Checklist of Family Geometridae Leach, 1815 (Cankerworm moths)
for Vanuatu (Melanesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 205
827
1374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 204
826
1373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 200
819
1362 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 131
613
1061 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 28
151
273 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 27
150
272 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 27
150
272 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 14
106
193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 12
104
189 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 1
6
7 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves | 6
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Vanuatu
6 Genera with 7 Species
Species list for Vanuatu
7 Species | Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866 | | | Euphyia zalmoxis Thierry-Mieg, 1894 | | | Protuliocnemis biplagiata Moore, 1887 | | | Psamatodes abydata (Guenée, 1858) | ⇒ Semiothisa abydata Guenée, 1858 | | Pyrrhorachis cornuta (Warren, 1896) | ⇒ Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866 | | Uliocnemis biplagiata (Moore, 1887) | ⇒ Arnoldius pusillus Mayr, 1876 | | Uliocnemis elegans (Moore, 1887) | ⇒ Arnoldius pusillus Mayr, 1876 |
Subnodes of Geometridae with occurrences in Vanuatu
 | | Geometridae (Leach 1815) |
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