Aethiopodes

Aethiopodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Gonodontini
Genus: Aethiopodes
Warren, 1902
Type species
Azelina indecoraria
Walker, 1866

Aethiopodes are a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). Sometimes included in Odontopera, other authors treat it as distinct. If valid, it is a small genus with just about 10 species from southern Africa.

Species include:

  • Aethiopodes indecoraria Walker, 1866
  • Aethiopodes perplexata
  • Aethiopodes saxeticola Krüger, 2005
  • Aethiopodes staudei
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