''Problepsis'' is a genus of

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Description

Palpi thick scaled and reaching just beyond the frons. Hindleg of male small, tibia dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair, where the first joint of tarsus dilated and large. Forewings with vein 3 from, or from before angle of cell. Vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars. Veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked from before upper angle, and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) slightly with them to form the areole. Hindwings from, or from before, angle of cell. Vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars and vein 6 from before upper angle.

Selected species

*'' Problepsis achlyobathra'' Prout, 1928 *'' Problepsis aegretta'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 *'' Problepsis albidior'' Prout, 1938 *'' Problepsis apollinaria'' (Guenée,

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*'' Problepsis argentea'' Warren, 1900 *'' Problepsis asira'' Wiltshire, 1982 *'' Problepsis borneamagna'' Holloway, 1997 *'' Problepsis centrophora'' (Prout, 1915) *'' Problepsis clemens'' Lucas, 1890 *'' Problepsis conjunctiva'' Prout, 1917 *'' Problepsis craspediata'' Warren, 1897 *'' Problepsis crassinotata'' Prout, 1917 *'' Problepsis deducta'' Herbulot, 1962 *'' Problepsis deliaria'' Guenée,

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*'' Problepsis diazoma'' Prout, 1938 *'' Problepsis digammata'' Kirby, 1896 *'' Problepsis discophora'' Fixsen, 1887 *'' Problepsis erythra'' Wiltshire, 1982 *'' Problepsis eucircota'' Prout, 1913 *'' Problepsis evanida'' Prout, 1932 *'' Problepsis exanimata'' Prout, 1935 *'' Problepsis flavistigma'' Swinhoe, 1904 *'' Problepsis herbuloti'' Viette, 1968 *'' Problepsis insignita'' Prout, 1938 *'' Problepsis korinchiana'' Rothschild, 1920 *'' Problepsis latonaria'' Guenée, (

*'' Problepsis longipannis'' Prout, 1917 *'' Problepsis lucifimbria'' (Warren, 1902) *'' Problepsis magna'' Warren, 1906 *'' Problepsis maxima'' Thierry-Mieg, 1905 *'' Problepsis meroearia'' Saalmüller, 1884 *'' Problepsis metallopictata'' (Pagenstecher, 1888) *'' Problepsis minuta'' Inoue, 1958 *'' Problepsis mitis'' de Joannis, 1932 *'' Problepsis neumanni'' Prout, 1932 *'' Problepsis ocellata'' (Frivaldszky, 1845) *'' Problepsis ochripicta'' Warren, 1901 *'' Problepsis paredra'' Prout, 1917 *'' Problepsis phoebearia'' Erschoff, 1870 *'' Problepsis plagiata'' (Butler, 1881) *'' Problepsis plenorbis'' Prout, 1917 *'' Problepsis rorida'' Prout, 1932 *'' Problepsis sancta'' Meyrick, 1888 *'' Problepsis shirozui'' Inoue, 1986 *'' Problepsis similinotata'' Prout, 1917 *'' Problepsis subreferta'' Prout, 1935 *'' Problepsis superans'' (Bulter, 1885) *'' Problepsis transposita'' Warren, 1903 *'' Problepsis triocellata'' Bastelberger, 1908 *'' Problepsis vulgaris'' Butler, 1889

References

External links

* Scopulini Geometridae genera {{Sterrhinae-stub