Checklist of Family Geometridae Leach, 1815 (Cankerworm moths)
for Nairobi (Kenya)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 167
752
1020 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 167
752
1020 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 159
721
974 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 117
647
901 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 32
296
434 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 32
296
434 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 32
296
434 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 14
227
343 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 12
215
330 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 1
38
34 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves | 38
34 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Nairobi
38 Genera with 34 Species
| Antharmostes Warren, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chiasmia Hübner, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysocraspeda Swinhoe, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cleora Curtis, 1957 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Colocleora Prout, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Comibaena Hübner, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Derambila Walker, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Disclisioprocta Wallengren, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Discomiosis Prout, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanogynis Guenée, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ectropis Hübner, 1825 | Engrailed Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epigynopteryx Warren, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episteira Warren, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eupithecia Curtis, 1956 | Pug Moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnoscelis Mabille, 1868 | Pugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idaea Treitschke, 1932 | Dwarf cream wave | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Obolcola Walker, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontopera Stephens, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phigalia Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Piercia Janse, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pigiopsis Warren, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platypepla Warren, 2001 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plutodes Guenée, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prasinocyma Warren, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protosteira Prout, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psilocerea Saalmüller, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psilocladia Warren, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Racotis Moore, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodometra Meyrick, 1767 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scopula Schrank, 1932 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Semiothisa Hübner, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Somatina Guenée, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Traminda Saalmüller, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Victoria Warren, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthorhoe Hübner, 1935 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xenimpia Warren, 1962 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zamarada Moore, 1974 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zeuctoboarmia Prout, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nairobi
34 Species and 3 Subspecies | Antharmostes papilio papilio Prout L. B., 1912 | | | Cleora cancer Fletcher D. S., 1967 | | | Cleora psectra Fletcher, 1957 | | | Comibaena rufitornus Prout, 1916 | | | Derambila jacksoni Prout, 1915 | | | Disclisioprocta natalata Walker, 1862 | | | Discomiosis anfractilinea Prout, 1915 | | | Drepanogynis somereni Prout, 1926 | | | Epigynopteryx termininota Prout, 1934 | | | Episteira frustrata Prout, 1935 | | | Eupithecia sagittata Warren, 1897 | | | Eupithecia zingiberiata Fletcher D. S., 1956 | | | Idaea tornivestis Prout L.B., 1932 | | | Obolcola hastata Fletcher D. S., 1963 | | | Odontopera xera Prout, 1922 | | | Phigalia pedaria (Denis & Schi..., 1775) | ⇒ Phigalia pilosaria Denis & Schi..., 1775 | | Pigiopsis epigynopteryx Herbulot, 1986 | | | Platypepla bullifera Krüger, 2001 | | | Platypepla schistopenis Krüger, 2001 | | | Plutodes separata epiphora Prout, 1926 | | | Prasinocyma geminata Prout, 1913 | | | Psilocladia diaereta Prout, 1923 | | | Rhodometra plectaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Rhodometra sacraria Linnaeus, 1767 | The Vestal | | Scopula ornata Scopula Prout, 1913 | | | Scopula alma Prout, 1920 | | | Scopula fimbrilineata Warren, 1902 | | | Scopula isomala Prout, 1932 | | | Semiothisa trirecurva Saalmüller, 1891 | | | Somatina ctenophora Prout, 1915 | | | Victoria fuscithorax Warren, 1905 | | | Xanthorhoe consors Prout, 1935 | | | Xenimpia misogyna Carcasson, 1962 | | | Zamarada eurygnathus Fletcher D. S., 1974 | |
Subnodes of Geometridae with occurrences in Nairobi
 | | Geometridae (Leach 1815) |
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