Genus Problepsis Lederer, 1853

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• Problepsis Lederer, J. 1853. Unknown title. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 2 [74] [replacement name; for Caloptera Frivaldsky, 1845].

  Type species:

   Caloptera ocellata Frivaldsky, 1845 by original designation.
• Caloptera Frivaldsky, I. 1845. Rövid áttekintése egy természetrajzi utazásnak, az európai Törökbirodalomban, egyszersmind nehány a közben újdonnat fölfedezett állatnak leírása. [Brief overview of a natural history journey taken in the European part of the Ottoman Empire, supplemented with the description of some newly discovered animals.]. Kiralyi Magyar Természettudományi Társulat evkonyvei 1: 163–187, pls I–III [185] [junior homonym; of Caloptera Gistl, 1843 (Coleoptera)].

  Type species:

   Caloptera ocellata Frivaldsky, 1845 by original designation.
• Argyris Guenée, A. in Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds) 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 10(2) 584 pp. [12].

  Type species:

   Argyris ommatophoraria Guenée, 1858 by original designation.
• Problepsiodes Warren, W. 1899. New Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae. From the the Oriental and Palaearctic regions. Novitates Zoologicae 6: 313-359 [336].

  Type species:

   Problepsis conjunctiva Warren, 1893 by original designation.

Introduction

Tribal placement based on morphology and DNA (Sihvonen et al., 2020)

General References

Sihvonen, P., Murillo-Ramos, L., Brehm, G., Staude, H. & Wahlberg, N. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of Sterrhinae moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): towards a global classification. Systematic Entomology 45: 606–634

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