Biology:Aethiopodes

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Short description: Genus of geometer moths


Aethiopodes
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Gonodontini
Genus:
Aethiopodes (disputed)

Warren, 1902
Type species
Azelina indecoraria
Walker, 1866

Aethiopodes are a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). Sometimes included in Odontopera, other authors treat it as distinct. If valid, it is a small genus with just about 10 species from southern Africa.[1]

Species include:[1]

  • Aethiopodes indecoraria Walker, 1866
  • Aethiopodes perplexata
  • Aethiopodes saxeticola Krüger, 2005
  • Aethiopodes staudei

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Krüger (2005)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4688705 entry