Gnophos

Gnophos
Scotch Annulet (Gnophos obfuscata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Gnophini (disputed)
Genus: Gnophos
Treitschke, 1825
Type species
Geometra furvata
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Diversity
Several subgenera, about 120 species
Synonyms

[1]
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 6 species are recorded. This genus has about 120 known species altogether in several recognized subgenera, with new ones still being discovered occasionally.[2]

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 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Type species of subgenus

References