Hyperythra

Hyperythra
	Hyperythra lutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Hyperythra; Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
Synonyms
	Tycoonia Warren, 1894; Pseuderythra Swinhoe, 1894; Callipona Turner, 1904;

Hyperythra is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Description

Palpi hairy and reaching well beyond the frons. A sharp frontal tuft. Antennae of male bipectinated to two-thirds length. Fore tibia with large process. Fore wings of male typically with a slight fovea below base of median nervure. The apex somewhat acute. Vein 3 from angle of cell and veins 7 to 10 stalked, from near upper angle. Vein 11 free. Hind wings with outer margin crenulate and vein 3 from angle of cell. In some American species, males have a large membraneous vesicle at base of hind wing below, and no fovea to fore wings.^[1]

Species

Hyperythra lutea (Stoll, [1781])
Hyperythra obliqua (Warren, 1894)
Hyperythra phoenix Swinhoe, 1891
Hyperythra rubricata Warren, 1898
Hyperythra suspectaria (Walker, 1866)
Hyperythra swinhoei Butler, 1880

References

^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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[1] Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

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