Ourapteryx

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Ourapteryx
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Ourapteryx changi from Taiwan
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Ourapterygini
Genus: Ourapteryx
Leach, 1814
Synonyms
List
  • LarsHübner, [1806]
  • UrapteraBillberg, 1820
  • AcaenaTreitschke, 1825
  • UropteryxAgassiz, [1847]
  • EuctenurapteryxWarren, 1894
  • EnergopteryxThierry-Mieg, 1903
  • PhruduraSwinhoe, 1906

Ourapteryx is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was erected by William Elford Leach in 1814.

Selected species

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