Aterpnodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus previously included Syrrhizodes species S. rubripennis, but it is currently a monotypic taxon consisting solely of Aterpnodes geminipuncta.[1]

A. geminipuncta was discovered in and remains endemic to Costa Rica.[1] Its overall anatomy superficially resembles that of Parilexia, but distinct differences in wing, genital, and antennae structure suggest that their genera are independent of one another.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pitkin, Linda M. (June 2002). "Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 135 (2-3): 121–401. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00012.x. ISSN 1096-3642
  2. ^ Ferguson, Douglas C. (June 2009). "A revision of the red-brown caberine geometrids of the southeastern United States (Geometridae: Caberini)". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 19 (1)