''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 ''metro ...
. 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 earl ...
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''
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* '' Hypochrosis albodecorata'' Swinhoe, 1902
* '' Hypochrosis banakaria'' Plötz, 1880
* '' Hypochrosis binexata'' (Walker, 863
* '' Hypochrosis chlorozonaria'' 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 fa ...
'' (Walker, 863
* '' Hypochrosis euphyes'' Prout, 1915
* '' Hypochrosis flavifusata'' [Mullen, Gary R. & Durden, Lance A., eds. (2009). ''Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Second Edition.'' Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 356.]
* '' Hypochrosis hyadaria'' Guenée, 1857
References
External links
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Hypochrosini
{{Ennominae-stub