Hyperythra
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Caberini |
| Genus: | Hyperythra Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857 |
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Hyperythra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Description
[edit | edit source]Palpi hairy and reaching well beyond the frons. A sharp frontal tuft. Antennae of male bipectinate (comb like on both sides) to two-thirds length. Fore tibia with large process. Forewings of male typically with a slight fovea below base of median nervure. The apex somewhat acute. Vein 3 from angle of cell and veins 7 to 10 stalked, from near upper angle. Vein 11 free. Hindwings with outer margin crenulate (scalloped) and vein 3 from angle of cell. In some American species, males have a large membraneous vesicle at base of hindwing below, and no fovea to forewings.[1]
Species
[edit | edit source]- Hyperythra lutea (Stoll, [1781])
- Hyperythra obliqua (Warren, 1894)
- Hyperythra phoenix Swinhoe, 1891
- Hyperythra rubricata Warren, 1898
- Hyperythra suspectaria (Walker, 1866)
- Hyperythra swinhoei Butler, 1880
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