Checklist of Family Geometridae Leach, 1815 (Cankerworm moths)
for Gauteng (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 331
2962
5500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 330
2961
5499 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 313
2903
5412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 206
2450
4777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 61
1071
2273 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 60
1069
2271 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 59
1065
2254 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
612
1245 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
552
1122 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 3
111
229 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves | 107
222 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Gauteng
107 Genera with 222 Species
| Abraxas Leach, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acanthovalva Krüger, 1819 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Acidaliastis Hampson, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Acollesis Warren, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acrasia Rogenhofer, 2013 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aletis Schrank, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allochrostes Prout, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anisodes Guenée, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antharmostes Warren, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthemoctena Warren, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphilopota Warren, 1905 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrophora Guenée, 1999 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ascotis Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asemoprepes Krüger, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Barrama Warren, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cabera Treitschke, 1897 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cartaletis Schrank, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chiasmia Hübner, 1913 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorerythra Warren, 1895 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorissa Stephens, 1916 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chloroclystis Hübner, 1937 | Pugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorocoma Turner, 1922 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Coenina Walker, 1854 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Comibaena Hübner, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conchylia Guenée, 1913 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Conchyliodes Prout, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conolophia Warren, 1861 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenognophos Prout, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Discalma Meyrick, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Disclisioprocta Wallengren, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Discomiosis Prout, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanogynis Guenée, 1898 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Dysrhoe Herbulot, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epicosymbia Schrank, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epigynopteryx Warren, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epirrhoe Hübner, 2019 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eulasia Truqui, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eupithecia Curtis, 1897 | Pug Moths | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Eutelostolmus Krüger, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucina Hulst, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemistola Warren, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterorachis Warren, 1912 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Heterostegane Hampson, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Holoterpna Püngeler, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Horisme Hübner, 1913 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hypomecis Hübner, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idaea Treitschke, 1913 | Dwarf cream wave | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Idiochlora Prout, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Illa Warren, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isturgia Hübner, 1913 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Larentia Treitschke, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lhommeia Wehrli, 1899 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ligdia Guenée, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lomographa Hübner, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Menophra Moore, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesocolpia Warren, 1901 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Microligia Warren, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microloxia Warren, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mictoschema Prout, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mimandria Warren, 1917 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mimoclystia Warren, 1901 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Mixocera Warren, 1863 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nassinia Fletcher, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neromia Staudinger, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Obolcola Walker, 1932 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Omizodes Warren, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omphacodes Warren, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omphalucha Warren, 1922 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Omphax Guenée, 1858 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Orbamia Herbulot, 2020 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Osteodes Guenée, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palaeaspilates Warren, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Panagropsis Warren, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paragathia Warren, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraprasina Warren, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parectropis Sato, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pasiphila Meyrick, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Perizoma Hübner, 1911 | Carpets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Petovia Walker, 1854 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phigalia Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Piercia Janse, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pingasa Moore, 1860 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Prasinocyma Warren, 1913 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudolarentia Herbulot, 1894 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomaenas L.B. Prout, 2009 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psilocerea Saalmüller, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhadinomphax Prout, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodesia Warren, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodometra Meyrick, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scardamia Guenée, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scopula Schrank, 1913 | | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Scotopteryx Hübner, 1913 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Semiothisa Hübner, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sicyodes Warren, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Somatina Guenée, 1875 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Syndromodes Warren, 1863 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Terpnostola Krüger, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thelycera Prout, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Traminda Saalmüller, 1861 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthisthisa Speiser, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthorhoe Hübner, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xenimpia Warren, 1961 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xylopteryx Guenée, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zamarada Moore, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zerenopsis Felder, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zeuctoboarmia Prout, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zygophyxia Schrank, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Gauteng
222 Species and 18 Subspecies | Abraxas alona Thierry-Mieg, 1910 | | | Acanthovalva antennata Warren, 1897 | | | Acanthovalva focularia Geyer, 1837 | | | Acanthovalva inconspicuaria Hübner, 1819 | | | Acidaliastis bicurvifera Prout, 1916 | | | Acidaliastis curvilinea Prout, 1912 | | | Acollesis fraudulenta Warren, 1898 | | | Acrasia ava Prout L. B., 1938 | | | Acrasia grandis Krüger, 2013 | | | Aletis libyssa natalensis Prout L. B., 1917 | | | Allochrostes impunctata Warren, 1897 | | | Anisodes monetaria homostola Meyrick, 1897 | | | Antharmostes papilio Prout, 1912 | | | Anthemoctena textilis Wallengren, 1872 | | | Aphilopota iphia Prout, 1954 | | | Aphilopota mesotoecha Prout, 1938 | | | Aphilopota patulata Walker, 1863 | | | Aphilopota patulata mesotoecha Prout, 1938 | | | Aphilopota semiusta Distant, 1898 | | | Aphilopota subalbata Warren, 1905 | | | Argyrophora trofonia Cramer, 1779 | | | Argyrophora variabilis Krüger, 1999 | | | Ascotis selenaria Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Giant looper | | Asemoprepes homales Prout, 1922 | | | Barrama impunctata Warren, 1897 | | | Cabera aquaemontana Prout, 1913 | | | Cabera elatina Prout, 1913 | | | Cabera neodora Prout, 1922 | | | Cabera strigata (Warren, 1897) | ⇒ Cabera pusaria Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cartaletis fusciventris Gaede, 1917 | | | Chiasmia boarmioides Krüger, 2001 | | | Chiasmia dolichostigma (Prout L. B., 1922) | ⇒ Chiasmia grisescens Prout, 1916 | | Chiasmia furcata Warren, 1897 | | | Chiasmia johnstoni Butler, 1893 | | | Chiasmia tecnium Prout, 1916 | | | Chiasmia turbulentata Guenée, 1858 | | | Chiasmia vau Prout, 1913 | | | Chlorerythra rubriplaga Warren, 1895 | | | Chlorerythra rubriplaga rubriplaga Warren, 1895 | | | Chlorissa articulicornis Prout, 1916 | | | Chlorissa attenuata Walker, 1863 | | | Chlorissa ruficristata Prout, 1916 | | | Chloroclystis consocer Prout, 1937 | | | Chlorocoma clopia Prout, 1922 | | | Chlorocoma eucela Prout, 1922 | | | Coenina dentataria Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Coenina poecilaria Herrich-Schä..., 1854 | | | Comibaena leucospilata Walker, 1863 | | | Conchylia lapsicolumna Prout, 1916 | | | Conchylia nitidula Stoll, 1782 | | | Conchylia pactolaria Wallengren, 1872 | | | Conchylia sesquifascia Prout, 1913 | | | Conchyliodes distelitis Prout, 1930 | | | Conolophia aemula Warren, 1894 | | | Conolophia conscitaria Walker, 1861 | | | Ctenognophos eolaria anax Wiltshire, 1966 | | | Discalma observata Walker, 1861 | | | Discalma subcurvaria Mabille, 1897 | | | Disclisioprocta natalata Walker, 1862 | | | Discomiosis arciocentra Prout, 1922 | | | Drepanogynis chrysobates Krüger, 2002 | | | Drepanogynis confusa Krüger, 2002 | | | Drepanogynis epione Prout, 1913 | | | Drepanogynis incurvata Krüger, 2002 | | | Drepanogynis mixtaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Drepanogynis synclinia Prout, 1938 | | | Drepanogynis tripartita Warren, 1898 | | | Dysrhoe olbia Prout, 1911 | | | Epicosymbia dentisignata (Walker, 1863) | ⇒ Scopula dentisignata Walker, 1863 | | Epigynopteryx maeviaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Epigynopteryx maeviaria maeviaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Epirrhoe finitima Krüger, 2019 | | | Eulasia (Vittateulasia) bombylius Fabricius, 1787 | | | Eupithecia brachyptera Prout L.B., 1913 | | | Eupithecia gradatilinea Prout L.B., 1916 | | | Eupithecia infectaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Eupithecia laticallis Prout L.B., 1922 | | | Eupithecia liqalaneng Krüger, 2000 | | | Eupithecia monticola Krüger, 2000 | | | Eupithecia polylibades Prout L.B., 1916 | | | Eupithecia pretoriana Prout L.B., 1922 | | | Eupithecia sagittata Warren, 1897 | | | Eutelostolmus pictifimbria Prout, 1938 | | | Glaucina gonia gonia | | | Hemistola incommoda Prout, 1912 | | | Heterorachis despoliata Prout, 1916 | | | Heterorachis devocata Walker, 1861 | | | Heterorachis perviridis Prout, 1912 | | | Heterorachis simplicissima Prout, 1912 | | | Heterostegane rectistriga Prout, 1913 | | | Holoterpna errata Prout, 1922 | | | Horisme filia Prout, 1913 | | | Horisme minuata Walker, 1860 | | | Horisme obscurata Prout, 1913 | | | Horisme obscurata obscurata Prout L. B., 1913 | | | Hypomecis gonophora Prout, 1916 | | | Idaea ambiscripta Prout, 1922 | | | Idaea associata Warren, 1897 | | | Idaea consericeata Prout L. B., 1913 | | | Idaea fumilinea Warren, 1903 | | | Idaea fumilinea fumilinea Warren, 1903 | | | Idaea lilliputaria Warren, 1902 | | | Idaea nigrosticta Warren, 1897 | | | Idaea omoscotia (Prout, 1922) | ⇒ Idaea umbricosta Prout L.B., 1913 | | Idaea parallelaria Warren, 1902 | | | Idaea pericalles Prout L. B., 1913 | | | Idaea punctigera Janse, 1935 | | | Idaea sinuilinea Prout L.B., 1913 | | | Idaea torrida Warren, 1904 | | | Idaea trissosemia Prout L.B., 1922 | | | Idaea umbricosta Prout L.B., 1913 | | | Idaea umbricosta umbricosta Prout L.B., 1913 | | | Idiochlora approximans Warren, 1897 | | | Illa reprobata Prout L. B., 1938 | | | Isturgia deerraria Walker, 1861 | | | Isturgia pulinda Walker, 1860 | | | Isturgia supergressa Prout, 1913 | | | Larentia attenuata Walker, 1862 | | | Lhommeia biskraria Oberthür, 1885 | | | Lhommeia biskraria illiturata Warren, 1897 | | | Lhommeia subapicata Warren, 1899 | | | Ligdia batesii Wallengren, 1875 | | | Lomographa aridata Warren, 1897 | | | Lomographa indularia Guenée, 1858 | | | Menophra jansei Herbulot, 1997 | | | Mesocolpia consobrina Warren, 1901 | | | Mesocolpia consobrina consobrina Warren, 1901 | | | Microligia dolosa Warren, 1897 | | | Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897 | | | Mictoschema swierstrai Prout, 1922 | | | Mimandria cataractae Prout, 1917 | | | Mimandria cataractae cataractae Prout, 1917 | | | Mimoclystia explanata Walker, 1862 | | | Mimoclystia mermera Prout, 1935 | | | Mimoclystia pudicata Walker, 1862 | | | Mimoclystia pudicata quaggaria Wallengren, 1872 | | | Mimoclystia undulosata Warren, 1901 | | | Mixocera albistrigata Pagenstecher, 1893 | | | Mixocera albistrigata albistrigata Pagenstecher, 1893 | | | Mixocera parvulata Walker, 1863 | | | Nassinia caffraria Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Nassinia pretoria Prout, 1916 | | | Neromia cohaerens Prout, 1916 | | | Neromia rubripunctilla Prout, 1912 | | | Obolcola aliena Prout, 1922 | | | Obolcola pallida Janse, 1932 | | | Omizodes complanata (Prout, 1922) | ⇒ Omizodes ocellata Warren, 1894 | | Omphacodes punctilineata Warren, 1897 | | | Omphalucha albosignata Janse, 1932 | | | Omphalucha ditriba zoutpanensis Prout, 1938 | | | Omphalucha indeflexa Prout, 1922 | | | Omphax bacoti Prout, 1912 | | | Omphax idonea Prout, 1916 | | | Omphax leucocraspeda Prout, 1912 | | | Omphax plantaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Orbamia obliqua Hausmann & T..., 2020 | | | Orbamia obliqua parva Hausmann & T..., 2020 | | | Osteodes turbulentata Guenée, 1858 | | | Palaeaspilates inoffensa Warren, 1894 | | | Panagropsis muricolor Warren, 1897 | | | Paragathia albimarginata Warren, 1902 | | | Paraprasina discolor Warren, 1897 | | | Parectropis delosaria Walker, 1863 | | | Pasiphila derasata BASTELBERGER, 1905 | | | Pasiphila lita Prout, 1916 | | | Perizoma lamprammodes Prout, 1911 | | | Petovia dichroaria (Herrich-Schä..., 1854) | ⇒ Petovia marginata Walker, 1854 | | Petovia marginata Walker, 1854 | | | Phigalia pedaria (Denis & Schi..., 1775) | ⇒ Phigalia pilosaria Denis & Schi..., 1775 | | Piercia bryophilaria Warren, 1903 | | | Piercia perizomoides Prout L.B., 1916 | | | Pingasa abyssiniaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Pingasa distensaria (Walker, 1860) | ⇒ Pingasa dispensata Walker, 1860 | | Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout, 1913 | | | Prasinocyma immaculata Thunberg, 1784 | | | Prasinocyma inversicaulis Prout, 1913 | | | Pseudolarentia megalaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Pseudolarentia monosticta Butler, 1894 | | | Pseudomaenas inornata Krüger, 2009 | | | Psilocerea immitata Janse, 1932 | | | Rhadinomphax divincta Walker, 1861 | | | Rhodesia depompata Prout, 1913 | | | Rhodometra sacraria Linnaeus, 1767 | The Vestal | | Scardamia chrysolina Meyrick, 1892 | | | Scopula acentra (Warren, 1897) | ⇒ Scopula inscriptata Walker, 1863 | | Scopula caesaria Walker, 1861 | | | Scopula deserta Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula dissonans Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula donovani Distant, 1892 | | | Scopula duplicipuncta Prout, 1913 | | | Scopula erinaria Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Scopula gazellaria Wallengren, 1863 | | | Scopula impicta Prout, 1922 | | | Scopula inscriptata Walker, 1863 | | | Scopula insincera Prout, 1920 | | | Scopula internataria Walker, 1861 | | | Scopula internataria internataria Walker, 1861 | | | Scopula lactaria Walker, 1861 | | | Scopula nigrinotata Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula obliquiscripta Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula pertinax Prout, 1916 | | | Scopula picta Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula punctilineata Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula remotata Guenée, 1858 | | | Scopula ruficolor Prout, 1916 | | | Scopula sanguinisecta Warren, 1897 | | | Scopula serena Prout, 1920 | | | Scopula sincera Warren, 1901 | | | Scopula sinnaria Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Scopula spoliata Walker, 1861 | | | Scopula straminea (Felder & Rog..., 1875) | ⇒ Scopula pulverosa Prout, 1934 | | Scopula sublobata Warren, 1898 | | | Scopula subobliquata Prout, 1913 | | | Scotopteryx cryptocycla Prout, 1913 | | | Scotopteryx deversa Prout, 1913 | | | Semiothisa simplicilinea Warren, 1905 | | | Sicyodes olivescens Warren, 1898 | | | Somatina ctenophora Prout, 1915 | | | Somatina vestalis Butler, 1875 | | | Syndromodes cellulata Warren, 1898 | | | Syndromodes invenusta Wallengren, 1863 | | | Terpnostola ardescens Prout L. B., 1916 | | | Thelycera xanthostephana Prout L. B., 1912 | | | Traminda ocellata Warren, 1895 | | | Traminda vividaria Walker, 1861 | | | Xanthisthisa niveifrons Prout, 1922 | | | Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922 | | | Xanthorhoe melissaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Xenimpia dohertyi Herbulot, 1961 | | | Xylopteryx prasinaria Hampson, 1909 | | | Zamarada pulverosa Warren, 1895 | | | Zerenopsis lepida Walker, 1854 | | | Zeuctoboarmia sabinei Prout, 1915 | | | Zygophyxia roseocincta (Warren, 1899) | ⇒ Scopula roseocincta Warren, 1899 | | Zygophyxia stenoptila (Prout, 1916) | ⇒ Scopula stenoptila Prout, 1916 |
Subnodes of Geometridae with occurrences in Gauteng
 | | Geometridae (Leach 1815) |
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