Problepsis

Problepsis
Problepsis achlyobathra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Sterrhinae
Tribe: Scopulini
Genus: Problepsis
Lederer, 1853[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Argyris Guenée, 1858
  • Problepsiodes Warren, 1899
  • Caloptera Frivaldsky, 1845

Problepsis is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi thick scaled and reaching just beyond the frons. Hind leg of male small, tibia dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair, where the first joint of tarsus dilated and large. Fore wings with vein 3 from, or from before angle of cell. Vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars. Veins 7,8,9,10 stalked from before upper angle, and vein 11 anastomosing slightly with them to form the areole. Hind wings from, or from before, angle of cell. Vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars and vein 6 from before upper angle. [3]

Selected species

References

  1. ↑ taxapad
  2. ↑ Sihvonen, P., 2005: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143: 473–530.
  3. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.