''Apeira'' 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 in the family

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 ''met ...

first described by

Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel istl(11 August 1809 – 9 March 1873) was a German naturalist. He worked at the Museum of Natural History in Regensburg, and wrote on a range of topics under the pseudonyms Garduus and G. Tilesius (an a ...

in 1848.

Species

* ''

Apeira crenularia ''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel istl(11 August 1809 – 9 March 1873) was a German naturalist. He worked at the Museu ...

'' (Leech, 1897) * ''

Apeira ectocausta ''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848. Species * ''Apeira crenularia ''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes ...

'' (Wehrli, 1935) * '' Apeira latimarginaria'' (Leech, 1897) * '' Apeira marmorataria'' (Leech, 1897) * '' Apeira olivaria'' (Leech, 1897) * ''

Apeira productaria ''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848. Species * ''Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897) * ''Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935) * '' Apeira latimarginaria'' (Leec ...

'' (Leech, 1897) * '' Apeira syringaria'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – lilac beauty * ''

Apeira versicolor ''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848. Species * ''Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897) * ''Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935) * '' Apeira latimarginaria'' (Leec ...

'' (Warren, 1894) * ''

Apeira viridescens ''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848. Species * ''Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897) * ''Apeira ectocausta ''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geo ...

'' (Warren, 1894)

References

* Ennomini Geometridae genera Taxa named by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel {{Ennominae-stub