Thinopteryx

Thinopteryx is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883.[1]

Thinopteryx
Thinopteryx crocoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Genus: Thinopteryx
Butler, 1883

Description

Antennae of male fasciculate (bundled) with slightly longer palpi. Forewings with more produced apex. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 from before upper angle. Vein 10 present and given off from vein 11 after anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings with angled outer margin below apex, and tailed at vein 4. Vein 3 from before angle of cell.[2]

Species
  • Thinopteryx crocoptera (Kollar, [1844]) India - China, Korea, Japan, Sundaland
  • Thinopteryx praetoraria (Felder, 1875) Sulawesi, Philippines
  • Thinopteryx nebulosa Butler, 1883 India, Sumatra, Java, Borneo
  • Thinopteryx citrina Warren, 1894 Sikkim in northern India
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References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Thinopteryx Butler, 1883". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 12, 2019. Note: This source appears to misspell the name Thinopteryx crocoptera.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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