Spilopera
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Genus: | Spilopera Warren, 1893[1]
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Spilopera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Description
[edit]Palpi porrect (extending forward), hairy and reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male nearly simple. Forewings with outer margin usually angled at vein 4. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked, from near upper angle. Vein 10 present. Hindwings with outer margin angled at vein 4 and vein 3 from near angle of cell.[2] According to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, specimens of the genus have mostly been observed in Japan, Taiwan, China, Korea, and the Indochinese Peninsula.[3] And also spilopera is a genus of Lepidoptera in the family geometrid moths.
Species
[edit]- Spilopera anomala (Warren, 1893)
- Spilopera chosenibia (Bryk, 1948)
- Spilopera chui (Stüning, 1987)
- Spilopera crenularia (Leech, 1897)
- Spilopera debilis (Butler, 1878)
- Spilopera divaricata (Moore, 1888)
- Spilopera gracilis (Butler, 1879)
- Spilopera gracilis (Hampson, 1895)
- Spilopera lepta (Wehrli, 1940)
- Spilopera polishana (Matsumura, 1931)
- Spilopera roseimarginata (Leech, 1897)
References
[edit]- ^ Warren, 1893. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Page 403.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Spilopera Warren, 1893". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.