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Rheumaptera
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Translingual
thumb|Rheumaptera undulata species.
Etymology
From mul ῥεῦμᾰ grc stream, flow -ptera wing from mul grc πτερόν, after the genus' patterned wings.
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Geometridae certain moths, of North America and the Palearctic
Hypernyms
genus ; Larentiinae subfamily subfamily; Rheumapterini tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus Rheumaptera hastata species (argent and sable moth, spear-marked black moth) type species; Rheumaptera cervinalis species (scarce tissue), Rheumaptera meadii species (barberry geometer moth), Rheumaptera prunivorata species, (cherry scallop shell, Ferguson's scallop shell). Rheumaptera subhastata species (white-banded black moth), Rheumaptera undulata species (scallop shell moth) selected species
References
Q11482670 1
mul Geometrid moths