Lampropteryx
| Lampropteryx | |
|---|---|
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| Water carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Tribe: | Cidariini |
| Genus: | Lampropteryx Stephens, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Geometra suffumata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Lampropteryx is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae and was raised by the English entomologist, James Francis Stephens in 1831. The name is from the Greek (lampros, a wing) and (pteryx, bright); referring to the ″strong gloss on the forewings …″.[1][3]
Species
[edit]- Lampropteryx albigirata (Kollar, 1848)
- Lampropteryx argentilineata (Leech, 1897)
- Lampropteryx chalybearia (Moore, 1868)
- Lampropteryx jameza (Butler, 1878)
- Lampropteryx minna (Butler, 1881)
- Lampropteryx nishizawai Sato, 1990
- Lampropteryx otregiata (Metcalfe, 1917) – Devon carpet
- Lampropteryx suffumata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – water carpet
- Lampropteryx synthetica Prout, 1922
References
[edit]- 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Lampropteryx Stephens, 1831". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "Lampropteryx Stephens, 1831". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ↑ Maitland Emmet, A (1991). The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their History and Meaning. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 168. ISBN 0-946589-35-6.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.