Parectropis
| Parectropis | |
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| Parectropis subflava | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Boarmiini |
| Genus: | Parectropis Sato, 1980 |
| Type species | |
| Geometra extersaria Hübner, 1799 | |
| Diversity | |
| About 12 species | |
Parectropis is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). A small Old World genus, it contains only a good dozen species altogether, though new ones are still being discovered. Only one species (P. similaria) is found in Europe; most others live in Asia though some occur in Africa.[1]
Selected species
Species of Parectropis include:[2]
- Parectropis alticolaria Krüger, 2005
- Parectropis delosaria (Walker, [1863]) (formerly in Ectropis)
- 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 (Hufnagel, 1767)
- Parectropis simplex (Warren, 1914) (formerly in Ectropis)
- Parectropis subflava (Bastelberger, 1909) (formerly in Ectropis)
- Parectropis 'Camdeboo Mountains'[3]
- Parectropis 'Sterkstroom'[3]
Footnotes
References
- Fauna Europaea (FE) (2011): Parectropis. Version 2.4, 2011-JAN-27. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
- Krüger, M. (2005): New species of geometrid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 42: 19-45. HTML abstract
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Parectropis. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
- Savela, Markku (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Parectropis. Version of 2001-OCT-02. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.