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Engrailed Moths
Ectropis
Ectropis is a 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 altogether.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Small Engrailed
speciesEctropis crepuscularia

Burmese Engrailed Moth
speciesEctropis bhurmitra

Twig Looper
speciesEctropis excursaria

Ectropis bispinaria
speciesEctropis bispinaria

Ringed Bark Moth
speciesEctropis fractaria

Ectropis excellens
speciesEctropis excellens

Ectropis lignea
speciesEctropis lignea

Ectropis aganopa
speciesEctropis aganopa

Ectropis plectroneura
speciesEctropis plectroneura

Ectropis arizanensis
speciesEctropis arizanensis

Ectropis despicata
speciesEctropis despicata

Ectropis brooksi
speciesEctropis brooksi

Ectropis hieroglyphica
speciesEctropis hieroglyphica

Ectropis obliqua
speciesEctropis obliqua

Ectropis calida
speciesEctropis calida

Ectropis mniara
speciesEctropis mniara

Ectropis aigneri
speciesEctropis aigneri

Ectropis longiscapia
speciesEctropis longiscapia

Ectropis pais
speciesEctropis pais

Ectropis spoliataria
speciesEctropis spoliataria

Ectropis dentilineata
speciesEctropis dentilineata

Ectropis cryptomeriae
speciesEctropis cryptomeriae

Ectropis gravis
speciesEctropis gravis

Ectropis argalea
speciesEctropis argalea

Ectropis fragilis
speciesEctropis fragilis

Ectropis bicolor
speciesEctropis bicolor

Ectropis prospila
speciesEctropis prospila

Ectropis pallidistriga
speciesEctropis pallidistriga

Ectropis chopardi
speciesEctropis chopardi

Ectropis albiquadrata
speciesEctropis albiquadrata
Ectropis schintlmeisteri
speciesEctropis schintlmeisteri

Ectropis obliquilinea
speciesEctropis obliquilinea

Ectropis pluto
speciesEctropis pluto

Ectropis herbuloti
speciesEctropis herbuloti

Ectropis sogai
speciesEctropis sogai

Ectropis sublutea
speciesEctropis sublutea

Ectropis bistortatoides
speciesEctropis bistortatoides
Ectropis mesoplatys
speciesEctropis mesoplatys
Ectropis distinctaria
speciesEctropis distinctaria
Ectropis gozmanyi
speciesEctropis gozmanyi
Ectropis oleitincta
speciesEctropis oleitincta
Ectropis fraudulenta
speciesEctropis fraudulenta
Ectropis sublimbata
speciesEctropis sublimbata
Ectropis ischnadelpha
speciesEctropis ischnadelpha
Ectropis inversa
speciesEctropis inversa
Ectropis ikonda
speciesEctropis ikonda
Ectropis paracopa
speciesEctropis paracopa
Ectropis scoblei
speciesEctropis scoblei
Ectropis adtenuata
speciesEctropis adtenuata
Ectropis basalis
speciesEctropis basalis
Ectropis annumerata
speciesEctropis annumerata
Ectropis albobrunnea
speciesEctropis albobrunnea
Ectropis emphona
speciesEctropis emphona
Ectropis dribraria
speciesEctropis dribraria
Ectropis cornuta
speciesEctropis cornuta
Ectropis contradicta
speciesEctropis contradicta
Ectropis celsicola
speciesEctropis celsicola
Ectropis moderata
speciesEctropis moderata
Ectropis milloti
speciesEctropis milloti
Ectropis maromokotra
speciesEctropis maromokotra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 124226.