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Urapteroides

Urapteroides
Uraniid Moth (Urapteroides astheniata) (8680939020).jpg
Urapteroides astheniata from Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Uraniidae
Subfamily: Uraniinae
Genus: Urapteroides
Moore, 1888

Urapteroides is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.

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

Palpi slight and porrect. Antennae of male thickened and flattened, of female simple. Fore wings broad, veins 3 and 4 stalked, and veins 6,7 stalked. Veins 10 and 11 present. Hind wings with an angled tail at vein 4 and veins 3,4 stalked.


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