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Hypomecis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Hypomecis

Higher classification
  
Boarmiini

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Family
  
Geometridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Hypomecis Hypomecis roboraria Wikipedia

Similar
  
Hypomecis punctinalis, Geometer moth, Butterflies and moths, Ectropis, Peribatodes

Hypomecis is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

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Description

Hypomecis Pale Oak Beauty Hypomecis punctinalis UKMoths

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.

Ecology

Hypomecis 268 Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty British Lepidoptera

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.

Selected species

Species include:

Hypomecis Hypomecis punctinalis Biopix photoimage 92505

  • Hypomecis brevifasciata (Wileman, 1911)
  • Hypomecis cineracea (Moore, 1888)
  • Hypomecis corticea (Bastelberger, 1911)
  • Hypomecis formosana (Wileman, 1912)
  • Hypomecis intectaria (Walker 1863)
  • Hypomecis monotona (Inoue, 1978)
  • Hypomecis nudicosta Inoue, 1983
  • Hypomecis obliquisigna (Wileman, 1912)
  • Hypomecis percnioides (Wehrli, 1943)
  • Hypomecis punctinalis – Pale Oak Beauty
  • Hypomecis roboraria – Great Oak Beauty

    • Hypomecis Image Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty BioLibcz

    Hypomecis wwwlepinetfrespecesphotosgrandes04ROBORARIA

    Hypomecis lepinetfr Hypomecis punctinalis La Boarmie pointille Serraca

    References

    Hypomecis Wikipedia
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