Spilopera
Genus of moths
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Spilopera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
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| 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] |
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)
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