Thinopteryx

Thinopteryx
	Thinopteryx crocoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	Thinopteryx; Butler, 1883

Thinopteryx is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883.[1]

Description

Antennae of male fasciculate (bundled) with slightly longer palpi. Forewings with more produced apex. Vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 from before upper angle. Vein 10 present and given off from vein 11 after anastomosing (fusing) with vein 12. Hindwings with angled outer margin below apex, and tailed at vein 4. Vein 3 from before angle of cell.[2]

Species

Thinopteryx crocoptera (Kollar, [1844]) India - China, Korea, Japan, Sundaland
Thinopteryx praetoraria (Felder, 1875) Sulawesi, Philippines
Thinopteryx nebulosa Butler, 1883 India, Sumatra, Java, Borneo
Thinopteryx citrina Warren, 1894 Sikkim in northern India

References

Savela, Markku. "Thinopteryx Butler, 1883". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 12, 2019. Note: This source appears to misspell the name Thinopteryx crocoptera.
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Thinopteryx Butler, 1883". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 12, 2019. Note: This source appears to misspell the name Thinopteryx crocoptera.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.