As invalidly described by Lederer in 1863, Entephria refers to the grass moth genus Pycnarmon

Pycnarmon

Pycnarmon is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family.-Species:*Pycnarmon abraxalis *Pycnarmon aeriferalis *Pycnarmon albivittalis *Pycnarmon alboflavalis...

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Entephria is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 in the geometer moth

Geometer moth

The geometer moths or Geometridae are a family of the order Lepidoptera...

 family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 (Geometridae). There is no unambiguous common name for these moths; like many other members of their subfamily Larentiinae

Larentiinae

Larentiinae moths contain roughly 5,800 species and occur mostly in the temperate regions of the world. They are generally considered a subfamily of the geometer moth family and divided into a few large or good-sized tribes, and numerous very small or even monotypic ones which might not always be...

, they are called "carpets".

Most of its roughly 50 species

Species

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 occur across the Holarctic

Holarctic

The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic,...

; from Europe

Europe

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 alone, 10 species have been recorded. But some others are found in Africa

Africa

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, and it is suspected that numerous others are presently misplaced in Perizoma

Perizoma

Perizoma is a genus in the geometer moth family . It is the type genus of tribe Perizomini in subfamily Larentiinae. The tribe is considered monotypic by those who include the genera Gagitodes, Martania and Mesotype in Perizoma. Some other less closely related species formerly placed here are now...

and Scotopteryx

Scotopteryx

Scotopteryx is a genus of moth of the family Geometridae. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in Entephria.-Selected species:* Scotopteryx aelptes * Scotopteryx alfacaria...

. In the past, some authors have erroneously treated Entephria species under the genus name Dasyuris

Dasyuris

Dasyuris is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.-References:*...

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