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]

• Parectropis alticolaria Krüger, 2005
• Parectropis delosaria (Walker, [1863]) (formerly in Ectropis)
• Parectropis extersaria (Hübner, 1799) (sometimes in P. similaria)
• Parectropis fansipana Sato, 2006
• Parectropis nigrosparsa (Wileman & South, 1923)
• Parectropis paracyclophora Sato & M.Wang, 2006
• Parectropis pectinicornis Krüger, 2005
• Parectropis siamensis
• Parectropis similaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
• Parectropis simplex (Warren,1914) (formerly in Ectropis)
• Parectropis subflava (Bastelberger, 1909) (formerly in Ectropis)
• Parectropis 'Camdeboo Mountains'^[3]
• Parectropis 'Sterkstroom'^[3]

Footnotes

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

References

• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2011): Parectropis. Version 2.4, 2011-JAN-27. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
• Krüger, M. (2005): New species of geometrid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 42: 19-45. HTML abstract
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Parectropis. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
• Savela, Markku (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Parectropis. Version of 2001-OCT-02. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.