''Ourapteryx'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyleti ...

. The genus was erected by

William Elford Leach William Elford Leach (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. Life and work Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of an attorney. At the age of twelve he began a medical apprenticesh ...

in 1814.

Selected species

*'' Ourapteryx caecata'' (Bastelberger, 1911) *'' Ourapteryx changi'' Inoue, 1985 *'' Ourapteryx clara'' Matsumura, 1910 *'' Ourapteryx claretta'' Holloway, 1982 *'' Ourapteryx ebuleata'' (Guenée, 1858) *'' Ourapteryx excellens'' (Butler, 1889) *'' Ourapteryx falciformis'' Inoue, 1993 *'' Ourapteryx flavovirens'' Inoue, 1985 *'' Ourapteryx fulvinervis'' (Warren, 1894) *'' Ourapteryx incaudata'' Warren, 1897 *'' Ourapteryx inspersa'' Wileman, 1912 *'' Ourapteryx japonica'' Inoue, 1993 *'' Ourapteryx maculicaudaria'' (Motschulsky, 1866) *'' Ourapteryx margaritata'' (Moore, 1868) *'' Ourapteryx marginata'' (Hampson, 1895) *'' Ourapteryx monticola'' Inoue, 1985 *'' Ourapteryx multistrigaria'' Walker, 1866 *'' Ourapteryx nigrociliaris'' Inoue, 1985 *'' Ourapteryx obtusicauda'' (Warren, 1894) *'' Ourapteryx pallidula'' Inoue, 1985 *'' Ourapteryx parallelaria'' (Leech, 1891) *'' Ourapteryx peermaadiata'' Thierry-Mieg, 1903 *'' Ourapteryx persica'' (Ménétriés, 1832) *'' Ourapteryx picticaudata'' (Walker, 1860) *'' Ourapteryx pluristrigata'' Warren, 1888) *'' Ourapteryx podaliriata'' (Guenée, 1857) *'' Ourapteryx primularis'' (Butler, 1886) *'' Ourapteryx pura'' (Swinhoe, 1902) *'' Ourapteryx purissima'' Thierry-Meig, 1905 *'' Ourapteryx ramosa'' (Wileman, 1910) *'' Ourapteryx sambucaria'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Ourapteryx sciticaudaria'' (Walker, 1862) *'' Ourapteryx similaria'' (Matsumura, 1910) *'' Ourapteryx taiwana'' Wileman, 1910 *'' Ourapteryx triangularia'' Moore, 1867 *'' Ourapteryx ussurica'' Inoue, 1993 *'' Ourapteryx variolaria'' Inoue, 1985 *'' Ourapteryx venusta'' Inoue, 1985 *'' Ourapteryx yerburii'' Matsumura, 1910

References

* * Ourapterygini {{Ourapterygini-stub