''Acropteris'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of subfamily
Microniinae
Microniinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Uraniidae.
Genera
*'' Acropteris'' Geyer in Hübner, 1832
*'' Aploschema'' Warren, 1897
*'' Dissoprumna'' Warren, 1897
*'' Micronia'' Guenée, 1857
*'' Pseudomicronia'' Moore, 887/small>
*'' S ...
of family
Uraniidae
The Uraniidae are a family of moths containing four subfamilies, 90 genera, and roughly 700 species. The family is distributed throughout the tropics of the Americas, Africa and Indo-Australia.Carter, David, ''Eyewitness Handbook to Butterflies ...
. The genus was erected by
Carl Geyer
Peter Carl Friedrich Geyer (1802–1889) was a German entomologist who wrote and illustrated various supplements to Jacob Hübner's works on Lepidoptera.
Carl Geyer was by profession an artist. He is not to be confused with Karl Andreas Geyer (180 ...
in 1832. The species of this genus are found in tropical
Asia
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,
Africa
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and
Australia
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.
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.
Species
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Acropteris basiguttaria''
Walker
*''
Acropteris ciniferaria''
(Walker, 1866) - Eastern Asia
*''
Acropteris costinigrata''
Warren, 1897 - West Africa
*''
Acropteris grammearia''
Geyer, 1832 - East Asia
*''
Acropteris hypocrita''
Snellen, 1872 - DR Congo
*''
Acropteris illiturata''
Warren, 1897 - East Africa
*''
Acropteris inchoata''
(Walker, 1862)
*''
Acropteris insticta''
Warren, 1897 - Madagascar
*''
Acropteris iphiata''
(Guenée, 1857) - East Asia, Japan
*''
Acropteris leptaliata''
(Guenée, 1857) - Taiwan
*''
Acropteris mendax
''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.
Description
Palpi slender, upturned, and ...
''
Snellen, 1872 - DR Congo
*''
Acropteris munda''
Warren
*''
Acropteris nanula''
Warren, 1898 - Australia
*''
Acropteris nigrisquama''
Warren, 1897 - Nigeria
*''
Acropteris parvidentata''
Warren
*''
Acropteris puellaria''
(Walker, 1866) - Timor
*''
Acropteris quadripunctata''
(Warren, 1896) - Australia
*''
Acropteris rectinervata''
Guenée - Malaya, Borneo
*''
Acropteris reticulata''
Warren, 1897
*''
Acropteris rhibetaria''
Poujade
*''
Acropteris sparsaria''
Walker - Taiwan
*''
Acropteris striataria''
(Clerck, 1764)
*''
Acropteris tenella
''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.
Description
Palpi slender, upturned, and ...
''
Walker - India
*''
Acropteris teriadata
''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.
Description
Palpi slender, upturned, and ...
''
(Guenée, 1857) - Australia
*''
Acropteris vacuata
''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
Australia, officially the Commonwea ...
''
Warren, 1897 - Madagascar
References
Uraniidae
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