Rhodometra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1892.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Rhodometrini |
| Genus: | Rhodometra Meyrick, 1892 |
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These moths have bipectinated antennae for the males; apically simple. They have relatively narrow-elongated to relatively broad forewings and a wingspan of 20–30 mm. The forewings are pale yellow, sometimes rosy and traversed by an oblique red stripe, the hindwings are plain.[1]
Species
edit- Rhodometra albidaria Erschoff, 1874
- Rhodometra albipunctaria Dognin, 1917
- Rhodometra angasmarcata Hübner, 1822
- Rhodometra anthophilaria Hübner, 1809/13
- Rhodometra aucta Krausse, 1913
- Rhodometra audeoudi Prout, 1928
- Rhodometra consecraria (Boisduval, 1840)
- Rhodometra debiliaria Rothschild, 1914
- Rhodometra desertorum Staudinger, 1914
- Rhodometra elvira Thierry-Mieg, 1911
- Rhodometra excaecaria Fuchs, 1903
- Rhodometra fumosa Prout, 1937
- Rhodometra gegenaria Alphéraky, 1883
- Rhodometra incarnaria Thierry-Mieg, 1911
- Rhodometra intermediaria Turati, 1930
- Rhodometra intervenata Warren, 1902
- Rhodometra kikiae Wiltshire, 1982
- Rhodometra labdoides Herbulot, 1997
- Rhodometra lucidaria (C. Swinhoe, 1904)
- Rhodometra paralellaria Krüger, 1934
- Rhodometra participata (Walker, 1862)
- Rhodometra plectaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Rhodometra rosearia Treitschke, 1828
- Rhodometra roseata Dognin, 1917
- Rhodometra roseofimbriata Thierry-Mieg, 1911
- Rhodometra sacraria Linnaeus, 1767
- Rhodometra satura Prout, 1916
- Rhodometra sevastopuloi Carcasson, 1964
- Rhodometra subrosearia Staudinger, 1871
- Rhodometra subsacraria Staudinger, 1871
- Rhodometra virgenpamba Dognin, 1892
References
edit- ^ Watson, L. & Dallwitz, M. J. (2003 onwards). "Rhodometra Meyrick". Insects of Britain and Ireland: The Genera of Lepidoptera-Geometridae.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. "Rhodometra Meyrick, 1892". Afromoths. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013.
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Rhodometra Meyrick, 1892". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ "Rhodometra". ZipcodeZoo.com. Archived from the original February 17, 2013.
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