''Apeira'' 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 in the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are 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, paraphyleti ...

first described by

Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel istl(11 August 1809 – 9 March 1873) was a German naturalist. He worked at the Museum of Natural History in Regensburg, and wrote on a range of topics under the pseudonyms Garduus and G. Tilesius (an ...

in 1848.

Species

* ''

Apeira crenularia ''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848. Species * '' Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897) * '' Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935) * '' Apeira latimarginaria'' (Le ...

'' (Leech, 1897) * '' Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935) * '' Apeira latimarginaria'' (Leech, 1897) * '' Apeira marmorataria'' (Leech, 1897) * ''

Apeira olivaria ''Apeira'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae Species description, first described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848. Species * ''Apeira crenularia'' (Leech, 1897) * ''Apeira ectocausta'' (Wehrli, 1935) * ''Apeira lat ...

'' (Leech, 1897) * '' Apeira productaria'' (Leech, 1897) * '' Apeira syringaria'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – lilac beauty * '' Apeira versicolor'' (Warren, 1894) * '' Apeira viridescens'' (Warren, 1894)

References

* Ennomini Geometridae genera Taxa named by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel {{Ennominae-stub