Gnophos

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Gnophos
Gnophos obfuscata.jpg
Scotch annulet (Gnophos obfuscata)
Scientific classification e
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]
  • Catascia Hübner, 1825
  • Gnophus Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)
  • Latascia (lapsus)
  • Sciadion Hübner, 1806 (nom. rej.)
  • Scotopterix Hübner, 1825
  • Scotopteryx Agassiz, 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.[2]

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

Selected species[]

Subgenera and species of Gnophos include:[3]

Subgenus Acrognophos Wiltshire, 1967
  • Erschoff, 1874[4]

Subgenus Chelegnophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Wehrli, 1922[4]

Subgenus Cnestrognophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Wehrli, 1922[4]

Subgenus Dicrognophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Wehrli, 1939[4]
  • Rjabov, 1964
  • (Treitschke, 1827)

Subgenus Dysgnophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Alphéraky, 1883[4]

Subgenus Gnophos Treitschke, 1825 (including Catascia)

Subgenus Odontognophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Organognophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Guenée, 1857[4]

Subgenus Pterygnophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Staudinger, 1896[4]

Subgenus Rhinognophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Rothschild, 1914[4]

Subgenus Rhipignophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Wehrli, 1922[4]

Subgenus Sacrognophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Staudinger, 1895[4]

Subgenus Trilobignophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Christoph, 1887[4]

Subgenus Zystrognophos Wehrli, 1945

  • (Wehrli, 1953)
  • Alphéraky, 1883
  • Alphéraky, 1888[4]

Relationships to be determined

  • Prout, 1915
  • Gnophos macguffini Smiles, 1978
  • Prout, 1915
  • Krüger, 2005
  • Oberthür, 1884
  • Krüger, 2005

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

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab)
  2. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004a), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2009)
  3. ^ FE (2011), and see references in Savela (2009)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n type species of subgenus

References[]


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