Gnophos

Gnophos
Scotch Annulet (Gnophos obfuscata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Tribe:	Gnophini (disputed)
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 6 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 Gnophini in subfamily Ennominae, which some authors include in the Boarmiini.

Selected species

Subgenera and species of Gnophos include:^[3]

Subgenus Acrognophos Wiltshire, 1967 Gnophos iveni Erschoff, 1874[4] Subgenus Chelegnophos Wehrli, 1951 Gnophos ravistriolaria Wehrli, 1922[4] Subgenus Cnestrognophos Wehrli, 1951 Gnophos praeacutaria Wehrli, 1922[4] Subgenus Dicrognophos Wehrli, 1951 Gnophos orthogonia Wehrli, 1939[4] Gnophos pseudosnelleni Rjabov, 1964 Gnophos sartata (Treitschke, 1827) Subgenus Dysgnophos Wehrli, 1951 Gnophos difficilis Alphéraky, 1883[4] Subgenus Gnophos Treitschke, 1825 (including Catascia) Gnophos furvata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[4] Gnophos obfuscatus – Scotch Annulet, Scottish Annulet Subgenus Odontognophos Wehrli, 1951 Gnophos dumetata Treitschke, 1827[4] Gnophos perspersata Treitschke, 1827 Gnophos zacharia Staudinger, 1879 Subgenus Organognophos Wehrli, 1951 Gnophos sibiriata Guenée, 1857[4]

Subgenus Pterygnophos Wehrli, 1951 Gnophos ochrofasciata Staudinger, 1896[4] Subgenus Rhinognophos Wehrli, 1951 Gnophos similaria Rothschild, 1914[4] Subgenus Rhipignophos Wehrli, 1951 Gnophos pervicinaria Wehrli, 1922[4] Subgenus Sacrognophos Wehrli, 1951 Gnophos sacraria Staudinger, 1895[4] Subgenus Trilobignophos Wehrli, 1951 Gnophos pollinaria Christoph, 1887[4] Subgenus Zystrognophos Wehrli, 1945 Gnophos kuldjana (Wehrli, 1953) Gnophos sericaria Alphéraky, 1883 Gnophos nimbata Alphéraky, 1888[4] Relationships to be determined Gnophos delagardei Prout, 1915 Gnophos macguffini Smiles, 1978 Gnophos rubricimixta Prout, 1915 Gnophos spinicosta Krüger, 2005 Gnophos truncatipennis 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. Type species of subgenus

References

• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2011): Gnophos. Version 2.4, 2011-JAN-27. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Catascia. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004b): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Gnophos. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
• Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Gnophos. Version of 2009-MAY-22. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.