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Problepsis

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

Problepsis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Description

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

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References

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  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Problepsis Lederer 1853". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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