Hyperythra

Hyperythra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.

Hyperythra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Caberini
Genus:	Hyperythra Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
Synonyms
Tycoonia Warren, 1894 Pseuderythra Swinhoe, 1894 Callipona Turner, 1904

Description

Palpi hairy and reaching well beyond the frons. A sharp frontal tuft. Antennae of male bipectinate (comb like on both sides) to two-thirds length. Fore tibia with large process. Forewings of male typically with a slight fovea below base of median nervure. The apex somewhat acute. Vein 3 from angle of cell and veins 7 to 10 stalked, from near upper angle. Vein 11 free. Hindwings with outer margin crenulate (scalloped) and vein 3 from angle of cell. In some American species, males have a large membraneous vesicle at base of hindwing below, and no fovea to forewings.^[1]

Species

• Hyperythra lutea (Stoll, [1781])
• Hyperythra obliqua (Warren, 1894)
• Hyperythra phoenix Swinhoe, 1891
• Hyperythra rubricata Warren, 1898
• Hyperythra suspectaria (Walker, 1866)
• Hyperythra swinhoei Butler, 1880