''Hypoplectis'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

moth genus 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 ...

. Its only species, ''Hypoplectis pertextaria'', is found in Suriname. Both the genus and species were first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.

References

* Baptini Monotypic moth genera {{Ennominae-stub