''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyleti ...
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''.
Selected species
* ''
Scotopteryx aelptes''
(Prout, 1937)
* ''
Scotopteryx alfacaria''
(Staudinger, 1859)
* ''
Scotopteryx alpherakii
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
(Erschoff, 1877)
* ''
Scotopteryx angularia''
(de Villers, 1789)
* ''
Scotopteryx bipunctaria''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
** ''Scotopteryx bipunctaria bipunctaria''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
** ''Scotopteryx bipunctaria cretata''
(Prout, 1937)
** ''Scotopteryx bipunctaria maritima''
(Seebold, 1879)
* ''
Scotopteryx burgaria
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
(Eversmann, 1843)
* ''
Scotopteryx chenopodiata''
(Linnaeus, 1758) – shaded broad-bar
* ''
Scotopteryx coarctaria''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
* ''
Scotopteryx coelinaria''
(de Graslin, 1863)
* ''
Scotopteryx diniensis
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
(Neuburger, 1906)
* ''
Scotopteryx elbursica
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
(Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1935)
* ''
Scotopteryx golovushkini
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
Kostyuk, 1991
* ''
Scotopteryx ignorata
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
Huemer & Hausmann, 1998
* ''
Scotopteryx junctata
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
(Staudinger, 1882)
* ''
Scotopteryx kurmanjiana
''Scotopteryx kurmanjiana'' is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Hossein Rajaei and Gyula M. László in 2014. It is found on both sides of Kopet-Dagh Mountains in north-eastern Iran and southern Turkmenistan.
The ...
''
Rajaei & László, 2014
* ''
Scotopteryx kuznetsovi
''Scotopteryx kuznetzovi'' is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by C. A. Wardikian in 1957. It is found in Iran and Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anat ...
''
(Wardikjan, 1957)
* ''
Scotopteryx langi
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
(Christoph, 1885)
* ''
Scotopteryx luridata
''Scotopteryx luridata'', the July belle, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in most of Europe, except Finland and the Baltic region. Further East it is found in Turkey, Georgia and Transcaucasia.
The wingspan is 32–3 ...
''
(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 fo ...
''
(Scopoli, 1763)
* ''
Scotopteryx mucronata
''Scotopteryx mucronata'', the lead belle, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in most of Europe, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia.
The wingspan is 30–38 mm. See Townsend et al.
Adults are on wing from May to June i ...
''
(Scopoli, 1763)
* ''
Scotopteryx obvallaria
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
(Mabille, 1867)
* ''
Scotopteryx octodurensis
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
(Favre, 1903)
** ''Scotopteryx octodurensis lozerae''
(Herbulot, 1957)
** ''Scotopteryx octodurensis nevadina''
(Wehrli, 1927)
** ''Scotopteryx octodurensis octodurensis''
(Favre, 1903)
* ''
Scotopteryx peribolata
''Scotopteryx peribolata'', the Spanish carpet, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland and Great Britain, where it is found on the Channel Islands and on occasion along the southern coa ...
''
(Hübner, 1817)
* ''
Scotopteryx perplexaria
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
(Staudinger, 1892)
* ''
Scotopteryx proximaria
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in '' Entephria''.
Selected species
* '' Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 19 ...
''
(Rambur, 1833)
* ''
Scotopteryx roesleri''
(Vojnits, 1973)
* ''
Scotopteryx sartata''
(Alphéraky, 1883)
* ''
Scotopteryx sinensis
''Scotopteryx'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in ''Entephria''.
Selected species
* ''Scotopteryx aelptes'' (Prout, 1937 ...
''
(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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