Gnophos

Gnophos
Scotch annulet (Gnophos obfuscata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Gnophos
Treitschke, 1825
Type species
Geometra furvata
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Diversity
Several subgenera, about 120 species
Synonyms[1]
  • Acrognophos Wiltshire, 1967[2]
  • 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 six species are recorded. This genus has about 120 known species altogether in several recognized subgenera, with new ones still being discovered occasionally.[3]

This is the type genus of the tribe Gnophini in subfamily Ennominae, which some authors include in the Boarmiini.

  1. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab)
  2. ^ Scoble, Malcolm J. (20 March 2023). Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue: Volume 1. BRILL. p. 406. ISBN 978-90-04-54200-6. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004a), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2009)