Gnophos

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]

Gnophos
Scotch annulet (Gnophos obfuscata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Ennominae
Tribe:
Gnophini (disputed)
Genus:
Gnophos

Type species
Geometra furvata
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Diversity
Several subgenera, about 120 species
Synonyms[1]

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)

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 thibetaria Oberthür, 1884
  • 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


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