The Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia) is a moth of the family Geometridae. Some authors split this moth into two species: E. bistortata The Engrailed and E. crepuscularia Small Engrailed. It is distributed across most of Europe. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera   (grasshoppers, crickets... Families About 130 - see text The Lepidoptera is the second largest order of insects comprising butterflies, skippers, and moths. ... Author: Leach, 1815 Type species: Geometra papilionaria (large emerald moth) Diversity: 2,000? genera 26,000 species Subfamilies Alsophilinae Archiearinae Desmobathrinae Ennominae Geometrinae Larentiinae Oenochrominae Orthostixinae Sterrhinae Genera Geometra (etc) Inchworm redirects here. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis (27 September 1729 - 29 September 1800) was an Austrian poet, bibliographer, and lepidopterist. ... Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727 - 1806) was an Austrian Naturalist. ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Lepidopteran on a flower. ... Author: Leach, 1815 Type species: Geometra papilionaria (large emerald moth) Diversity: 2,000? genera 26,000 species Subfamilies Alsophilinae Archiearinae Desmobathrinae Ennominae Geometrinae Larentiinae Oenochrominae Orthostixinae Sterrhinae Genera Geometra (etc) Inchworm redirects here. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

The ground colour of the wings is buff or grey variably marked with darker fascia. The darker markings are not usually as strong as in the rather similar Willow Beauty. Melanic forms occur fairly frequently. The wingspan is 38-45 mm. One or two broods are produced each year and the adults can be seen at any time between March and August. The species flies at night and is attracted to light. Fascia is a specialized connective tissue layer which surrounds muscles, bones, and joints, providing support and protection and giving structure to the body. ... Binomial name Peribatodes rhomboidaria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 The Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ... Melanism is an increased amount of black or nearly black pigmentation (as of skin, feathers, or hair) of an individual or kind of organism. ... The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip. ...

The greyish larva is polyphagous, feeding on a huge range of plants including alder, aspen, bilberry, birch, broom, creeping thistle, currant, dock, heather, imperforate St-John's wort, knapweed, larch, oak, purple loosestrife, raspberry, rose, rowan and sallow. The species overwinters as a pupa. A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Phagy or phagia is an ecological term that is used to identify particular nutritional systems. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Species About 20-30 species, see text. ... Species Populus adenopoda Populus alba Populus grandidentata Populus sieboldii Populus tremula Populus tremuloides Aspens are trees of the willow family and comprise a section of the poplar genus Populus sect. ... Bilberry is a name given to several species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae) that bear tasty fruits. ... Species many species see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ... Genera Argyrocytisus:1 species Cytisus: about 30-35 species Genista: about 90 species Petteria: 1 species Podocytisus: 1 species Retama: 4 species Spartium: 1 species Ref: ILDIS Version 6. ... Species See text Thistles are perennial flowering plants of the genus Cirsium. ... For the commune of the Ardèche in southern France, see Ribes, France. ... Species About 200, see text. ... Binomial name Calluna vulgaris Calluna is the name of a monospecific genus in the family Ericaceae. ... Species About 400, including: Hypericum calycinum Hypericum perforatum Hypericum triquetrifolium Hypericum is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae, formerly often treated separately in their own family the Hypericaceae. ... Categories: Plant stubs | Asteraceae ... Species About 12; see text Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. ... Oakland International Airport is located in Oakland, California and serves the San Francisco Bay Area metro region. ... Binomial name Lythrum salicaria Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)—also known as Spiked loosestrife, Purple lythrum, Rainbow weed or Salicaire—is a semi-aquatic herbaceous plant belonging to the loosestrife family, Lythraceae. ... For the sound made by humans to simulate flatulence (blowing a raspberry) see the USA term, Bronx cheer Species Rubus idaeus raspberry (red) - watercolor 1892 The Raspberry or Red Raspberry, (Rubus idaeus) is a plant that produces a tart, sweet, red composite fruit (not a true berry) in late summer... Species About 100, see text References:   U. of Illinois 2002-05-29 A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa and the flower of this shrub. ... This article is about the rowan tree; for other uses of the term, see Rowan (disambiguation) Species Sorbus subgenus Sorbus Sorbus aucuparia - European Rowan Sorbus americana - American Rowan Sorbus cashmeriana - Kashmir Rowan Sorbus commixta - Japanese Rowan Sorbus decora - Showy Rowan Sorbus glabrescens - White-fruited Rowan Sorbus hupehensis - Hubei Rowan Sorbus... Binomial name Salix caprea L. The Goat Willow (Salix caprea), also known as the Pussy Willow or Great Sallow, is a common species of willow native to Europe and northwestern Africa. ... Chrysalis of Gulf Fritillary Georgetown, South Carolina A pupa (plural: pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. ...

External Link

The Engrailed at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera pages (http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/ennominae/ectropis/index.html#crepuscularia) yup

References

• Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
• Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984