Problepsis

Problepsis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Description
Palpi thick scaled and reaching just beyond the frons. Hindleg of male small, tibia dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair, where the first joint of tarsus dilated and large. Forewings with vein 3 from, or from before angle of cell. Vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars. Veins 7, 8, 9 and 10 stalked from before upper angle, and vein 11 anastomosing (fusing) slightly with them to form the areole. Hindwings from, or from before, angle of cell. Vein 5 from somewhat above middle of discocellulars and vein 6 from before upper angle.

Selected species

 * Problepsis achlyobathra Prout, 1928
 * Problepsis aegretta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
 * Problepsis albidior Prout, 1938
 * Problepsis apollinaria (Guenée, [1858])
 * Problepsis argentea Warren, 1900
 * Problepsis asira Wiltshire, 1982
 * Problepsis borneamagna Holloway, 1997
 * Problepsis centrophora (Prout, 1915)
 * Problepsis clemens Lucas, 1890
 * Problepsis conjunctiva Prout, 1917
 * Problepsis craspediata Warren, 1897
 * Problepsis crassinotata Prout, 1917
 * Problepsis deducta Herbulot, 1962
 * Problepsis deliaria Guenée, [1858]
 * Problepsis delphiaria Guenée, ([1858])
 * Problepsis diazoma Prout, 1938
 * Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896
 * Problepsis discophora Fixsen, 1887
 * Problepsis erythra Wiltshire, 1982
 * Problepsis eucircota Prout, 1913
 * Problepsis evanida Prout, 1932
 * Problepsis exanimata Prout, 1935
 * Problepsis flavistigma Swinhoe, 1904
 * Problepsis herbuloti Viette, 1968
 * Problepsis insignita Prout, 1938
 * Problepsis korinchiana Rothschild, 1920
 * Problepsis latonaria Guenée, ([1858])
 * Problepsis longipannis Prout, 1917
 * Problepsis lucifimbria (Warren, 1902)
 * Problepsis magna Warren, 1906
 * Problepsis maxima Thierry-Mieg, 1905
 * Problepsis meroearia Saalmüller, 1884
 * Problepsis metallopictata (Pagenstecher, 1888)
 * Problepsis minuta Inoue, 1958
 * Problepsis mitis de Joannis, 1932
 * Problepsis neumanni Prout, 1932
 * Problepsis ocellata (Frivaldszky, 1845)
 * Problepsis ochripicta Warren, 1901
 * Problepsis paredra Prout, 1917
 * Problepsis phoebearia Erschoff, 1870
 * Problepsis plagiata (Butler, 1881)
 * Problepsis plenorbis Prout, 1917
 * Problepsis rorida Prout, 1932
 * Problepsis sancta Meyrick, 1888
 * Problepsis shirozui Inoue, 1986
 * Problepsis similinotata Prout, 1917
 * Problepsis subreferta Prout, 1935
 * Problepsis superans (Bulter, 1885)
 * Problepsis transposita Warren, 1903
 * Problepsis triocellata Bastelberger, 1908
 * Problepsis vulgaris Butler, 1889