Genus of insects
Ectropis genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). They are mostly paleotropical , but also plentiful in Australia and extend into Asia. Only one species – or cryptic species complex – (the engrailed /small engrailed, E. bistortata /E. crepuscularia ) is found in Europe. There are about 100 known species in this genus.[ 1]
Systematics and taxonomy
All junior synonyms of Ectropis use G. crepuscularia as type species , and thus, even though this large genus might warrant subgeneric division, no names are presently available. Apart from Tephrosia , established by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840, the synonyms are also junior homonyms and consequently completely invalid.[ 2]
One of them, Coenobita , was proposed by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848. Gistl was unaware that Jacob Hübner had described the genus Ectropis , but he knew of Boisduval's Tephrosia . However, Gistl misread the name of the spider genus Theraphosa Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805) as Tephrosia , and thus came to believe that Tephrosia was in need of a new name. He chose Coenobita hermit crabs by Pierre André Latreille in 1829 already.[ 3]
The other preoccupied synonym, Boarmia , had earlier been given to closely related moths. That group is now included in Hypomecis , which thus has become the type genus of the tribe Boarmiini in the geometer moth subfamily Ennominae . Ectropis is also a member of the Boarmiini.[ 4]
Selected species
Species of Ectropis include:[ 5]
Ectropis albobrunnea Herbulot, 1981 Ectropis adtenuata Herbulot, 1999 Ectropis aganopa (Meyrick, 1892) Ectropis albiquadrata Herbulot, 1999 Ectropis amphitromera Prout, 1911 Ectropis anisa Prout, 1915 Ectropis anisoides Herbulot, 1981 Ectropis annumerata Prout, 1925 Ectropis argalea Meyrick, 1892 Ectropis arizanensis Wileman, 1915 Ectropis basalis Herbulot, 1981 Ectropis bhurmitra (Walker, 1860) Ectropis bicolor Herbulot, 1972 Ectropis bispinaria Guenée, 1857 Ectropis bistortatoides Herbulot, 1954 Ectropis brevifasciata Wileman, 1912 Ectropis brooksi Holloway, 1976 Ectropis calida Goldfinch, 1944 Ectropis celsicola Herbulot, 1972 Ectropis chopardi Herbulot, 1954 Ectropis contradicta Herbulot, 1972 Ectropis consentanea Sato, 1992 Ectropis cornuta Herbulot, 1968 Ectropis crepuscularia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – the engrailed, small engrailed (including E. bistortata )Ectropis despicata Herbulot, 1981 Ectropis distinctaria (de Joannis, 1915) Ectropis dribraria (Swinhoe, 1904) Ectropis elaphrodes D. S. Fletcher, 1958 Ectropis emphona (Prout, 1925) Ectropis excellens (Butler, 1884) Ectropis excursaria Guenée, 1857 – twig looperEctropis floresensis Sato, 2007 Ectropis fossa Herbulot, 1981 Ectropis fractaria Guenée, 1857 Ectropis fraudulenta Janse, 1932 Ectropis gozmanyi D. S. Fletcher, 1978 Ectropis gravis (Turner, 1947) Ectropis hero Viette, 1971 Ectropis herbuloti Sato, 2007 Ectropis holmi D. S. Fletcher, 1958 Ectropis ikonda Herbulot, 1981 Ectropis inversa D. S. Fletcher, 1958 Ectropis ischnadelpha L.B.Prout, 1932 Ectropis lignea Goldfinch, 1944 Ectropis longiscapia Prout, 1926 Ectropis loxosira Prout, 1932 Ectropis lutamentaria (Graeser, 1888) Ectropis maromokotra Viette, 1980 Ectropis milloti Herbulot, 1954 Ectropis mniara Turner, 1917 Ectropis moderata Herbulot, 1972 Ectropis nigripunctata Warren, 1897 Ectropis obliqua Prout 1915 Ectropis obliquilinea Prout, 1916 Ectropis ocellata Warren, 1902 Ectropis oleitincta Prout, 1931 Ectropis paracopa Prout, 1925 Ectropis pauliani Herbulot, 1954 Ectropis pluto Viette, 1971 Ectropis prospila (Prout, 1916) Ectropis pais Prout, 1931 Ectropis petrozona (Lower, 1900) Ectropis schintlmeisteri Sato, 1992 Ectropis scoblei Herbulot, 1999 (formerly E. despicata Herbulot, 1981 )Ectropis sogai Herbulot, 1981 Ectropis spoliataria (Walker, 1860) Ectropis subapicata (Warren, 1904) Ectropis sublimbata (Warren, 1911) Ectropis sublutea (Butler, 1880) Ectropis superuncina Herbulot, 1972 Ectropis susceptaria Walker Ectropis ulterior Herbulot, 1954 Ectropis vadoni Herbulot, 1954
Some species formerly included here are now placed elsewhere, e.g. in Calcyopa Myrioblephara Parectropis
^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004c), ABRS (2010), FE (2011)
^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004abc)
^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004b)
^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004a), FE (2011)
^ ABRS (2010), and see references in Savela (2010)
References
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Ectropis Hübner, 1825" . Afromoths . Retrieved 22 March 2018 . Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)Ectropis Fauna Europaea (FE)Ectropis Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004a): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Boarmia Stephens, 1829Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004b): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Coenobita Gistl, 1848Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004c): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Ectropis Savela, Markku (2010): Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms "Ectropis " . Version of 4 July 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
