Genus Ateloptila Meyrick, 1886

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• Ateloptila Meyrick, E. 1886. On some Lepidoptera from the Fly River. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 241-258 [250].

  Type species:

   Ateloptila psamathopa Meyrick, 1886 by original designation.

General References

McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [209] (Note #303: Ateloptila Meyrick, 1886. Until the holotype of Ateloptila psamathopa Meyrick, 1886, probably in the Macleay Museum, Sydney, can be found the identity of this genus must be doubtful. It is possible that A. psamathopa Meyrick, Darisa marmorata Warren, 1899, Ateloptila confusa Warren, 1900 and Boarmia nyctopora Turner, 1917 are all closely related. The male genitalia of A. confusa are similar to Eunoumea geteberi (Viette) from New Caledonia but certainly not conspecific, and the adults look similar)

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