Ectropis

Ectropis
Small engrailed (E. crepuscularia sensu stricto)
Scale in centimeters
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Ectropis
Hübner, [1825]
Type species
Geometra crepuscularia
Diversity
About 100 species
Synonyms
  • Boarmia Stephens, 1829 (non Treitschke, 1825: preoccupied)
  • Coenobita Gistl, 1848 (non Latreille, 1829: preoccupied)
  • Tephrosia Boisduval, 1840

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, E. bistortata/E. crepuscularia) is found in Europe. There are about 100 known species in this genus.[1]

  1. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004c), ABRS (2010), FE (2011)