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Apleroneura
Drepanogynis is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). Long considered to hold about 5 dozen species, this number has been doubled after the last major revision. They are stout-bodied and hairy by geometer moth standards, usually have pale hindwings and rest with their wings angled upwards like a roof, as Nacophorini do. The genus is by and large restricted to Africa south of the Equator, with most species occurring in southern Africa.
This genus belongs to the subfamily Ennominae. Therein, its relationships are not quite clear, but they may indeed belong into the tribe Nacophorini. These they resemble in general appearance as mentioned above, as well as having an anellus with lateral processes, a simple rodlike uncus, a strong gnathos, simple valvae and an aedeagus with separate cornuti. Closely related genera seem to be Argyrophora, Hebdomophruda, Microligia and Pseudomaenas.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Partitian Elegant
speciesApleroneura tripartita

Apleroneura chromatina
speciesApleroneura chromatina

Apleroneura fumosa
speciesApleroneura fumosa

Sandy Elegant
speciesApleroneura hypoplea
Apleroneura spatulifurca
speciesApleroneura spatulifurca

Apleroneura vara
speciesApleroneura vara
Apleroneura constricta
speciesApleroneura constricta

Apleroneura devia
speciesApleroneura devia

Apleroneura leptodoma
speciesApleroneura leptodoma
Apleroneura neofumosa
speciesApleroneura neofumosa
Apleroneura nephelochroa
speciesApleroneura nephelochroa

Apleroneura nigrapex
speciesApleroneura nigrapex
Apleroneura parafumosa
speciesApleroneura parafumosa

Apleroneura glaucichorda
speciesApleroneura glaucichorda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1540104.