Checklist of Family Geometridae Leach, 1815 (Cankerworm moths)
for Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 105
465
687 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 105
465
687 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 100
459
684 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 83
404
608 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 37
225
310 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 37
225
310 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 37
225
310 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 17
167
241 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 15
155
228 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 2
32
51 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves | 31
50 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Abyssinia
31 Genera with 50 Species
| Aphilopota Warren, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chiasmia Hübner, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cleora Curtis, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coenina Walker, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanogynis Guenée, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epigynopteryx Warren, 1858 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Erastria Hübner, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eupithecia Curtis, 1956 | Pug Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hemistola Warren, 1937 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterostegane Hampson, 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hydrelia Hübner, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypochrosis Guenée, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idaea Treitschke, 1937 | Dwarf cream wave | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lomographa Hübner, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mimoclystia Warren, 1883 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nothofidonia Prout, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontopera Stephens, 1922 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Orthonama Hübner, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Piercia Janse, 1937 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pingasa Moore, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platypepla Warren, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prasinocyma Warren, 1937 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodometra Meyrick, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scopula Schrank, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sesquialtera Prout, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Somatina Guenée, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Traminda Saalmüller, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trimetopia Guenée, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthorhoe Hübner, 1937 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Xylopteryx Guenée, 1880 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zamarada Moore, 1974 | | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Abyssinia
50 Species and 1 Subspecies | Aphilopota zonata (Prout, 1954) | ⇒ Aphilopota calaria Swinhoe, 1904 | | Chiasmia abyssinica Krüger, 2001 | | | Chiasmia procidata Guenée, 1858 | | | Chiasmia streniata Guenée, 1858 | | | Cleora etesiae Fletcher, 1967 | | | Coenina dentataria Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Drepanogynis nigerrima Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Epigynopteryx flavedinaria Guenée, 1857 | | | Epigynopteryx molliaria (Guenée, 1856) | ⇒ Epigynopteryx flavedinaria Guenée, 1857 | | Epigynopteryx pyrographa Debauche, 1937 | | | Epigynopteryx xanthiaria (Guenée, 1858) | ⇒ Epigynopteryx flavedinaria Guenée, 1857 | | Erastria marginata Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Eupithecia angulata Fletcher D. S., 1951 | | | Eupithecia inquinata (Fletcher D. S., 1950) | ⇒ Eupithecia efferata Mironov & Ra..., 2008 | | Eupithecia pseudoabbreviata Fletcher D. S., 1951 | | | Eupithecia urbanata Fletcher, 1956 | | | Hemistola aetherea Debauche, 1937 | | | Heterostegane serrata Fletcher D. S., 1958 | | | Hydrelia candace (Prout, 1929) | ⇒ Asthenotricha candace Prout, 1929 | | Hypochrosis chiarinii Oberthür, 1883 | | | Idaea glomerata Prout L. B., 1937 | | | Lomographa indularia Guenée, 1858 | | | Mimoclystia cecchii Oberthür, 1883 | | | Nothofidonia xenoleuca Prout, 1928 | | | Odontopera briela Debauche, 1937 | | | Odontopera integraria Guenée, 1858 | | | Odontopera xera Prout, 1922 | | | Orthonama lapillata Guenée, 1857 | | | Piercia zukwalensis Debauche, 1937 | | | Pingasa abyssiniaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Pingasa abyssiniaria abyssiniaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Platypepla uhlenhuthi Krüger, 2001 | | | Prasinocyma aetheraea Debauche, 1937 | | | Prasinocyma germinaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Prasinocyma hailei Debauche, 1937 | | | Rhodometra plectaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Scopula scotti Debauche, 1937 | | | Scopula silonaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Sesquialtera lonchota Prout, 1931 | | | Somatina pythiaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Traminda neptunaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Trimetopia aetheraria Guenée, 1858 | | | Xanthorhoe alta Debauche, 1937 | | | Xanthorhoe cadra Debauche, 1937 | | | Xanthorhoe cuneosignata Debauche, 1937 | | | Xylopteryx emunctaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Xylopteryx raphaelaria Oberthür, 1880 | | | Zamarada hyalinaria Guenée, 1857 | | | Zamarada melasma Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada secutaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Zamarada torrida Fletcher D. S., 1974 | |
Subnodes of Geometridae with occurrences in Abyssinia
 | | Geometridae (Leach 1815) |
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