''Gnophos'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

in the

geometer moth The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek (derivative form of or "the earth"), and "measure" in referen ...

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

(Geometridae). A mostly

Old World The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously ...

lineage, it is abundant in the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

, with some North American

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

as well; in Europe six species are recorded. This genus has about 120 known

altogether in several recognized

subgenera In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...

, with new ones still being discovered occasionally. This is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...

of the

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

Gnophini Gnophini is a tribe of moths. Taxonomy Gnophini contains the following genera: References

Taxa described in 1845 Ennominae Taxa named by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel Moth tribes {{Ennominae-stub ...

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

Ennominae Ennominae is the largest subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with some 9,700 described species in 1,100 genera. Most species are fairly small, though some (such as the peppered moth) grow to be considerably large. This subfamily ...

, which some authors include in the

Boarmiini The Boarmiini (also often called ''Cleorini'') are a large tribe (biology), tribe of geometer moths in the Ennominae subfamily. Description and systematics This family is sometimes massively expanded, with the closely related Bistonini, Bupalini ...

Selected species

Subgenera In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...

and

of ''Gnophos'' include:FE (2011), and see references in Savela (2009) Some other species formerly placed here are now in related genera such as ''

Charissa ''Charissa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. Species * '' Charissa adjectaria'' Staudinger, 1897 * ''Charissa ambiguata'' (Duponchel, 1830) * '' Charissa annubilata'' Christoph, 1885 * '' Charissa anthina'' Wehrli, 1953 * '' Char ...

'', '' Ortaliella'' and '' Stueningia''

Footnotes

References

* (2011)
''Gnophos''
Version 2.4, 27 January 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011. * (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species
&ndash
''Catascia''
Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 21 April 2011. * (2004b)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species
&ndash
''Gnophos''
Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 21 April 2011. * (2009): Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms &ndash

Version of 22 May 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2011. Ennominae {{Ennominae-stub