''Acropteris'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of subfamily Microniinae of family

Uraniidae The Uraniidae are a family (biology), family of moths containing four subfamily (biology), subfamilies, 90 genera, and roughly 700 species. The family is distributed throughout the tropics of the Americas, Africa and Indo-Australia.Carter, David ...

. The genus was erected by

Carl Geyer Peter Carl Friedrich Geyer (1802–1889) was a German entomologist who wrote and illustrated various supplements to Jacob Hübner's works on Lepidoptera. Carl Geyer was by profession an artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity r ...

in 1832. The species of this genus are found in tropical

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and

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Description

Palpi slender, upturned, and reaching vertex of head; antennae of male thickened and flattened. Fore wing with the costa arched, the apex acute, the outer margin straight; veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell in female; male with veins 2 and 3 stalked, 4 remote from 5, and the discocellulars distorted, 6 and 7 stalked; 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with the costa much lobed at base; veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell.

Species

*'' Acropteris basiguttaria'' Walker *'' Acropteris ciniferaria'' (Walker, 1866) - Eastern Asia *'' Acropteris costinigrata'' Warren, 1897 - West Africa *'' Acropteris grammearia'' Geyer, 1832 - East Asia *'' Acropteris hypocrita'' Snellen, 1872 - DR Congo *'' Acropteris illiturata'' Warren, 1897 - East Africa *'' Acropteris inchoata'' (Walker, 1862) *'' Acropteris insticta'' Warren, 1897 - Madagascar *'' Acropteris iphiata'' (Guenée, 1857) - East Asia, Japan *'' Acropteris leptaliata'' (Guenée, 1857) - Taiwan *'' Acropteris mendax'' Snellen, 1872 - DR Congo *'' Acropteris munda'' Warren *'' Acropteris nanula'' Warren, 1898 - Australia *'' Acropteris nigrisquama'' Warren, 1897 - Nigeria *'' Acropteris parvidentata'' Warren *'' Acropteris puellaria'' (Walker, 1866) - Timor *'' Acropteris quadripunctata'' (Warren, 1896) - Australia *'' Acropteris rectinervata'' Guenée - Malaya, Borneo *'' Acropteris reticulata'' Warren, 1897 *'' Acropteris rhibetaria'' Poujade *'' Acropteris sparsaria'' Walker - Taiwan *'' Acropteris striataria'' (Clerck, 1764) *'' Acropteris tenella'' Walker - India *'' Acropteris teriadata'' (Guenée, 1857) - Australia *'' Acropteris vacuata'' Warren, 1897 - Madagascar

References

Uraniidae {{Geometroidea-stub