Gnophos

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Gnophos
Gnophos obfuscata.jpg
Scotch annulet (Gnophos obfuscata)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Gnophos
Treitschke, 1825
Type species
Geometra furvata
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Diversity
Several subgenera, about 120 species
Synonyms [1]
  • AcrognophosWiltshire, 1967 [2]
  • CatasciaHübner, 1825
  • GnophusAgassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)
  • Latascia( lapsus )
  • SciadionHübner, 1806 ( nom. rej. )
  • ScotopterixHübner, 1825
  • ScotopteryxAgassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation; non Hübner, 1825: preoccupied)

Gnophos is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). A mostly Old World lineage, it is abundant in the Palearctic, with some North American species as well; in Europe six species are recorded. This genus has about 120 known species altogether in several recognized subgenera, with new ones still being discovered occasionally. [3]

Contents

This is the type genus of the tribe Gnophini in subfamily Ennominae, which some authors include in the Boarmiini.

Selected species

Subgenera and species of Gnophos include: [4]

Subgenus AcrognophosWiltshire, 1967

Subgenus ChelegnophosWehrli, 1951

Subgenus CnestrognophosWehrli, 1951

Subgenus DicrognophosWehrli, 1951

Subgenus DysgnophosWehrli, 1951

Subgenus GnophosTreitschke, 1825 (including Catascia)

Subgenus OdontognophosWehrli, 1951

Subgenus OrganognophosWehrli, 1951

Subgenus PterygnophosWehrli, 1951

Subgenus RhinognophosWehrli, 1951

Subgenus RhipignophosWehrli, 1951

Subgenus SacrognophosWehrli, 1951

Subgenus TrilobignophosWehrli, 1951

Subgenus ZystrognophosWehrli, 1945

Relationships to be determined

Some other species formerly placed here are now in related genera such as Charissa , Ortaliella and Stueningia

Footnotes

  1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab)
  2. Scoble, Malcolm J. (20 March 2023). Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue: Volume 1. BRILL. p. 406. ISBN   978-90-04-54200-6 . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004a), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2009)
  4. FE (2011), and see references in Savela (2009)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 type species of subgenus

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