''Amelora'' is a genus of Lepidoptera
moth
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s in the family geometrid moths (
geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metro ...
) that reside in Australia.
The
Encyclopedia of Life
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(EOL) has identified four of its key attributes:
bilateral symmetry, biting-chewing mouthparts acting as its feeding structure, having a
holometabolous
Holometabolism, also called complete metamorphosis, is a form of insect development which includes four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and imago (or adult). Holometabolism is a synapomorphic trait of all insects in the superorder Endopterygota. ...
developmental mode, and being
multicellular
A multicellular organism is an organism that consists of more than one cell, in contrast to unicellular organism.
All species of animals, land plants and most fungi are multicellular, as are many algae, whereas a few organisms are partially un ...
.
Species
* ''Amelora acontistica''
(Turner, 1947)
* ''Amelora adusta''
Turner, 1947
* ''Amelora amblopa''
Guest, 1887
* ''Amelora anepiscepta''
Turner, 1947
* ''
Amelora arotraea''
Meyrick, 1892
* ''Amelora australis''
(Rosenstock, 1885)
* ''Amelora belemnophora''
Turner, 1947
*
Amelora camptodes'
Turner, 1919
* ''Amelora catacris''
Meyrick, 1892
* ''Amelora ceraunia''
Turner, 1947
* ''Amelora conia''
Turner, 1947
* ''Amelora crenulata''
Turner, 1926
* ''Amelora cryphia''
Turner, 1919
* ''Amelora crypsigramma''
Lower, 1899
* ''Amelora demistis''
Guest, 1887
* ''Amelora fucosa''
Turner, 1919
* ''Amelora goniota''
Guest, 1887
* ''Amelora gonosemela''
(Lower, 1893)
* ''Amelora idiomorpha''
Lower, 1893
* ''Amelora leucaniata''
(Guenée, 1857)
* ''Amelora lithopepla''
Lower, 1918
* ''
Amelora macarta''
Turner, 1919
* ''Amelora mesocapna''
Turner, 1919
* ''Amelora milvaria''
(Guenée, 1857)
* ''Amelora newmannaria''
(Guenée, 1857)
* ''
Amelora oenobreches''
Turner, 1919
* ''Amelora oncerodes''
Turner, 1919
* ''Amelora oritropha''
Turner, 1919
* ''Amelora pachyspila''
Turner, 1919
* ''Amelora pentheres''
Turner, 1919
* ''Amelora perinipha''
(Lower, 1915)
* ''Amelora petrochroa''
(Lower, 1897)
* ''Amelora polychroa''
Lower, 1907
* ''Amelora sparsularia''
(Guenée, 1857)
* ''Amelora suffusa''
Turner, 1926
*
Amelora synclera'
Turner, 1919
* ''Amelora syscia''
(Turner, 1919)
*
Amelora thegalea'
Turner, 1947
* ''Amelora zophopasta''
Turner, 1919
References
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and some other life forms''
''Amelora''.EOL. (n.d.).
Nacophorini
Geometridae genera
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