# Microdes

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***Microdes*** is a genus of [moths](/source/Moth) in the family [Geometridae](/source/Geometridae).[1][2][3][4] They occur in Australia[2][3][4] and New Zealand.[4]

## Species

There are 13 recognized species:[1][3][4]

- *[Microdes arcuata](/source/Microdes_arcuata)* Swinhoe, 1902
- *[Microdes asystata](/source/Microdes_asystata)* Turner, 1922
- *[Microdes decora](/source/Microdes_decora)* Turner, 1942
- *[Microdes diplodonta](/source/Microdes_diplodonta)* Turner, 1904
- *[Microdes epicryptis](/source/Microdes_epicryptis)* Meyrick, 1897
- *[Microdes haemobaphes](/source/Microdes_haemobaphes)* Turner, 1926
- *[Microdes leptobrya](/source/Microdes_leptobrya)* Turner, 1939
- *[Microdes melanocausta](/source/Microdes_melanocausta)* Meyrick, 1891
- *[Microdes oriochares](/source/Microdes_oriochares)* Turner, 1922
- *[Microdes quadristrigata](/source/Microdes_quadristrigata)* (Walker, 1862)
- *[Microdes squamulata](/source/Microdes_squamulata)* Guenée, 1857
- *[Microdes typhopa](/source/Microdes_typhopa)* Lower, 1897
- *[Microdes villosata](/source/Microdes_villosata)* Guenée, 1857

## References

1. ["*Microdes* Guenée, 1857"](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/262357). *Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.271*. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

1. ["Genus *Microdes* Guenée, 1857"](https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Microdes). *Australian Faunal Directory*. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

1. Savela, Markku. ["*Microdes* Guenée, 1857"](https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/larentiinae/microdes/#Microdes). *Lepidoptera and some other life forms*. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

1. Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys; Sihvonen, Pasi (2022). "An online taxonomic facility of Geometridae (Lepidoptera), with an overview of global species richness and systematics". *Integrative Systematics*. **5** (2): 145–192. [doi:10.18476/2022.577933](https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.577933). [hdl:10138/352532](https://hdl.handle.net/10138/352532)

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