Gnophos

Genus of moths

Gnophos
Scotch annulet (Gnophos obfuscata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Acrognophos Wiltshire, 1967[2]
  • 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.[3]

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:[4]

Subgenus Acrognophos Wiltshire, 1967
  • Gnophos iveni Erschoff, 1874[5]

Subgenus Chelegnophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Gnophos ravistriolaria Wehrli, 1922[5]

Subgenus Cnestrognophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Gnophos praeacutaria Wehrli, 1922[5]

Subgenus Dicrognophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Gnophos orthogonia Wehrli, 1939[5]
  • Gnophos pseudosnelleni Rjabov, 1964
  • Gnophos sartata (Treitschke, 1827)

Subgenus Dysgnophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Gnophos difficilis Alphéraky, 1883[5]

Subgenus Gnophos Treitschke, 1825 (including Catascia)

Subgenus Odontognophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Gnophos dumetata Treitschke, 1827[5]
  • Gnophos perspersata Treitschke, 1827
  • Gnophos zacharia Staudinger, 1879

Subgenus Organognophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Gnophos sibiriata Guenée, 1857[5]

Subgenus Pterygnophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Gnophos ochrofasciata Staudinger, 1896[5]

Subgenus Rhinognophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Gnophos similaria Rothschild, 1914[5]

Subgenus Rhipignophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Gnophos pervicinaria Wehrli, 1922[5]

Subgenus Sacrognophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Gnophos sacraria Staudinger, 1895[5]

Subgenus Trilobignophos Wehrli, 1951

  • Gnophos pollinaria Christoph, 1887[5]

Subgenus Zystrognophos Wehrli, 1945

  • Gnophos kuldjana (Wehrli, 1953)
  • Gnophos sericaria Alphéraky, 1883
  • Gnophos nimbata Alphéraky, 1888[5]

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. ^ Scoble, Malcolm J. (20 March 2023). Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue: Volume 1. BRILL. p. 406. ISBN 978-90-04-54200-6. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004a), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2009)
  4. ^ FE (2011), and see references in Savela (2009)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n type species of subgenus

References

  • Fauna Europaea (FE) (2011): Gnophos. Version 2.4, 27 January 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Catascia. Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004b): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Gnophos. Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  • Savela, Markku (2009): Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms – Gnophos. Version of 22 May 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
Taxon identifiers
Gnophos


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