''Aethiopodes'' is a
genus
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in the
geometer moth family
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(Geometridae). Sometimes included in ''
Odontopera
''Odontopera'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Stephens in 1831. '' Aethiopodes'' is sometimes also included here.
Selected species
*'' Odontopera albiguttulata'' Bastelberger, 1909
*''Odontopera bidentata
The scall ...
'', other authors treat it as distinct. If valid, it is a small genus with just about 10
species
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from southern
Africa
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.
[Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Krüger (2005)]
Species include:
* ''
Aethiopodes indecoraria''
Walker, 1866
* ''
Aethiopodes perplexata''
* ''
Aethiopodes saxeticola''
Krüger, 2005
* ''
Aethiopodes staudei''
Footnotes
References
* (2005): New species of geometrid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae). ''Annals of the Transvaal Museum'' 42: 19-45
HTML abstract* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Parectropis'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
Ennominae
Geometridae genera
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