Lampropteryx is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae and was raised by the English entomologist, James Francis Stephens in 1831. The name is from the Greek (lampros, a wing) and (pteryx, bright); referring to the ″strong gloss on the forewings …″.
Species Lampropteryx albigirata (Kollar, 1848) Lampropteryx argentilineata (Leech, 1897) Lampropteryx chalybearia (Moore, 1868) Lampropteryx jameza (Butler, 1878) Lampropteryx minna (Butler, 1881) Lampropteryx nishizawai Sato, 1990 Lampropteryx otregiata (Metcalfe, 1917) – Devon carpet Lampropteryx suffumata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – water carpet Lampropteryx synthetica Prout, 1922
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