Mimaletis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1894. This genus is similar to Scopula but differs in neuration of the wings and the female's antennae that are shortly and stoutly pectinated (comb like).[1]
| Mimaletis | |
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| Mimaletis postica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Ennominae |
| Genus: | Mimaletis Warren, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| *Aletis postica Walker, 1869
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Species
editSome species of this genus are:[2]
- Mimaletis albipennis Warren, 1905
- Mimaletis humilis Warren, 1894
- Mimaletis landbecki (Druce, 1910)
- Mimaletis paucialbata Prout L. B., 1918
- Mimaletis postica (Walker, 1869)
- Mimaletis reducta Prout L. B., 1915
- Mimaletis verecunda Prout L. B., 1934
- Mimaletis watulekii Carcasson, 1962
References
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- ^ Warren (1894). Novitates Zoologicae. 1 (2): 378
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Mimaletis Warren, 1894". Afromoths. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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