Aethiopodes

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.

Species include:

• Aethiopodes indecoraria <small>Walker, 1866</small>
• Aethiopodes perplexata
• Aethiopodes saxeticola <small>Krüger, 2005</small>
• Aethiopodes staudei

Footnotes

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 &ndash; Parectropis. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.