''Rhodometra'' 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 ''met ...

erected by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern micr ...

in 1892. These moths have bipectinated antennae for the males; apically simple. They have relatively narrow-elongated to relatively broad forewings and a wingspan of 20–30 mm. The forewings are pale yellow, sometimes rosy and traversed by an oblique red stripe, the hindwings are plain.

Species

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Rhodometra albidaria ''Rhodometra'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1892. These moths have bipectinated antennae for the males; apically simple. They have relatively narrow-elongated to relatively broad forewings and a wing ...

'' Erschoff, 1874 * '' Rhodometra albipunctaria'' Dognin, 1917 * '' Rhodometra angasmarcata'' Hübner, 1822 * '' Rhodometra anthophilaria'' Hübner, 1809/13 * '' Rhodometra aucta'' Krausse, 1913 * '' Rhodometra audeoudi'' Prout, 1928 * '' Rhodometra consecraria'' (Boisduval, 1840) * '' Rhodometra debiliaria'' Rothschild, 1914 * '' Rhodometra desertorum'' Staudinger, 1914 * ''

Rhodometra elvira ''Rhodometra'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1892. These moths have bipectinated antennae for the males; apically simple. They have relatively narrow-elongated to relatively broad forewings and a wing ...

'' Thierry-Mieg, 1911 * '' Rhodometra excaecaria'' Fuchs, 1903 * '' Rhodometra fumosa'' Prout, 1937 * '' Rhodometra gegenaria'' Alphéraky, 1883 * '' Rhodometra incarnaria'' Thierry-Mieg, 1911 * '' Rhodometra intermediaria'' Turati, 1930 * '' Rhodometra intervenata'' Warren, 1902 * '' Rhodometra kikiae'' Wiltshire, 1982 * '' Rhodometra labdoides'' Herbulot, 1997 * '' Rhodometra lucidaria'' (C. Swinhoe, 1904) * '' Rhodometra paralellaria'' Krüger, 1934 * '' Rhodometra participata'' (Walker, 1862) * '' Rhodometra plectaria'' (Guenée, 1858) * '' Rhodometra rosearia'' Treitschke, 1828 * '' Rhodometra roseata'' Dognin, 1917 * '' Rhodometra roseofimbriata'' Thierry-Mieg, 1911 * ''

Rhodometra sacraria ''Rhodometra sacraria'', the vestal, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Distribution It can be found throughout Europe, in the Near East, in No ...

'' Linnaeus, 1767 * '' Rhodometra satura'' Prout, 1916 * '' Rhodometra sevastopuloi'' Carcasson, 1964 * '' Rhodometra subrosearia'' Staudinger, 1871 * '' Rhodometra subsacraria'' Staudinger, 1871 * '' Rhodometra virgenpamba'' Dognin, 1892

References

Rhodometrini {{Sterrhinae-stub