Aethiopodes Explained

Aethiopodes are a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). Sometimes included in Odontopera, other authors treat it as distinct. If valid, it is a small genus with just about 10 species from southern Africa.^[1]

Species include:

• Aethiopodes indecoraria Walker, 1866
• Aethiopodes perplexata
• Aethiopodes saxeticola Krüger, 2005
• Aethiopodes staudei

References

• (2005): New species of geometrid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 42: 19-45. HTML abstract
• (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species  - Parectropis. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.

Notes and References

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Krüger (2005)