Checklist of Family Geometridae Leach, 1815 (Cankerworm moths)
for New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 94
431
691 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 94
431
691 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 89
419
679 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 72
356
587 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 20
130
194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 20
130
194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 20
130
194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 11
105
160 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 11
105
160 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 2
17
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves | 16
21 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for New Britain
16 Genera with 21 Species | Aeolochroma L.B. Prout, 1896 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Agathiopsis Warren, 1933 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Catoria Moore, 1904 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Celerena Walker, 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Comostola Meyrick, 1866 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Craspedosis Butler, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eois Hübner, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eucyclodes Warren, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gelasma Moore, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyposidra Guenée, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Luxiaria Walker, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maxates Moore, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metallochlora Warren, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nadagarodes Warren, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pardodes Warren, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thalassodes Guenée, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for New Britain
21 Species and 2 Subspecies | Aeolochroma defasciata Prout, 1916 | | | Aeolochroma prasina Warren, 1896 | | | Agathiopsis basipuncta Warren, 1896 | | | Agathiopsis basipuncta talaseensis Prout, 1933 | | | Catoria delectaria Walker, 1866 | | | Catoria hemiprosopa Turner, 1904 | | | Celerena melanoprora Prout, 1926 | | | Celerena mitis Warren, 1899 | | | Celerena munifica mn | | | Comostola callicrossa (Prout, 1934) | ⇒ Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866 | | Comostola leucomerata Walker, 1866 | | | Craspedosis ernestina Stoll, 1781 | | | Eois leucampyx Prout, 1926 | | | Eucyclodes lithocrossa Meyrick, 1889 | | | Gelasma cyanoconias Prout, 1933 | | | Hyposidra incomptaria Walker, 1866 | | | Luxiaria subrasata Walker, 1861 | | | Maxates cyanoconias Prout, 1933 | | | Metallochlora aurigera Pagenstecher, 1900 | | | Nadagarodes sordida Warren, 1896 | | | Pardodes flavimaculata Warren, 1896 | | | Thalassodes hypoxantha Fletcher, 1957 | |
Subnodes of Geometridae with occurrences in New Britain
 | | Geometridae (Leach 1815) |
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