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]

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)

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

Selected species

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Subgenera and species of Gnophos include:[4]

Subgenus Acrognophos Wiltshire, 1967

Subgenus Chelegnophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Cnestrognophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Dicrognophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Dysgnophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Gnophos Treitschke, 1825 (including Catascia)

Subgenus Odontognophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Organognophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Pterygnophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Rhinognophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Rhipignophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Sacrognophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Trilobignophos Wehrli, 1951

Subgenus Zystrognophos Wehrli, 1945

Relationships to be determined

Some other species formerly placed here are now in related genera such as Charissa, Ortaliella and Stueningia

Footnotes

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  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)
  4. ^ FE (2011), and see references in Savela (2009)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n type species of subgenus

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