| Aethiopodes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Tribe: | Gonodontini |
| Genus: | Aethiopodes 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
- Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Krüger (2005)
References
- Krüger, M. (2005): New species of geometrid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 42: 19-45. HTML abstract
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Parectropis. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.