Hyperythra
Introduction '''''Hyperythra''''' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Description Palpi hairy and reaching well beyond the frons. A sharp frontal tuft. Antennae of male bipectinate (comb like on both sides) to two-thirds length. Fore tibia with large process. Forewings of male typically with a slight fovea below base of median nervure. The apex somewhat acute. Vein 3 from angle of cell and veins 7 to 10 stalked, from near upper angle. Vein 11 free. Hindwings with outer margin crenulate (scalloped) and vein 3 from angle of cell. In some American species, males have a large membraneous vesicle at base of hindwing below, and no fovea to forewings.
Species * ''Hyperythra lutea'' (Stoll, 1781)* ''Hyperythra obliqua'' (Warren, 1894)* ''Hyperythra phoenix'' Swinhoe, 1891* ''Hyperythra rubricata'' Warren, 1898* ''Hyperythra suspectaria'' (Walker, 1866)* ''Hyperythra swinhoei'' Butler, 1880
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