''Zythos'' 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 ...
. It was described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1979.
Species
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Zythos aphrodite''
(Prout, 1932)
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Zythos avellanea''
(Prout, 1932)
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Zythos clypeata''
Yazaki, 1996
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Zythos cupreata''
(Pagenstecher, 1888)
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Zythos erotica''
(Prout, 1932)
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Zythos fastigata''
(Prout, 1938)
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Zythos modesta''
Yazaki, 1996
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Zythos molybdina''
(Prout, 1938)
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Zythos obliterata''
(Warren, 1897)
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Zythos strigata''
(Warren, 1896)
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Zythos turbata''
(Walker, 1862)(type-species)
References
Scopulini
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