Parectropis
# Parectropis

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'

## Footnotes

* ↑ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Krüger (2005), FE (2011)
* ↑ Krüger (2005), FE (2011), and see references in Savela (2001)
* 1 2 Mentioned in Krüger (2005)
