Cartaletis gracilis

Cartaletis gracilis is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana and Sierra Leone.[2][3]

"Scopula gracilis" redirects here. For the other moth with this name, see Scopula gracilis (Brandt, 1941).

Cartaletis gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Oenochrominae
Tribe:
Scopulini
Genus:
Cartaletis
Species:
C. gracilis
Binomial name
Cartaletis gracilis
(Möschler, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amnemopsyche gracilis Möschler, 1887
  • Cartaletis gracilis
  • Aletis alba Druce, 1896
  • Leptalis pallida Warren, 1894
  • Cartaletis gracilis landbecki Prout, 1919
  • Cartaletis gracilis variegata Prout, 1916

Subspecies
  • Cartaletis gracilis gracilis (Ghana, Sierra Leone)
  • Cartaletis gracilis landbecki (Prout, 1919) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Cartaletis gracilis variegata (Prout, 1916) (Cameroon)

References
  1. Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cartaletis gracilis gracilis (Möschler, 1887)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  3. Möschler, 1887. Beiträge zur schmetterlings-fauna von Goldküste


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