''Parectropis'' is a
genus
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in the
geometer moth family
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(Geometridae). A small
Old World
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genus, it contains only a good dozen
species
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altogether, though new ones are still being discovered. Only one species (''
P. similaria'') is found in
Europe
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; most others live in
Asia
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though some occur in
Africa
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.
Selected species
Species
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of ''Parectropis'' include:
[Krüger (2005), FE (2011), and see references in Savela (2001)]
* ''Parectropis alticolaria''
Krüger, 2005
* ''Parectropis delosaria''
(Walker, 863
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(formerly in ''
Ectropis
''Ectropis'' is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). They are mostly paleotropical, but also plentiful in Australia and extend into Asia. Only one species – or cryptic species complex – (the engrailed/small engrailed, '' ...
'')
* ''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
''Parectropis similaria'', the brindled white-spot, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767. It is found in most of Europe.
The wingspan is 33–39 mm. The moth can be disti ...
''
(Hufnagel, 1767)
* ''Parectropis simplex''
(Warren, 1914) (formerly in ''Ectropis'')
* ''
Parectropis subflava
''Parectropis subflava'' is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Taiwan
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''
(Bastelberger, 1909) (formerly in ''Ectropis'')
*
''Parectropis'' 'Camdeboo Mountains'[Mentioned in Krüger (2005)]
*
''Parectropis'' 'Sterkstroom'
Footnotes
References
* (2011)
''Parectropis'' Version 2.4, 2011-JAN-27. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
* (2005): New species of geometrid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae). ''Annals of the Transvaal Museum'' 42: 19-45
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Parectropis'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
* (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2001-OCT-02. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
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