''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of
moths of the family
Geometridae described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in ''
Entephria
''Entephria'' is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). There is no unambiguous common name for these moths; like many other members of their subfamily Larentiinae, they are sometimes called "carpets". The genus was erected by Jacob ...
''.
Selected species
* ''
Scotopteryx aelptes''
(Prout, 1937)
* ''
Scotopteryx alfacaria''
(Staudinger, 1859)
* ''
Scotopteryx alpherakii''
(Erschoff, 1877)
* ''
Scotopteryx angularia''
(de Villers, 1789)
* ''
Scotopteryx bipunctaria
''Scotopteryx bipunctaria'', also known as the chalk carpet, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found from Morocco and Spain through western and central ...
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(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
** ''Scotopteryx bipunctaria bipunctaria''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
** ''Scotopteryx bipunctaria cretata''
(Prout, 1937)
** ''Scotopteryx bipunctaria maritima''
(Seebold, 1879)
* ''
Scotopteryx burgaria''
(Eversmann, 1843)
* ''
Scotopteryx chenopodiata
''Scotopteryx chenopodiata'', the shaded broad-bar, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''.
Description
The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The length of the fo ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758) – shaded broad-bar
* ''
Scotopteryx coarctaria''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* ''
Scotopteryx coelinaria''
(de Graslin, 1863)
* ''
Scotopteryx diniensis''
(Neuburger, 1906)
* ''
Scotopteryx elbursica''
(Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1935)
* ''
Scotopteryx golovushkini''
Kostyuk, 1991
* ''
Scotopteryx ignorata''
Huemer & Hausmann, 1998
* ''
Scotopteryx junctata''
(Staudinger, 1882)
* ''
Scotopteryx kurmanjiana''
Rajaei & László, 2014
* ''
Scotopteryx kuznetsovi''
(Wardikjan, 1957)
* ''
Scotopteryx langi''
(Christoph, 1885)
* ''
Scotopteryx luridata''
(Hufnagel, 1767)
** ''Scotopteryx luridata luridata''
(Hufnagel, 1767)
** ''Scotopteryx luridata plumbaria''
(Fabricius, 1775)
* ''
Scotopteryx moeniata
''Scotopteryx moeniata'', the fortified carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 ''Entomologia Carniolica''. It is found in most of Europe except the north. It is also f ...
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(Scopoli, 1763)
* ''
Scotopteryx mucronata''
(Scopoli, 1763)
* ''
Scotopteryx obvallaria''
(Mabille, 1867)
* ''
Scotopteryx octodurensis''
(Favre, 1903)
** ''Scotopteryx octodurensis lozerae''
(Herbulot, 1957)
** ''Scotopteryx octodurensis nevadina''
(Wehrli, 1927)
** ''Scotopteryx octodurensis octodurensis''
(Favre, 1903)
* ''
Scotopteryx peribolata''
(Hübner, 1817)
* ''
Scotopteryx perplexaria''
(Staudinger, 1892)
* ''
Scotopteryx proximaria''
(Rambur, 1833)
* ''
Scotopteryx roesleri''
(Vojnits, 1973)
* ''
Scotopteryx sartata''
(Alphéraky, 1883)
* ''
Scotopteryx sinensis''
(Alphéraky, 1883)
* ''
Scotopteryx subvicinaria''
(Staudinger, 1892)
* ''
Scotopteryx supproximata''
(Staudinger, 1892)
* ''
Scotopteryx transbaicalica''
(Djakonov, 1955)
* ''
Scotopteryx vicinaria''
(Duponchel, 1830)
** ''Scotopteryx vicinaria illyriacaria''
(Schawerda, 1919)
** ''Scotopteryx vicinaria vicinaria''
(Duponchel, 1830)
* ''
Scotopteryx vittistrigata''
Prout, 1910
References
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External links
''Scotopteryx'' on Fauna Europaea''Scotopteryx'' from Portugal
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