Parectropis

Parectropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
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]

Selected species

Species of Parectropis include:[2]

Footnotes

  1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Krüger (2005), FE (2011)
  2. Krüger (2005), FE (2011), and see references in Savela (2001)
  3. 1 2 Mentioned in Krüger (2005)

References

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