Urapteroides

Urapteroides is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.^[2]

Distribution

The genus includes mainly nocturnal or crepuscular moths that are found from Nepal to the Indo-Australian tropics and parts of continental Southeast Asia.^[3] Species have a generally pale or nearly white coloration with darker markings.^[4]

Description

Palpi slight and porrect (extending forward). Antennae of male thickened and flattened, of female simple. Forewings broad, veins 3 and 4 stalked, and veins 6 and 7 stalked. Veins 10 and 11 present. Hindwings with an angled tail at vein 4 and veins 3 and 4 stalked.^[5]

Species

• Urapteroides anerces Meyrick, 1886 (Fiji)
• Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857) (Himalaya to New Guinea, Queensland)
• Urapteroides diana Swinhoe (Peninsular Malaysia) (possibly a form of U. astheniata)
• Urapteroides equestraria Boisduval
• Urapteroides hermaea Druce, 1888
• Urapteroides hyemalis Butler, 1887 (Solomons, Vanuatu)
• Urapteroides malgassaria Mabille, 1878
• Urapteroides recurvata Warren, 1898 (Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania)
• Urapteroides swinhoei Rothschild
• Urapteroides urapterina Butler, 1877

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