Spilopera

Spilopera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Spilopera
Spilopera debilis observed in South Korea in 2020
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Ourapterygini
Genus:	Spilopera Warren, 1893[1]

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), hairy and reaching beyond the frons. Antennae of male nearly simple. Forewings with outer margin usually angled at vein 4. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 stalked, from near upper angle. Vein 10 present. Hindwings with outer margin angled at vein 4 and vein 3 from near angle of cell.^[2] According to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, specimens of the genus have mostly been observed in Japan, Taiwan, China, Korea, and the Indochinese Peninsula.^[3] And also spilopera is a genus of Lepidoptera in the family geometrid moths.

Species

• Spilopera anomala (Warren, 1893)
• Spilopera chosenibia (Bryk, 1948)
• Spilopera chui (Stüning, 1987)
• Spilopera crenularia (Leech, 1897)
• Spilopera debilis (Butler, 1878)
• Spilopera divaricata (Moore, 1888)
• Spilopera gracilis (Butler, 1879)
• Spilopera gracilis (Hampson, 1895)
• Spilopera lepta (Wehrli, 1940)
• Spilopera polishana (Matsumura, 1931)
• Spilopera roseimarginata (Leech, 1897)