyar, 1918
- Selenia dentaria (Fabricius, 1775) - early thorn
- Selenia eucore Dyar, 1918
- Selenia gynaecon Dyar, 1918
- Selenia kentaria (Grote & Robinson, 1867) - Kent's geometer
- Selenia lunularia (Hübner, 1788) - lunar thorn
- Selenia sordida (Leech, 1897)
- Selenia tetralunaria (Hufnagel, 1767) - purple thorn