Compsoptera

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Tribus: Prosopolophini
Genus: Compsoptera
Species: C. aemiliorum – C. argentaria – C. caesaraugustanus – C. jourdanaria – C. opacaria
Name

Compsoptera Blanchard, 1845

Type species: Geometra jourdanaria Serres, 1826
Synonyms

Ligia Duponchel, 1829
References

Raineri, V., 1994: On a new mediterranean species of Compsoptera Blanchard, 1845: Compsoptera aemiliorum sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 22 (88): 317–322.
Redonda, V.M., 1995: Compsoptera caesaraugustanus ¿nueva especie o híbrido?, descubierta en Aragón (Lep.: geometridae). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 9: 14–15. Full article: [1].

Compsoptera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Species

Compsoptera argentaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839)
Compsoptera caesaraugustanus Redondo, 1995
Compsoptera jourdanaria (Serres, 1826)
Compsoptera opacaria (Hübner, 1819)

References

Compsoptera at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database