Spilopera

Spilopera
Spilopera debilis observed in South Korea in 2020
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Ourapterygini
Genus:	Spilopera Warren, 1893 [1]

Spilopera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), hairy and reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male nearly simple. Forewings with outer margin usually angled at vein 4. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked, from near upper angle. Vein 10 present. Hindwings with outer margin angled at vein 4 and vein 3 from near angle of cell. ^[2] According to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, specimens of the genus have mostly been observed in Japan, Taiwan, China, Korea, and the Indochinese Peninsula. ^[3] And also spilopera is a genus of Lepidoptera in the family geometrid moths.

Species

• Spilopera anomala(Warren, 1893)
• Spilopera chosenibia(Bryk, 1948)
• Spilopera chui(Stüning, 1987)
• Spilopera crenularia(Leech, 1897)
• Spilopera debilis(Butler, 1878)
• Spilopera divaricata(Moore, 1888)
• Spilopera gracilis(Butler, 1879)
• Spilopera gracilis(Hampson, 1895)
• Spilopera lepta(Wehrli, 1940)
• Spilopera polishana(Matsumura, 1931)
• Spilopera roseimarginata(Leech, 1897)

References

1. Warren, 1893. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Page 403.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. "Spilopera Warren, 1893". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-05-06.

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