Scotopteryx
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- Scotopteryx as established by Agassiz in 1847 is an unjustified emendation of Scotopterix, a synonym of the EnnominaeEnnominaeEnnominae is the largest subfamily of the geometer moth family with some 9,700 described species in 1,100 genera. They are usually fairly small moth species, though some grow considerably larger. This subfamily has a global distribution. It includes some species that are notorious defoliating...
genus GnophosGnophosGnophos is a genus in the geometer moth family . A mostly Old World lineage, it is abundant in the Palearctic, with some North American species as well; in Europe 6 species are recorded...
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Scotopteryx is a genus of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the family Geometridae. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in Entephria
Entephria
Entephria is a genus in the geometer moth family . There is no unambiguous common name for these moths; like many other members of their subfamily Larentiinae, they are called "carpets"....
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Selected species
- Scotopteryx aelptes (Prout, 1937)
- Scotopteryx alfacaria (Staudinger, 1859)
- Scotopteryx alpherakii (Erschov, 1877)
- Scotopteryx angularia (de Villers, 1789)
- Scotopteryx bipunctariaScotopteryx bipunctariaThe Chalk Carpet is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found from Morocco and Spain through western and central Europe and Great Britain to the Ural. In the north it is found up to the Baltic region and in the south its range extends over Italy and the Balkan Peninsula up to the Black Sea and...
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)- Scotopteryx bipunctaria bipunctaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Scotopteryx bipunctaria cretata (Prout, 1937)
- Scotopteryx bipunctaria maritima (Seebold, 1879)
- Scotopteryx burgaria (Eversmann, 1843)
- Scotopteryx chenopodiataScotopteryx chenopodiataThe Shaded Broad-bar, Scotopteryx chenopodiata, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe.The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The length of the forewings is 16–19 mm. The moth flies in one generation from June to August ....
– Shaded Broad-Bar (Linnaeus, 1758) - Scotopteryx coarctaria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Scotopteryx coelinaria (de Graslin, 1863)
- Scotopteryx diniensis (Neuburger, 1906)
- Scotopteryx elbursica (Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1935)
- Scotopteryx golovushkini Kostyuk, 1991
- Scotopteryx ignorata Huemer & Hausmann, 1998
- Scotopteryx junctata (Staudinger, 1882)
- Scotopteryx kuznetsovi (Wardikjan, 1957)
- Scotopteryx langi (Christoph, 1885)
- Scotopteryx luridata (Hufnagel, 1767)
- Scotopteryx luridata luridata (Hufnagel, 1767)
- Scotopteryx luridata plumbaria (Fabricius, 1775)
- Scotopteryx moeniataScotopteryx moeniataThe Fortified Carpet is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in most of Europe except the north. It is also found in the Near East....
(Scopoli, 1763) - Scotopteryx mucronata (Scopoli, 1763)
- Scotopteryx obvallaria (Mabille, 1867)
- Scotopteryx octodurensis (Favre, 1903)
- Scotopteryx octodurensis lozerae (Herbulot, 1957)
- Scotopteryx octodurensis nevadina (Wehrli, 1927)
- Scotopteryx octodurensis octodurensis (Favre, 1903)
- Scotopteryx peribolata (Hübner, 1817)
- Scotopteryx perplexaria (Staudinger, 1892)
- Scotopteryx proximaria (Rambur, 1833)
- Scotopteryx roesleri (Vojnits, 1973)
- Scotopteryx sartata (Alphéraky, 1883)
- Scotopteryx sinensis (Alphéraky, 1883)
- Scotopteryx subvicinaria (Staudinger, 1892)
- Scotopteryx supproximata (Staudinger, 1892)
- Scotopteryx transbaicalica (Djakonov, 1955)
- Scotopteryx vicinaria (Duponchel, 1830)
- Scotopteryx vicinaria illyriacaria (Schawerda, 1919)
- Scotopteryx vicinaria vicinaria (Duponchel, 1830)