Acropteris is a genus of moths of subfamily Microniinae of family Uraniidae. The genus was erected by Carl Geyer in 1832. The species of this genus are found in tropical Asia, Africa and Australia.
Description Palpi slender, upturned, and reaching vertex of head; antennae of male thickened and flattened. Fore wing with the costa arched, the apex acute, the outer margin straight; veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell in female; male with veins 2 and 3 stalked, 4 remote from 5, and the discocellulars distorted, 6 and 7 stalked; 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with the costa much lobed at base; veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell.
Species Acropteris basiguttaria Walker Acropteris ciniferaria (Walker, 1866) - Eastern Asia Acropteris costinigrata Warren, 1897 - West Africa Acropteris grammearia Geyer, 1832 - East Asia Acropteris hypocrita Snellen, 1872 - DR Congo Acropteris illiturata Warren, 1897 - East Africa Acropteris inchoata (Walker, 1862) Acropteris insticta Warren, 1897 - Madagascar Acropteris iphiata (Guenée, 1857) - East Asia, Japan Acropteris leptaliata (Guenée, 1857) - Taiwan Acropteris mendax Snellen, 1872 - DR Congo Acropteris munda Warren Acropteris nanula Warren, 1898 - Australia Acropteris nigrisquama Warren, 1897 - Nigeria Acropteris parvidentata Warren Acropteris puellaria (Walker, 1866) - Timor Acropteris quadripunctata (Warren, 1896) - Australia Acropteris rectinervata Guenée - Malaya, Borneo Acropteris reticulata Warren, 1897 Acropteris rhibetaria Poujade Acropteris sparsaria Walker - Taiwan Acropteris striataria (Clerck, 1764) Acropteris tenella Walker - India Acropteris teriadata (Guenée, 1857) - Australia Acropteris vacuata Warren, 1897 - Madagascar
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