Scotopteryx

Scotopteryx as established by Agassiz in 1847 is an unjustified emendation of Scotopterix, a synonym of the Ennominae genus Gnophos.
Scotopteryx
Scotopteryx vittistrigata.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Tribe: Xanthorhoini
Genus: Scotopteryx
Hübner, 1825
Species

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Synonyms

Scotopteryx is a genus of moth of the family Geometridae. It is suspected that some species currently placed here actually belong in Entephria.

Selected species

References


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