Aposteira

Aposteira is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.[1] Its only species, Aposteira saurides, is found in Madagascar. Both the genus and species were first described by Prout in 1935.[2]

Aposteira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Larentiinae
Genus:
Aposteira

Prout, 1935

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aposteira". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aposteira saurides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2019.


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