Checklist of Family Geometridae Leach, 1815 (Cankerworm moths)
for Eswatini (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 171
1129
2107 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 171
1129
2107 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 155
1093
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 109
974
1894 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 41
645
1296 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 41
643
1294 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 40
641
1291 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
484
1027 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
461
990 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 2
86
207 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves | 83
204 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Eswatini
83 Genera with 204 Species
| Acanthovalva Krüger, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acrasia Rogenhofer, 2013 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Allochrostes Prout, 1875 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Antharmostes Warren, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphilopota Warren, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrophora Guenée, 1999 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cabera Treitschke, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Callioratis Felder, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celidomphax Prout, 1905 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chiasmia Hübner, 1875 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Chionopora Prout, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorissa Stephens, 1905 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorocoma Turner, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cleora Curtis, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Colocleora Prout, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Comibaena Hübner, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Comostolopsis Warren, 1875 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclophora Hübner, 1897 | Mochas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dispatha Krüger, 2014 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanogynis Guenée, 2002 | | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Epicosymbia Schrank, 1913 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eucrostes Hübner, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euexia Prout, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eulycia Janse, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eupithecia Curtis, 1916 | Pug Moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eutelostolmus Krüger, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Haplolabida Fletcher D. S., 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hebdomophruda Warren, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Henicovalva Krüger, 2017 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterorachis Warren, 1861 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Heterostegane Hampson, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Horisme Hübner, 1917 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Hypotephrina Janse, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idaea Treitschke, 1913 | Dwarf cream wave | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Idiotephra Walker, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Illa Warren, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isturgia Hübner, 1913 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Lhommeia Wehrli, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligdia Guenée, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lomographa Hübner, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lophorrhachia Prout, 1898 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lophostola Prout, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melanthia Duponchel, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Menophra Moore, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesocolpia Warren, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoptila Meyrick, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microligia Warren, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mimoclystia Warren, 1901 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Mixocera Warren, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neromia Staudinger, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oaracta Walker, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Obolcola Walker, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedicentra Warren, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omphalucha Warren, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omphax Guenée, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ozola Walker, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palaeaspilates Warren, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pareclipsis Warren, 1900 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pasiphila Meyrick, 1950 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Petovia Walker, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Petrodava Walker, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Piercia Janse, 1862 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pingasa Moore, 1887 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plateoplia Warren, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platypepla Warren, 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prasinocyma Warren, 1904 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Problepsis Lederer, 1875 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomaenas L.B. Prout, 1917 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Psilocerea Saalmüller, 1894 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Rhadinomphax Prout, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodometra Meyrick, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scardamia Guenée, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scopula Schrank, 1875 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Scotopteryx Hübner, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Somatina Guenée, 1922 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Terpnostola Krüger, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thalassodes Guenée, 1857 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Traminda Saalmüller, 1861 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthorhoe Hübner, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xenimpia Warren, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xylopteryx Guenée, 1909 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zamarada Moore, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Zerenopsis Felder, 1928 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Eswatini
204 Species and 17 Subspecies | Acanthovalva inconspicuaria Hübner, 1819 | | | Acrasia ava Prout L. B., 1938 | | | Acrasia crinita Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Acrasia robusta Krüger, 2013 | | | Allochrostes biornata Prout, 1913 | | | Allochrostes impunctata Warren, 1897 | | | Allochrostes saliata Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Antharmostes papilio Prout, 1912 | | | Aphilopota subalbata Warren, 1905 | | | Argyrophora trofonia Cramer, 1779 | | | Argyrophora variabilis Krüger, 1999 | | | Cabera elatina Prout, 1913 | | | Cabera strigata (Warren, 1897) | ⇒ Cabera pusaria Linnaeus, 1758 | | Callioratis abraxas Felder, 1874 | | | Celidomphax quadrimacula Janse, 1935 | | | Celidomphax rubrimaculata Warren, 1905 | | | Chiasmia abnormata Prout, 1917 | | | Chiasmia assimilis Warren, 1899 | | | Chiasmia brongusaria Walker, 1860 | | | Chiasmia brongusaria brongusaria Walker, 1860 | | | Chiasmia confuscata Warren, 1899 | | | Chiasmia deceptrix Krüger, 2001 | | | Chiasmia geminilinea Prout, 1932 | | | Chiasmia interrupta Warren, 1897 | | | Chiasmia johnstoni Butler, 1893 | | | Chiasmia kilimanjarensis Holland, 1892 | | | Chiasmia kirbyi Wallengren, 1875 | | | Chiasmia nobilitata Prout, 1913 | | | Chiasmia normata Walker, 1861 | | | Chiasmia rectistriaria Herrich-Schä..., 1854 | | | Chiasmia simplicilinea Warren, 1905 | | | Chiasmia simplicilinea simplicilinea Warren, 1905 | | | Chiasmia sororcula Warren, 1897 | | | Chiasmia streniata Guenée, 1858 | | | Chiasmia subcurvaria Mabille, 1897 | | | Chiasmia subcurvaria subcurvaria Mabille, 1898 | | | Chiasmia suriens Strand, 1912 | | | Chiasmia trizonaria Hampson, 1909 | | | Chiasmia umbrata Warren, 1897 | | | Chiasmia umbrata umbrata Warren, 1897 | | | Chiasmia umbratilis Butler, 1875 | | | Chionopora tarachodes Prout, 1922 | | | Chlorissa albistrigulata Warren, 1897 | | | Chlorissa dorsicristata Warren, 1905 | | | Chlorissa dorsicristata dorsicristata Warren, 1905 | | | Chlorocoma didita Walker, 1861 | | | Cleora flavivenata Fletcher D. S., 1967 | | | Cleora munda Warren, 1899 | | | Colocleora proximaria Walker, 1860 | | | Comibaena leucospilata Walker, 1863 | | | Comostolopsis capensis Warren, 1899 | | | Comostolopsis stillata Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Comostolopsis stillata stillata Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Cyclophora unocula Warren, 1897 | | | Dispatha pelopasta Krüger, 2014 | | | Drepanogynis admiranda Warren, 1905 | | | Drepanogynis arcuifera Prout, 1934 | | | Drepanogynis aurifera Krüger, 2002 | | | Drepanogynis biviaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Drepanogynis cambogiaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Drepanogynis chromatina Prout, 1913 | | | Drepanogynis cnephaeogramma Prout, 1938 | | | Drepanogynis costipicta Prout, 1932 | | | Drepanogynis costipicta olearis Prout, 1938 | | | Drepanogynis determinata Walker, 1860 | | | Drepanogynis devia Prout, 1913 | | | Drepanogynis epione Prout, 1913 | | | Drepanogynis excurvata Krüger, 2002 | | | Drepanogynis gloriola Prout, 1913 | | | Drepanogynis hypenissa Butler, 1875 | | | Drepanogynis latipennis Krüger, 2002 | | | Drepanogynis leptodoma Prout, 1917 | | | Drepanogynis mixtaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Drepanogynis olivescens Warren, 1898 | | | Drepanogynis orthobates Prout, 1917 | | | Drepanogynis punctata Warren, 1897 | | | Drepanogynis subrosea Krüger, 2002 | | | Drepanogynis subroseoides Krüger, 2015 | | | Drepanogynis variciliata Krüger, 2002 | | | Epicosymbia dentisignata (Walker, 1863) | ⇒ Scopula dentisignata Walker, 1863 | | Epicosymbia nitidata (Warren, 1905) | ⇒ Scopula nubifera Hausmann, 1998 | | Epicosymbia perstrigulata (Prout, 1913) | ⇒ Scopula perstrigulata Prout, 1913 | | Eucrostes rhodophthalma Prout, 1912 | | | Euexia percnopus Prout, 1915 | | | Euexia percnopus percnopus Prout L. B., 1915 | | | Eulycia subpunctata Warren, 1897 | | | Eupithecia infelix Prout, 1917 | | | Eupithecia perigrapta Janse, 1933 | | | Eupithecia polylibades Prout L.B., 1916 | | | Eutelostolmus pictifimbria Prout, 1938 | | | Haplolabida coaequata Prout, 1935 | | | Hebdomophruda curvilinea Krüger, 1997 | | | Henicovalva mpisiensis Krüger, 2017 | | | Heterorachis despoliata Prout, 1916 | | | Heterorachis devocata Walker, 1861 | | | Heterorachis devocata devocata Walker, 1861 | | | Heterostegane rectistriga Prout, 1913 | | | Horisme minuata Walker, 1860 | | | Horisme obscurata Prout, 1913 | | | Horisme obscurata obscurata Prout L. B., 1913 | | | Horisme pallidimacula Prout, 1925 | | | Horisme punctiscripta Prout, 1917 | | | Hypotephrina exmotaria Walker, 1861 | | | Idaea auriflua Warren, 1902 | | | Idaea basicostalis Warren, 1900 | | | Idaea fumilinea Warren, 1903 | | | Idaea fumilinea fumilinea Warren, 1903 | | | Idaea hardenbergi Janse, 1935 | | | Idaea pulveraria Snellen, 1872 | | | Idaea purpurascens Prout L.B., 1916 | | | Idaea squamulata Warren, 1900 | | | Idaea sublimbaria Warren, 1900 | | | Idaea torrida Warren, 1904 | | | Idaea umbricosta Prout L.B., 1913 | | | Idaea umbricosta umbricosta Prout L.B., 1913 | | | Idiotephra hondensis Krüger, 2000 | | | Illa reprobata Prout L. B., 1938 | | | Isturgia catalaunaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Isturgia deerraria Walker, 1861 | | | Isturgia exospilata Walker, 1861 | | | Isturgia spissata Walker, 1862 | | | Isturgia supergressa Prout, 1913 | | | Lhommeia subapicata Warren, 1899 | | | Ligdia pectinicornis Prout, 1913 | | | Lomographa indularia Guenée, 1858 | | | Lophorrhachia aenospila Bethune-Baker, 1913 | | | Lophorrhachia rubricorpus Warren, 1898 | | | Lophorrhachia rubricorpus rubricorpus Warren, 1898 | | | Lophostola atridisca Warren, 1897 | | | Melanthia ustiplaga Warren, 1899 | | | Menophra jansei Herbulot, 1997 | | | Mesocolpia nanula Mabille, 1900 | | | Mesoptila festiva Prout L.B., 1916 | | | Microligia confinis Krüger, 1999 | | | Microligia luteitincta Prout, 1916 | | | Mimoclystia explanata Walker, 1862 | | | Mimoclystia mermera Prout, 1935 | | | Mimoclystia pudicata Walker, 1862 | | | Mimoclystia pudicata pudicata Walker, 1862 | | | Mimoclystia undulosata Warren, 1901 | | | Mixocera albistrigata Pagenstecher, 1893 | | | Neromia rubripunctilla Prout, 1912 | | | Oaracta auricincta Walker, 1862 | | | Obolcola decisa Warren, 1914 | | | Oedicentra albipennis Warren, 1902 | | | Omphalucha indeflexa Prout, 1922 | | | Omphax bilobata Janse, 1935 | | | Omphax plantaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Ozola pulverulenta Warren, 1897 | | | Palaeaspilates inoffensa Warren, 1894 | | | Pareclipsis distolochorda Prout, 1916 | | | Pareclipsis ochrea Warren, 1905 | | | Pareclipsis punctata Warren, 1900 | | | Pasiphila lita Prout, 1916 | | | Pasiphila vieta Hudson, 1950 | | | Petovia marginata Walker, 1854 | | | Petrodava leucicolor Butler, 1875 | | | Piercia bryophilaria Warren, 1903 | | | Piercia dryas Prout L.B., 1915 | | | Piercia nimipunctata Janse, 1933 | | | Piercia perizomoides Prout L.B., 1916 | | | Piercia prasinaria Warren, 1901 | | | Piercia smaragdinata Walker, 1862 | | | Pingasa distensaria (Walker, 1860) | ⇒ Pingasa dispensata Walker, 1860 | | Pingasa lahayei Oberthür, 1887 | | | Plateoplia acrobelia Wallengren, 1875 | | | Platypepla persubtilis Krüger, 2001 | | | Prasinocyma bifimbriata Prout, 1912 | | | Prasinocyma panchlora Prout, 1913 | | | Prasinocyma pictifimbria Warren, 1904 | | | Problepsis aegretta Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Problepsis vestalis Butler, 1875 | | | Pseudomaenas immundoides Krüger, 2009 | | | Pseudomaenas oncodogramma Prout, 1917 | | | Psilocerea immitata Janse, 1932 | | | Psilocerea pulverosa Warren, 1894 | | | Psilocerea pulverosa pulverosa Warren, 1894 | | | Rhadinomphax divincta Walker, 1861 | | | Rhodometra sacraria Linnaeus, 1767 | The Vestal | | Scardamia chrysolina Meyrick, 1892 | | | Scopula acentra (Warren, 1897) | ⇒ Scopula inscriptata Walker, 1863 | | Scopula addictaria Walker, 1861 | | | Scopula addictaria rufinubes Warren, 1900 | | | Scopula bigeminata Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula caesaria Walker, 1861 | | | Scopula carnosa Prout, 1925 | | | Scopula dentisignata Walker, 1863 | | | Scopula deserta Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula donovani Distant, 1892 | | | Scopula erinaria Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Scopula euchroa Prout, 1925 | | | Scopula hectata Guenée, 1858 | | | Scopula internata Guenée, 1857 | | | Scopula nemorivagata Wallengren, 1863 | | | Scopula nigrinotata Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula opperta Prout, 1920 | | | Scopula punctilineata Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula rossi Prout, 1913 | | | Scopula rufisalsa Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula rufisalsa rufisalsa Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula serena Prout, 1920 | | | Scopula spoliata Walker, 1861 | | | Scopula straminea (Felder & Rog..., 1875) | ⇒ Scopula pulverosa Prout, 1934 | | Scotopteryx nictitaria Herrich-Schä..., 1855 | | | Somatina centrophora (Prout, 1915) | ⇒ Problepsis centrophora Prout, 1915 | | Somatina sedata Prout, 1922 | | | Terpnostola ardescens Prout L. B., 1916 | | | Thalassodes opaca Warren, 1898 | | | Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857 | | | Traminda falcata Warren, 1897 | | | Traminda obversata Walker, 1861 | | | Traminda vividaria Walker, 1861 | | | Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922 | | | Xenimpia erosa Warren, 1895 | | | Xylopteryx arcuata Walker, 1862 | | | Xylopteryx prasinaria Hampson, 1909 | | | Zamarada differens BASTELBERGER, 1907 | | | Zamarada ilma Prout, 1922 | | | Zamarada transvisaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Zerenopsis lepida Walker, 1854 | | | Zerenopsis meraca Prout L. B., 1928 | |
Subnodes of Geometridae with occurrences in Eswatini
 | | Geometridae (Leach 1815) |
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