Aterpnodes

Aterpnodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Genus: Aterpnodes

Aterpnodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus previously included Syrrhizodes species S. rubripennis, but it is currently a monotypic taxon consisting solely of Aterpnodes geminipuncta.[1]

A. geminipuncta was discovered in and remains endemic to Costa Rica.[1] Its overall anatomy superficially resembles that of Parilexia, but distinct differences in wing, genital, and antennae structure suggest that their genera are independent of one another.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Pitkin, Linda M. (June 2002). "Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 135 (2–3): 121–401. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00012.x. ISSN 1096-3642.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Douglas C. (June 2009). "A revision of the red-brown caberine geometrids of the southeastern United States (Geometridae: Caberini)". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 19 (1).



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