Acropteris
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| Acropteris iphiata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Genus: | Acropteris Geyer, 1832
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Acropteris is a genus of moths of subfamily Microniinae of family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by Carl Geyer in 1832. The species of this genus are found in tropical Asia, Africa and Australia.[1] [2]
Description[]
Palpi slender, upturned, and reaching vertex of head; antennae of male thickened and flattened. Fore wing with the costa arched, the apex acute, the outer margin straight; veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell in female; male with veins 2 and 3 stalked, 4 remote from 5, and the discocellulars distorted, 6 and 7 stalked; 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with the costa much lobed at base; veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell.[3]
Species[]
- Walker
- Acropteris ciniferaria (Walker, 1866) - Eastern Asia
- Warren, 1897 - West Africa
- Geyer, 1832 - East Asia
- Snellen, 1872 - DR Congo
- Warren, 1897 - East Africa
- (Walker, 1862)
- Warren, 1897 - Madagascar
- Acropteris iphiata (Guenée, 1857) - East Asia, Japan
- (Guenée, 1857) - Taiwan
- Snellen, 1872 - DR Congo
- Warren
- Warren, 1898 - Australia
- Warren, 1897 - Nigeria
- Warren
- (Walker, 1866) - Timor
- (Warren, 1896) - Australia
- Guenée - Malaya, Borneo
- Warren, 1897
- Poujade
- Walker - Taiwan
- (Clerck, 1764)
- Walker - India
- (Guenée, 1857) - Australia
- Warren, 1897 - Madagascar
References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acropteris. |
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Acropteris Geyer in Hübner, 1832". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Acropteris". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Categories:
- Uraniidae
- Geometroidea stubs