Sericoptera mahometaria

Sericoptera mahometaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Sericoptera
Species:	S. mahometaria
Binomial name
	Sericoptera mahometaria; (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)

Sericoptera mahometaria is a species of moth from the genus Sericoptera.^[1] The species was originally described by G. A. W. Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.

Distribution

Sericoptera mahometaria has been observed in Central and South America.^[2]^[3]

^ Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Herrich-Schäffer (ed.), Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge (in German), doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.49772, Wikidata Q55723296
^ Sericoptera mahometaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853) in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-23.
^ "Sericoptera mahometaria". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-10-23.

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