Parectropis | |
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Parectropis subflava | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Tribe: | Boarmiini |
Genus: | Parectropis Sato, 1980 |
Type species | |
Geometra extersaria Hübner, 1799 | |
Diversity | |
About 12 species |
Parectropis is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). A small Old World genus, it contains only a good dozen species altogether, though new ones are still being discovered. Only one species ( P. similaria ) is found in Europe; most others live in Asia though some occur in Africa. [1]
Species of Parectropis include: [2]
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