''Aponotoreas'' 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 ''metro ...
erected by Robin C. Craw in 1986.
Species
* ''
Aponotoreas anthracias''
(Meyrick, 1883)
* ''
Aponotoreas dissimilis''
(Philpott, 1914)
* ''
Aponotoreas incompta''
(Philpott, 1918)
* ''
Aponotoreas insignis''
(Butler, 1877)
* ''
Aponotoreas orphnaea''
(Meyrick, 1883)
* ''
Aponotoreas synclinalis
''Aponotoreas synclinalis'' (also known as the Wirerush looper) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by George Vernon Hudson in 1903 as ''Notoreas synclinalis'' from a typ ...
''
(Hudson, 1903)
* ''
Aponotoreas villosa''
(Philpott, 1917)
* ''
Aponotoreas cheimatobiata''
(Guenée, 1857)
* ''
Aponotoreas dascia''
(Turner, 1904)
* ''
Aponotoreas epicrossa''
(Meyrick, 1891)
* ''
Aponotoreas petrodes''
(Turner, 1904)
References
Hydriomenini
Geometridae genera
Taxa named by Robin Craw
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