Microdes

Genus of moths

Microdes

Microdes squamulata Guenée, 1857, to MV light, Aranda, ACT, 20/21 September 2008
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Geometridae
Tribe:  | Eupitheciini
Genus:  | Microdes
Guenée, 1857[1]
Synonyms[1]

* Oesymna Walker, 1869

Microdes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.[1][2][3][4] They occur in Australia[2][3][4] and New Zealand.[4]

## Species

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There are 13 recognized species:[1][3][4]

* Microdes arcuata Swinhoe, 1902
* Microdes asystata Turner, 1922
* Microdes decora Turner, 1942
* Microdes diplodonta Turner, 1904
* Microdes epicryptis Meyrick, 1897
* Microdes haemobaphes Turner, 1926
* Microdes leptobrya Turner, 1939
* Microdes melanocausta Meyrick, 1891
* Microdes oriochares Turner, 1922
* Microdes quadristrigata (Walker, 1862)
* Microdes squamulata Guenée, 1857
* Microdes typhopa Lower, 1897
* Microdes villosata Guenée, 1857

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Microdes Guenée, 1857". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.271. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
2. ^ a b "Genus Microdes Guenée, 1857". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
3. ^ a b c Savela, Markku. "Microdes Guenée, 1857". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
4. ^ a b c d Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys; Sihvonen, Pasi (2022). "An online taxonomic facility of Geometridae (Lepidoptera), with an overview of global species richness and systematics". Integrative Systematics. 5 (2): 145–192\. doi:10.18476/2022.577933.

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Taxon identifiers

Microdes|

* Wikidata: Q10793403
* Wikispecies: Microdes
* AFD: Microdes
* BioLib: 814530
* BOLD: 53653
* ButMoth: 18072.0
* CoL: 92PNX
* GBIF: 1954921
* iNaturalist: 374397
* Insecta.pro: 28454
* LepIndex: 225062
* NCBI: 1369408
* NZOR: e4ddd117-e8cb-42e7-9dee-26a40f30b1b4
* Open Tree of Life: 4549527
* WoRMS: 989184

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