Parectropis
Sign in to saveParectropis is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). A small Old World genus, it contains only a good dozen species altogether, though new ones are still being discovered. Only one species (P. similaria) is found in Europe; most others live in Asia though some occur in Africa.
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Parectropis is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). A small Old World genus, it contains only a good dozen species altogether, though new ones are still being discovered. Only one species (P. similaria) is found in Europe; most others live in Asia though some occur in Africa.
==Selected species== Species of Parectropis include: Parectropis alticolaria Krüger, 2005 Parectropis delosaria (Walker, [1863]) (formerly in Ectropis) Parectropis extersaria (Hübner, 1799) (sometimes in P. similaria) Parectropis fansipana Sato, 2006 Parectropis nigrosparsa (Wileman & South, 1923) Parectropis paracyclophora Sato & M.Wang, 2006 Parectropis pectinicornis Krüger, 2005 Parectropis siamensis Parectropis similaria (Hufnagel, 1767) Parectropis simplex (Warren, 1914) (formerly in Ectropis) Parectropis subflava (Bastelberger, 1909) (formerly in Ectropis) Parectropis 'Camdeboo Mountains' Parectropis 'Sterkstroom'
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