Parectropis Explained

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'

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. HTML abstract
(2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species - Parectropis. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.
(2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms - Parectropis. Version of 2001-OCT-02. Retrieved 2011-APR-21.

Notes and References

Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Krüger (2005), FE (2011)
Krüger (2005), FE (2011), and see references in Savela (2001)
Mentioned in Krüger (2005)