''Semaeopus'' 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
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer (17 December 1799 – 14 April 1874) was a German entomologist and physician. He was born, and died, in Regensburg. Herrich-Schäffer studied and collected particularly butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). ...
in 1855.
Species
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Semaeopus argocosma
''Semaeopus argocosma'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1935. It is found on Jamaica
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Semaeopus callichroa
''Semaeopus callichroa'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1938. It is found on Jamaica
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Semaeopus cantona
''Semaeopus cantona'' is a species of geometrid moth 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 th ...
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Semaeopus castaria
''Semaeopus castaria'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found on Hispaniola and Jamaica
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Semaeopus ella
''Semaeopus ella'' is a species of geometrid moth 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 A ...
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Semaeopus gracilata
''Semaeopus gracilata'' is a species of geometrid moth 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 ...
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Semaeopus indignaria
''Semaeopus indignaria'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in South America and on the Greater Antilles
The Greater Antilles ( es, Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; french: Grand ...
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Semaeopus marginata
''Semaeopus marginata'' is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Central America.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Semaeopus marginata'' is List of moths of North America, 7145.
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Semaeopus vincentii''
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Cosymbiini
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