Hypomecis

Hypomecis
Hypomecis sp. from southern India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Hypomecis Hübner, 1821
Synonyms
Boarmia Treitschke, 1825 Cymatophora Hübner, [1806] Dryocoetis Hübner, [1825] Alcippe Gumppenberg, 1887 (preocc.) Narapa Moore, [1887] Pseudangerona Moore, [1887] Serraca Moore, [1887] Astacuda Moore, 1888 Maidana Swinhoe, 1900 Pseudoboarmia McDunnough, 1920 Erobatodes Wehrli, 1943

Hypomecis is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Palpi oblique, raching beyond the frons and fringed with hair below. Fore wings with slightly crenulate cilia. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 7 to 9 from near upper angle. Typically with vein 10 and 11 arise from cell. Hind wings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Cilia crenulate.

Most of them are patterned cryptically and when they sit on bark, the markings appear like patches of lichen. Studies have shown that they choose the site for resting with care so that the pattern of crypsis is enhanced.

Species include:

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