''Hypochrosis'' 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 ...

. It was erected by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...

in 1857.

Description

Palpi usually not reaching beyond frons. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in both sexes, the branches in the male longer than in the female. Claspers of the male very large. Foreleg with the process reaching beyond end of tibia and non-dilated hind tibia. Forewings with arched costa towards apex. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked from before upper angle. Veins 10 and 11 stalked, where vein 11 being joined by a bar to vein 12, and sometimes vein 10 connected with veins 8 and 9. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell.

Species

* '' Hypochrosis abstractaria'' Walker,

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/small> * '' Hypochrosis albodecorata'' Swinhoe, 1902 * ''

Hypochrosis banakaria ''Hypochrosis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857. Description Palpi usually not reaching beyond frons. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in both sexes, the branches in the male ...

'' Plötz, 1880 * ''

Hypochrosis binexata ''Hypochrosis binexata'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Thailand. Larvae have been reared on ''Theobroma cacao ''Theobroma cacao'', a ...

'' (Walker,

* ''

Hypochrosis chlorozonaria ''Hypochrosis chlorozonaria'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங ...

'' Walker, 1860 * ''

Hypochrosis cryptopyrrhata ''Hypochrosis cryptopyrrhata'' is a geometer moth in the subfamily Ennominae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. The species can be found in lowland and lower montane forests in Borneo and Sumatra. The larvae feed on ''Paraserianthes fal ...

'' (Walker,

* '' Hypochrosis euphyes'' Prout, 1915 * ''

Hypochrosis flavifusata ''Hypochrosis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857. Description Palpi usually not reaching beyond frons. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in both sexes, the branches in the male ...

'' Mullen, Gary R. & Durden, Lance A., eds. (2009). ''Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Second Edition.'' Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 356. * ''

Hypochrosis hyadaria ''Hypochrosis hyadaria'' is a geometer moth in the subfamily Ennominae described by Achille Guenée in 1857. The species has a wide range from India, Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia. Description The wingspan of the male is 52 mm and the fe ...

'' Guenée, 1857 * ''

Hypochrosis iris ''Hypochrosis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857. Description Palpi usually not reaching beyond frons. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in both sexes, the branches in the male ...

'' (Butler, 1880) * ''

Hypochrosis irrorata ''Hypochrosis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857. Description Palpi usually not reaching beyond frons. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in both sexes, the branches in the male ...

'' * ''

Hypochrosis praeaurata ''Hypochrosis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857. Description Palpi usually not reaching beyond frons. Antennae bipectinate (comb like on both sides) in both sexes, the branches in the male ...

'' Prout, 1928 * ''

Hypochrosis pyrrhophaeata ''Hypochrosis pyrrhophaeata'' is a geometer moth in the subfamily Ennominae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in the north eastern Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating ...

'' (Walker,

* ''

Hypochrosis rufescens ''Hypochrosis rufescens'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. It is found in India, China and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the ju ...

'' (Butler, 1880) * ''

Hypochrosis sternaria ''Hypochrosis sternaria'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found from India through Southeast Asia to Sumatra and Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the w ...

'' Guenée, 1857 * ''

Hypochrosis subrufa ''Hypochrosis subrufa'' is a geometer moth in the subfamily Ennominae first described by Max Bastelberger in 1908. The species can be found in lowland forests in Borneo and Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probi ...

'' (Bastelberger, 1908) * ''

Hypochrosis suffusata ''Hypochrosis suffusata'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1907. It is found in south western Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblik ...

'' Pagenstecher, 1907 * '' Hypochrosis waterstradti'' Holloway, 1976

References

External links

* Hypochrosini {{Ennominae-stub