Problepsis Lederer, 1853

Wanke, Dominic, Hausmann, Axel, Lee, Kyung Min, Murillo-Ramos, Leidys, Sihvonen, Pasi & Rajaei, Hossein, 2023, Systematics and integrative taxonomic revision of the tribe Scopulini Duponchel, 1845 in Iran (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae), Zootaxa 5359 (1), pp. 1-96 : 8-9

Problepsis Lederer, 1853

Problepsis Lederer, 1853 . Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 2: 74. Type species: Caloptera ocellata Frivaldszky, 1845 .

Species within this genus are characterized by (after Hausmann 2004; Sihvonen 2005a; Feizpour et al. 2018; Wanke et al. 2021b): ocellate discal spots, variable in size on fore- and hindwing; spoon-shaped hind tibia and a hair pencil on the hindlegs of males.; venation with one or two areoles in the forewing; vein R1 and common stalk of R2–4 and R5 arising from the areole(s); hindwing with veins Rs and M1 separate, M3 and CuAl separate (see Plate 2A ); male genitalia with fused socii and a smooth internal margin of the tegumen.

Only two species of this genus are reported in Iran: Problepsis cinerea (Butler, 1886) and P. wiltshirei (Prout, 1938) . Those were dealt with in Wanke et al. (2021b) and we did not illustrate them again in the current paper.

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PLATE 2. Wing venation of Scopulini genera existent in Iran. A: Problepsis wiltshirei, stat. rev., B: Cinglis humifusaria stat. rev., C: Cinglis benigna comb. nov., D: Scopuloides origalis stat. rev., E: Scopula ornata and F: Scopula relictata.