Gnophos

Gnophos is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). A mostly Old World lineage, it is abundant in the Palearctic, with some North American species as well; in Europe six species are recorded. This genus has about 120 known species altogether in several recognized subgenera, with new ones still being discovered occasionally.^[3]

Gnophos
Scotch annulet (Gnophos obfuscata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Boarmiini
Genus:	Gnophos Treitschke, 1825
Type species
Geometra furvata Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Diversity
Several subgenera, about 120 species
Synonyms[1]
Acrognophos Wiltshire, 1967[2] Catascia Hübner, 1825 Gnophus Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation) Latascia (lapsus) Sciadion Hübner, 1806 (nom. rej.) Scotopterix Hübner, 1825 Scotopteryx Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation; non Hübner, 1825: preoccupied)

This is the type genus of the tribe Gnophini in subfamily Ennominae, which some authors include in the Boarmiini.

Selected species

Subgenera and species of Gnophos include:^[4]

Subgenus Acrognophos Wiltshire, 1967

• Gnophos iveni Erschoff, 1874^[5]

Subgenus Chelegnophos Wehrli, 1951

• Gnophos ravistriolaria Wehrli, 1922^[5]

Subgenus Cnestrognophos Wehrli, 1951

• Gnophos praeacutaria Wehrli, 1922^[5]

Subgenus Dicrognophos Wehrli, 1951

• Gnophos orthogonia Wehrli, 1939^[5]
• Gnophos pseudosnelleni Rjabov, 1964
• Gnophos sartata (Treitschke, 1827)

Subgenus Dysgnophos Wehrli, 1951

• Gnophos difficilis Alphéraky, 1883^[5]

Subgenus Gnophos Treitschke, 1825 (including Catascia)

• Gnophos furvata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)^[5]
• Gnophos obfuscata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Subgenus Odontognophos Wehrli, 1951

• Gnophos dumetata Treitschke, 1827^[5]
• Gnophos perspersata Treitschke, 1827
• Gnophos zacharia Staudinger, 1879

Subgenus Organognophos Wehrli, 1951

• Gnophos sibiriata Guenée, 1857^[5]

Subgenus Pterygnophos Wehrli, 1951

• Gnophos ochrofasciata Staudinger, 1896^[5]

Subgenus Rhinognophos Wehrli, 1951

• Gnophos similaria Rothschild, 1914^[5]

Subgenus Rhipignophos Wehrli, 1951

• Gnophos pervicinaria Wehrli, 1922^[5]

Subgenus Sacrognophos Wehrli, 1951

• Gnophos sacraria Staudinger, 1895^[5]

Subgenus Trilobignophos Wehrli, 1951

• Gnophos pollinaria Christoph, 1887^[5]

Subgenus Zystrognophos Wehrli, 1945

• Gnophos kuldjana (Wehrli, 1953)
• Gnophos sericaria Alphéraky, 1883
• Gnophos nimbata Alphéraky, 1888^[5]

Relationships to be determined

• Gnophos delagardei Prout, 1915
• Gnophos macguffini Smiles, 1978
• Gnophos rubricimixta Prout, 1915
• Gnophos spinicosta Krüger, 2005
• Gnophos thibetaria Oberthür, 1884
• Gnophos truncatipennis Krüger, 2005

Some other species formerly placed here are now in related genera such as Charissa, Ortaliella and Stueningia