The species name ingrata (Latin for "offensive") is a common element in taxonomic names. Examples include:
Latin is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. The Latin alphabet is derived from the Etruscan and Greek alphabets and ultimately from the Phoenician alphabet.
Fungi:
Clavulina ingrata is a species of coral fungus in the family Clavulinaceae. Found in Malaysia, it was described by E.J.H. Corner in 1950.
Hygrocybe ingrata, commonly called dingy waxcap, is a mushroom of the waxcap genus Hygrocybe. Found in Europe, it was described as new to science in 1945.
Insects:
Caloptilia ingrata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Tanzania.
Endothenia is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.
Eupithecia nigrilinea is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir, Nepal and northern Thailand. The habitat consists of mountainous areas at altitudes ranging from 1,700 to 4,500 meters.
Plants:
Acacia ingrata is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae. It is native to an area along the coast in the South West and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.
Michelia ingrata is a species of plant in the Magnoliaceae family. It is endemic to China.
Myristica is a genus of trees in the family Myristicaceae. There are over 150 species distributed in Asia and the western Pacific.
Urtica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae. Many species have stinging hairs and may be called nettles or stinging nettles, although the latter name applies particularly to Urtica dioica.
The slender pug (Eupithecia tenuiata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It was first described by Hübner in 1813 and is found throughout Europe and western parts of Asia. The larva feed on the catkins of willow.
The foxglove pug is a moth of the family Geometridae. It has a scattered distribution across Europe, closely following the range of its food plant. Where present it can be very common. The nominate subspecies E. pulchellata pulchellata is found in the British Isles, in Central Europe the subspecies is E. pulchellata intermedia. In the Pyrenees, it occurs to a height of 2,400 metres.
The lime-speck pug is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species throughout the Palearctic region, the Near East and North Africa.
The wormwood pug is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species across the Palearctic region and the Near East, as well as North America.
The common pug (Eupithecia vulgata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species across the Palearctic region, the Near East and North Africa. It ranges from the Atlantic coast of Ireland and Portugal across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia to the Russian Far East (Priamurje) and Korea.
The grey pug is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East. It is also found in North America.
The tawny speckled pug (Eupithecia icterata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region, the Near East and North Africa.
The juniper pug or juniper looper (Eupithecia pusillata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the Palearctic and Nearctic regions and the Near East.
Dipsacus fullonum, syn. Dipsacus sylvestris, is a species of flowering plant known by the common names wild teasel or fuller's teasel, although the latter name is usually applied to the cultivated species Dipsacus sativus. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, but it is known in the Americas, southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand as an introduced species and often a noxious weed. It forms large monocultures in areas it invades that have favorable climates and none of its biological control species. The inflorescence is a cylindrical array of lavender flowers which dries to a cone of spine-tipped hard bracts. It may be 10 centimeters long.
Eupithecia innotata, the angle-barred pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It ranges from Spain in the west to western Siberia and central Asia in the east.
Eupithecia tantillaria, the dwarf pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. The species can be found in the Palearctic ecozone.
Eupithecia tripunctaria, the white-spotted pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found from Europe to Korea and Japan and in North America.
The Angoumois grain moth is a species of gelechioid moth. It is the type species of its genus Sitotroga, placed in the subfamily Pexicopiinae of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). Formerly, it was included in the "Chelariinae", which more recent authors do not separate from the Pexicopiinae and usually even do not consider a distinct tribe ("Chelariini") within them.
M. elegans may refer to:
Endothenia gentianaeana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from most of Europe, east to Korea and the Near East. It is also found in North America and Hawaii.
Eupithecia subumbrata, the shaded pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Mongolia and the Altai Mountains through Siberia, central Asia, Asia Minor and Russia to western Europe and from central Scandinavia to the Mediterranean Region.
Dipsacus laciniatus is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name cutleaf teasel. It is native to Europe and Asia. It is present in North America as an introduced species and invasive weed.
Eupithecia distinctaria, the thyme pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe. It is also found in Iran.