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Sericoptera

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Sericoptera
Sericoptera mahometaria
Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Ourapterygini
Genus: Sericoptera
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855[1]
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Ripula Guenée, [1858]
  • Syllexis Guenée, [1858]
  • Gonorthus Butler, 1883
  • Galactopteryx Warren, 1894

Sericoptera is a New World genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.[3] Adults of species in Sericoptera typically have white to cream wings with pale brown bands on the outer wings, sometimes dashed. Some but not all species have yellowish and dark blotches as additional wing markings. In some species, the bands are faint or absent.[1] Species occur in the New World from Canada to Bolivia.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Pitkin, Linda M. (June 2002). "Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 135 (2–3): 121–401. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00012.x. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Sericoptera Herrich-Schäffer, 1855". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Sericoptera Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 7, 2019.