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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 pallidistriga
speciesEctropis pallidistriga

Ectropis prospila
speciesEctropis prospila

Ectropis chopardi
speciesEctropis chopardi

Ectropis albiquadrata
speciesEctropis albiquadrata
Ectropis schintlmeisteri
speciesEctropis schintlmeisteri

Ectropis obliquilinea
speciesEctropis obliquilinea

Ectropis herbuloti
speciesEctropis herbuloti

Ectropis pluto
speciesEctropis pluto

Ectropis sogai
speciesEctropis sogai

Ectropis sublutea
speciesEctropis sublutea

Ectropis bistortatoides
speciesEctropis bistortatoides
Ectropis mesoplatys
speciesEctropis mesoplatys
Ectropis claudei
speciesEctropis claudei
Ectropis obatrata
speciesEctropis obatrata
Ectropis pectinatissima
speciesEctropis pectinatissima
Ectropis pectinata
speciesEctropis pectinata
Ectropis floresensis
speciesEctropis floresensis
Ectropis epanomma
speciesEctropis epanomma
Ectropis consentanea
speciesEctropis consentanea
Ectropis cernyi
speciesEctropis cernyi
Ectropis aethregenes
speciesEctropis aethregenes
Ectropis anisodroma
speciesEctropis anisodroma
Ectropis confusa
speciesEctropis confusa
Ectropis cuneisparsa
speciesEctropis cuneisparsa
Ectropis deodarae
speciesEctropis deodarae
Ectropis everetti
speciesEctropis everetti

Ectropis giatoma
speciesEctropis giatoma

Ectropis grisescens
speciesEctropis grisescens
Ectropis hiulca
speciesEctropis hiulca
Ectropis lineata
speciesEctropis lineata
Ectropis melancroca
speciesEctropis melancroca
Ectropis mixtistriga
speciesEctropis mixtistriga
Ectropis opisoleuca
speciesEctropis opisoleuca
Ectropis petrozona
speciesEctropis petrozona
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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.