Checklist of Family Geometridae Leach, 1815 (Cankerworm moths)
for Guinea (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 260
2562
5906 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 259
2561
5905 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 246
2510
5772 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 162
1935
4863 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 40
672
1857 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 40
671
1856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 40
671
1856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 20
498
1505 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 17
484
1478 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 2
81
200 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves | 80
199 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Guinea
80 Genera with 199 Species
| Afroracotis László, Haus..., 1899 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Agathia Guenée, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aletis Schrank, 1763 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Allochrostes Prout, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anisodes Guenée, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Antharmostes Warren, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Antitrygodes Warren, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Archichlora Warren, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ascotis Hübner, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Biston Leach, 1893 | Oak beauty | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Boarmia Hübner, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cabera Treitschke, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cacochloris Prout, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cheroscelis Prout, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chiasmia Hübner, 1897 | | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorodrepana Warren, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysocraspeda Swinhoe, 1932 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cleora Curtis, 1961 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Colocleora Prout, 1915 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Comibaena Hübner, 1917 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Conolophia Warren, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crasilogia Warren, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenaulis Warren, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclophora Hübner, 1920 | Mochas | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymacaria Warren, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Derambila Walker, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorsifulcrum Herbulot, 1979 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Epigynopteryx Warren, 1897 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Erastria Hübner, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eulycia Janse, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geodena Walker, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geolyces Warren, 1909 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnoscelis Mabille, 1901 | Pugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterorachis Warren, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hyalornis Warren, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypocoela Warren, 1904 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hypomecis Hübner, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyposidra Guenée, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idaea Treitschke, 1932 | Dwarf cream wave | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idiochlora Prout, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lathochlora Warren, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lophorrhachia Prout, 1898 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lophostola Prout, 1913 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Melinoessa Herrich-Schä..., 1857 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Menophra Moore, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mesothisa Warren, 1954 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Metallospora Warren, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Miantochora Warren, 1879 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Milocera Swinhoe, 2001 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Narthecusa Walker, 1862 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Neostega Warren, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedicentra Warren, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oplerclanis Eitschberger, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Orbamia Herbulot, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyfidonia Warren, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phaiogramma von Gumppenberg, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Piercia Janse, 1954 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pingasa Moore, 1860 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plegapteryx Herrich-Scha..., 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polacanthopoda Hampson, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prasinocyma Warren, 1917 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Problepsis Lederer, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Procypha Warren, 2025 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudhemithea BASTELBERGER, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptomophyle Prout, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pycnostega Warren, 1934 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodesia Warren, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scopula Schrank, 1934 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Somatina Guenée, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingomima Warren, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Terina Walker, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thelycera Prout, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thenopa Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Traminda Saalmüller, 1861 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Vaena Walker, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xenimpia Warren, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xenostega Warren, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xylopteryx Guenée, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zamarada Moore, 1897 | | 43 | Species | Taxom | | Zeuctoboarmia Prout, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Guinea
199 Species and 26 Subspecies | Afroracotis chaineyi László, Haus..., 2023 | | | Afroracotis longicornuta László, Haus..., 2023 | | | Afroracotis longicornuta longicornuta László, Haus..., 2023 | | | Afroracotis lydiae László, Haus..., 2023 | | | Afroracotis lydiae lydiae László, Haus..., 2023 | | | Afroracotis squalida Butler, 1878 | | | Afroracotis squalida squalida Butler, 1878 | | | Afroracotis takanoi László, Haus..., 2023 | | | Afroracotis violetteae László, Haus..., 2023 | | | Afroracotis zebrina Warren, 1899 | | | Agathia confuscata Warren, 1897 | | | Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763) | ⇒ Scopula helcita Linnaeus, 1763 | | Aletis helcita helcita Linnaeus, 1763 | | | Allochrostes impunctata Warren, 1897 | | | Anisodes deremptaria (Guenée, 1858) | ⇒ Cyclophora lyciscaria Guenée, 1857 | | Anisodes lyciscaria (Guenée, 1858) | ⇒ Cyclophora lyciscaria Guenée, 1857 | | Antharmostes interalbicans Warren, 1902 | | | Antharmostes papilio papilio Prout L. B., 1912 | | | Antitrygodes callibotrys (Prout, 1918) | ⇒ Scopula callibotrys Prout, 1918 | | Archichlora viridimacula Warren, 1898 | | | Ascotis reciprocaria Walker, 1860 | | | Biston abruptaria Walker, 1869 | | | Biston antecreta (Prout, 1938) | ⇒ Biston johannaria Oberthür, 1913 | | Biston johannaria Oberthür, 1913 | | | Biston subocularia Mabille, 1893 | | | Boarmia intrusilinea (Prout, 1915) | ⇒ Hypomecis intrusilinea L.B. Prout, 1915 | | Cabera limbata Herbulot, 1954 | | | Cacochloris ochrea Warren, 1897 | | | Cheroscelis oospila Prout, 1912 | | | Chiasmia affinis Warren, 1902 | | | Chiasmia albivia Prout, 1915 | | | Chiasmia conturbata Warren, 1898 | | | Chiasmia feraliata Guenée, 1858 | | | Chiasmia fontainei Fletcher D. S., 1963 | | | Chiasmia fulvisparsa Warren, 1897 | | | Chiasmia impar Warren, 1897 | | | Chiasmia majestica Warren, 1901 | | | Chiasmia majestica majestica Warren, 1901 | | | Chiasmia normata Walker, 1861 | | | Chiasmia ostentosaria Möschler, 1887 | | | Chiasmia rectilinea Warren, 1905 | | | Chiasmia rectilinea rectilinea Warren, 1905 | | | Chiasmia subvaria BASTELBERGER, 1907 | | | Chiasmia threnopis Fletcher D. S., 1963 | | | Chiasmia umbrata Warren, 1897 | | | Chiasmia umbrata umbrata Warren, 1897 | | | Chlorodrepana angustimargo Warren, 1901 | | | Chrysocraspeda heterora Prout, 1932 | | | Chrysocraspeda rosina Warren, 1898 | | | Chrysocraspeda rosina heterora Prout, 1932 | | | Cleora boetschi Herbulot, 1961 | | | Cleora lamottei Herbulot, 1954 | | | Cleora radula Fletcher D. S., 1967 | | | Cleora radula leptopasta Fletcher, 1967 | | | Cleora subcincta Warren, 1901 | | | Cleora toulgoetae Herbulot, 1961 | | | Colocleora ansorgei Warren, 1901 | | | Colocleora collenettei Prout, 1938 | | | Colocleora divisaria Walker, 1860 | | | Colocleora expansa Warren, 1899 | | | Colocleora leucostephana Prout, 1938 | | | Colocleora melancheima Prout, 1938 | | | Colocleora probola Prout, 1938 | | | Colocleora splendens Herbulot, 1954 | | | Colocleora spuria Prout, 1915 | | | Comibaena flavitaenia Warren, 1898 | | | Comibaena hemictenes Prout, 1917 | | | Conolophia persimilis Warren, 1905 | | | Ctenaulis acutivalvis Herbulot, 1954 | | | Cyclophora dewitzi Prout, 1920 | | | Cyclophora lutearia Dewitz, 1881 | | | Cyclophora lyciscaria Guenée, 1857 | | | Cyclophora poeciloptera Prout, 1920 | | | Dasymacaria ansorgei Warren, 1901 | | | Derambila punctisignata Walker, 1863 | | | Dorsifulcrum cephalotes Walker, 1869 | | | Dorsifulcrum chapinaria Walker, 1869 | | | Dorsifulcrum excavatum Herbulot, 1979 | | | Epigynopteryx ansorgei Warren, 1901 | | | Epigynopteryx dorcas Prout, 1932 | | | Epigynopteryx straminea Warren, 1897 | | | Erastria albosignata Walker, 1863 | | | Eulycia excavata Herbulot, 1954 | | | Geodena melusine Strand, 1909 | | | Geolyces contracta Herbulot, 1954 | | | Geolyces convexaria Mabille, 1890 | | | Geolyces mixtilinea Warren, 1909 | | | Gymnoscelis tenera Warren, 1901 | | | Heterorachis carpenteri Prout, 1915 | | | Heterorachis lunatimargo Prout, 1911 | | | Hyalornis docta Schaus & Cle..., 1893 | | | Hypocoela subfulva Warren, 1897 | | | Hypocoela subfulva subfulva Warren, 1897 | | | Hypocoela turpisaria Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Hypomecis intrusilinea L.B. Prout, 1915 | | | Hyposidra excavata Herbulot, 1954 | | | Idaea inquisita Prout L. B., 1932 | | | Idiochlora eborilitoris Prout, 1930 | | | Lathochlora perversa Prout, 1915 | | | Lophorrhachia palliata Warren, 1898 | | | Lophorrhachia rhathyma Prout, 1938 | | | Lophorrhachia rubricorpus Warren, 1898 | | | Lophorrhachia rubricorpus rubricorpus Warren, 1898 | | | Lophostola annuligera Swinhoe, 1909 | | | Lophostola cara Prout, 1913 | | | Lophostola cara cara Prout L. B., 1913 | | | Melinoessa aemonia Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Melinoessa aemonia aemonia Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Melinoessa amplissimata Walker, 1863 | | | Melinoessa fulvescens Prout, 1916 | | | Melinoessa horni Prout, 1922 | | | Melinoessa perlimbata Guenée, 1857 | | | Menophra dnophera Prout, 1915 | | | Menophra dnophera dnophera Prout L. B., 1915 | | | Mesothisa flaccida Warren, 1905 | | | Mesothisa josefweberi Karisch & Beck, 2015 | | | Mesothisa josefweberi plena Karisch & Beck, 2015 | | | Mesothisa plena Karisch & Beck, 2015 | | | Mesothisa royi Herbulot, 1954 | | | Metallospora catori Warren, 1905 | | | Miantochora discalis Herbulot, 1954 | | | Miantochora fletcheri Herbulot, 1954 | | | Miantochora incolorata Warren, 1899 | | | Miantochora interrupta BASTELBERGER, 1907 | | | Miantochora lisa Herbulot, 1954 | | | Miantochora venerata Mabille, 1879 | | | Milocera divorsa Prout, 1922 | | | Milocera thyestes Krüger, 2001 | | | Narthecusa packardii (Dewitz, 1881) | ⇒ Narthecusa perplexata Walker, 1862 | | Narthecusa perplexa Walker, 1862 | | | Narthecusa perplexata Walker, 1862 | | | Narthecusa perplexata packardii Dewitz, 1881 | | | Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862 | | | Neostega flaviguttata Warren, 1903 | | | Oedicentra gerydaria Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Oplerclanis boisduvali Aurivillius, 1898 | | | Oplerclanis rhadamistus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Orbamia renimacula Prout, 1926 | | | Oxyfidonia dargei Herbulot, 1967 | | | Phaiogramma faustinata Milliere, 1868 | Millière's Emerald | | Piercia myopteryx Prout L.B., 1935 | | | Piercia myopteryx myopteryx Prout L.B., 1935 | | | Piercia occidentalis Herbulot, 1954 | | | Pingasa ruginaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Pingasa ruginaria commutata Walker, 1860 | | | Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schä..., 1856 | | | Polacanthopoda tigrina Druce, 1882 | | | Prasinocyma oblita Prout, 1930 | | | Prasinocyma rhodocycla Prout, 1917 | | | Problepsis similinotata Prout, 1917 | | | Procypha strutzbergi Stadie, Lász..., 2025 | | | Procypha strutzbergi caputgalli Stadie, Lász..., 2025 | | | Pseudhemithea saturata Prout, 1912 | | | Ptomophyle subcarnea Warren, 1902 | | | Pycnostega fumosa Warren, 1897 | | | Pycnostega ghesquierei Prout, 1934 | | | Rhodesia alboviridata Saalmüller, 1880 | | | Scopula albida Warren, 1899 | | | Scopula elegans Prout, 1915 | | | Scopula lactaria Walker, 1861 | | | Scopula latitans Prout, 1920 | | | Scopula mendax Herbulot, 1954 | | | Scopula natalica Butler, 1875 | | | Scopula seydeli Prout, 1934 | | | Scopula subsincera (Prout, 1934) | ⇒ Scopula seydeli Prout, 1934 | | Somatina irregularis Warren, 1898 | | | Somatina syneorus Prout, 1915 | | | Sphingomima viriosa Prout, 1915 | | | Terina doleris Plötz, 1880 | | | Thelycera sudanica Herbulot, 1954 | | | Thenopa diversa Walker, 1855 | | | Traminda neptunaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Traminda obversata Walker, 1861 | | | Traminda vividaria Walker, 1861 | | | Vaena eacleoides Walker, 1869 | | | Xenimpia erosa Warren, 1895 | | | Xenostega fallax Warren, 1899 | | | Xenostega tincta Warren, 1899 | | | Xylopteryx dargei Herbulot, 1984 | | | Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928 | | | Zamarada adumbrata Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada amymone Prout, 1934 | | | Zamarada bastelbergeri Gaede, 1915 | | | Zamarada bicuspida Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954 | | | Zamarada cucharita Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada cydippe Herbulot, 1954 | | | Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909 | | | Zamarada dentigera dentigera Warren, 1909 | | | Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909 | | | Zamarada dolorosa Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada dyscapna Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada emaciata Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada eucharis Drury, 1782 | | | Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912 | | | Zamarada excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913 | | | Zamarada excavata excavata Bethune-Baker, 1913 | | | Zamarada flavicosta Warren, 1897 | | | Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912 | | | Zamarada ilaria Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Zamarada indicata Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904 | | | Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915 | | | Zamarada labifera labifera Prout L. B., 1915 | | | Zamarada melanopyga Herbulot, 1954 | | | Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912 | | | Zamarada mimesis Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897 | | | Zamarada paxilla Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada perlepidata Walker, 1863 | | | Zamarada plana BASTELBERGER, 1909 | | | Zamarada protrusa Warren, 1897 | | | Zamarada protrusa protrusa Warren, 1897 | | | Zamarada reflexaria Walker, 1863 | | | Zamarada reflexaria reflexaria Walker, 1863 | | | Zamarada regularis Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada regularis regularis Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada rhodina Pierre-Baltus, 1983 | | | Zamarada toulgoeti Herbulot, 1979 | | | Zamarada tullia Oberthür, 1913 | | | Zamarada vigilans Prout, 1915 | | | Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897 | | | Zeuctoboarmia bipandata Prout, 1915 | | | Zeuctoboarmia contortilinea Warren, 1897 | |
Subnodes of Geometridae with occurrences in Guinea
 | | Geometridae (Leach 1815) |
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