Problepsis

Problepsis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Problepsis
Problepsis achlyobathra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Scopulini
Genus:	Problepsis Lederer, 1853[1][2]
Synonyms
Argyris Guenée, 1858 Problepsiodes Warren, 1899 Caloptera Frivaldsky, 1845

Description

Palpi thick scaled and reaching just beyond the frons. Hindleg of male small, tibia dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair, where the first joint of tarsus dilated and large. Forewings with vein 3 from, or from before angle of cell. Vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars. Veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked from before upper angle, and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) slightly with them to form the areole. Hindwings from, or from before, angle of cell. Vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars and vein 6 from before upper angle.^[3]

Selected species

• Problepsis achlyobathra Prout, 1928
• Problepsis aegretta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
• Problepsis albidior Prout, 1938
• Problepsis apollinaria (Guenée, [1858])
• Problepsis argentea Warren, 1900
• Problepsis asira Wiltshire, 1982
• Problepsis borneamagna Holloway, 1997
• Problepsis centrophora (Prout, 1915)
• Problepsis clemens Lucas, 1890
• Problepsis conjunctiva Prout, 1917
• Problepsis craspediata Warren, 1897
• Problepsis crassinotata Prout, 1917
• Problepsis deducta Herbulot, 1962
• Problepsis deliaria Guenée, [1858]
• Problepsis delphiaria Guenée, ([1858])
• Problepsis diazoma Prout, 1938
• Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896
• Problepsis discophora Fixsen, 1887
• Problepsis erythra Wiltshire, 1982
• Problepsis eucircota Prout, 1913
• Problepsis evanida Prout, 1932
• Problepsis exanimata Prout, 1935
• Problepsis flavistigma Swinhoe, 1904
• Problepsis herbuloti Viette, 1968
• Problepsis insignita Prout, 1938
• Problepsis korinchiana Rothschild, 1920
• Problepsis latonaria Guenée, ([1858])
• Problepsis longipannis Prout, 1917
• Problepsis lucifimbria (Warren, 1902)
• Problepsis magna Warren, 1906
• Problepsis maxima Thierry-Mieg, 1905
• Problepsis meroearia Saalmüller, 1884
• Problepsis metallopictata (Pagenstecher, 1888)
• Problepsis minuta Inoue, 1958
• Problepsis mitis de Joannis, 1932
• Problepsis neumanni Prout, 1932
• Problepsis ocellata (Frivaldszky, 1845)
• Problepsis ochripicta Warren, 1901
• Problepsis paredra Prout, 1917
• Problepsis phoebearia Erschoff, 1870
• Problepsis plagiata (Butler, 1881)
• Problepsis plenorbis Prout, 1917
• Problepsis rorida Prout, 1932
• Problepsis sancta Meyrick, 1888
• Problepsis shirozui Inoue, 1986
• Problepsis similinotata Prout, 1917
• Problepsis subreferta Prout, 1935
• Problepsis superans (Bulter, 1885)
• Problepsis transposita Warren, 1903
• Problepsis triocellata Bastelberger, 1908
• Problepsis vulgaris Butler, 1889