''Rheumaptera'' 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 of the family
Geometridae erected by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1822.
Selected species
* ''
Rheumaptera acutata''
D. Y. Xue & F. Meng, 1992
* ''
Rheumaptera affinis''
D. Y. Xue & F. Meng, 1992
* ''
Rheumaptera caucasica''
(Müller & Viidalepp)
* ''
Rheumaptera cervinalis''
(Scopoli, 1763)
* ''
Rheumaptera exacta''
(Butler, 1882)
* ''
Rheumaptera flavipes''
Ménétriés, 1858
* ''
Rheumaptera fuegata''
(Staudinger, 1899)
* ''
Rheumaptera gudarica''
Dufay, 1983
* ''
Rheumaptera hastata
The argent and sable moth (''Rheumaptera hastata'') is a day-flying moth of the family Geometridae, with distinctive black and white colors. They tend to live on wetlands and hillsides. The larvae spin together the leaves of their food plants ( ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Rheumaptera hecate''
(Butler, 1878)
* ''
Rheumaptera hedemannaria''
Oberthür, 1880
* '' Rheumaptera hyrcana'' Staudinger, 1871
* '' Rheumaptera inanata'' Christoph, 1880
* '' Rheumaptera instabilis'' Alphéraky, 1883
* '' Rheumaptera ithys'' (L. B. Prout, 1937)
* '' Rheumaptera latifasciaria'' Leech, 1891
* '' Rheumaptera montivagata'' (Duponchel, 1830)
* '' Rheumaptera moscardonica'' Laever, 1983
* '' Rheumaptera neocervinalis'' Inoue, 1982
* '' Rheumaptera prunivorata'' Ferguson, 1955
* '' Rheumaptera ravulata'' Staudinger, 1892
* '' Rheumaptera scotaria'' (Hampson 1907)
* '' Rheumaptera subhastata'' (Nolcken, 1870)
* '' Rheumaptera turkmenica'' (Müller & Viidalepp)
* '' Rheumaptera undulata'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* '' Rheumaptera veternata'' Christoph, 1880
External links
''Rheumaptera'' on ''Fauna Europaea''Watson, L. & Dallwitz, M. J. (2003 onwards). ''British Insects: The Genera of Lepidoptera-Geometridae''. Version: 29 December 2011
Rheumapterini
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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