Problepsis

Problepsis
Problepsis achlyobathra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Scopulini
Genus:	Problepsis Lederer, 1853 [1] [2]
Synonyms
ArgyrisGuenée, 1858 ProblepsiodesWarren, 1899 CalopteraFrivaldsky, 1845

Problepsis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi thick scaled and reaching just beyond the frons. Hindleg of male small, tibia dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair, where the first joint of tarsus dilated and large. Forewings with vein 3 from, or from before angle of cell. Vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars. Veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked from before upper angle, and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) slightly with them to form the areole. Hindwings from, or from before, angle of cell. Vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars and vein 6 from before upper angle. ^[3]

Selected species

• Problepsis achlyobathra Prout, 1928
• Problepsis aegretta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
• Problepsis albidior Prout, 1938
• Problepsis apollinaria (Guenée, [1858])
• Problepsis argentea Warren, 1900
• Problepsis asira Wiltshire, 1982
• Problepsis borneamagna Holloway, 1997
• Problepsis centrophora (Prout, 1915)
• Problepsis clemens Lucas, 1890
• Problepsis conjunctiva Prout, 1917
• Problepsis craspediata Warren, 1897
• Problepsis crassinotata Prout, 1917
• Problepsis deducta Herbulot, 1962
• Problepsis deliaria Guenée, [1858]
• Problepsis delphiaria Guenée, ([1858])
• Problepsis diazoma Prout, 1938
• Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896
• Problepsis discophora Fixsen, 1887
• Problepsis erythra Wiltshire, 1982
• Problepsis eucircota Prout, 1913
• Problepsis evanida Prout, 1932
• Problepsis exanimata Prout, 1935
• Problepsis flavistigma Swinhoe, 1904
• Problepsis herbuloti Viette, 1968
• Problepsis insignita Prout, 1938
• Problepsis korinchiana Rothschild, 1920
• Problepsis latonaria Guenée, ([1858])
• Problepsis longipannis Prout, 1917
• Problepsis lucifimbria (Warren, 1902)
• Problepsis magna Warren, 1906
• Problepsis maxima Thierry-Mieg, 1905
• Problepsis meroearia Saalmüller, 1884
• Problepsis metallopictata (Pagenstecher, 1888)
• Problepsis minuta Inoue, 1958
• Problepsis mitis de Joannis, 1932
• Problepsis neumanni Prout, 1932
• Problepsis ocellata (Frivaldszky, 1845)
• Problepsis ochripicta Warren, 1901
• Problepsis paredra Prout, 1917
• Problepsis phoebearia Erschoff, 1870
• Problepsis plagiata (Butler, 1881)
• Problepsis plenorbis Prout, 1917
• Problepsis rorida Prout, 1932
• Problepsis sancta Meyrick, 1888
• Problepsis shirozui Inoue, 1986
• Problepsis similinotata Prout, 1917
• Problepsis subreferta Prout, 1935
• Problepsis superans (Bulter, 1885)
• Problepsis transposita Warren, 1903
• Problepsis triocellata Bastelberger, 1908
• Problepsis vulgaris Butler, 1889

References

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Problepsis Lederer 1853". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
2. Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x .
3. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.