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Checklist for Subfamily Geometrinae Leach, 1815 (Emeralds)
and region China (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
16363
78101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
996
16356
78088
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
922
16029
77370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
543
11801
60222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
3395
12660
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
83
3379
12640
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
80
3361
12516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
32
2326
8722
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
28
2103
7702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
4
440
1618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGeometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves
419
1579
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGeometrinae
Leach, 1815
Emeralds, Geometrines, Greens
51
159
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for China
51 Genera with 159 Species
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Absala Swinhoe, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Actenochroma Warren, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Agathia Guenée, 18447SpeciesTaxom
Anisozyga Warren, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Antharmostes Warren, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Aporandria Warren, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Berta Walker, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Calleremites Warren, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Centrochria Gaede, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Chlorissa Stephens, 18633SpeciesTaxom
Chlorodontopera Warren, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Chlororithra Butler, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Comibaena Hübner, 18773SpeciesTaxom
Comostola Meyrick, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Culpinia Prout, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Dindica Moore, 198110SpeciesTaxom
Dindicodes Prout, 19136SpeciesTaxom
Dyschloropsis Warren, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Dysphania Hübner, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Epipristis Meyrick, 19275SpeciesTaxom
Eucyclodes Warren, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Gelasma Moore, 1887
0SpeciesTaxom
Geometra Linnaeus, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Hemistola Warren, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Hemithea Duponchel, 18633SpeciesTaxom
Herochroma Swinhoe, 199914SpeciesTaxom
Idiochlora Prout, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Iotaphora Warren, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Jodis Hübner, 18634SpeciesTaxom
Limbatochlamys Rothschild, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Lophophelma Prout, 18688SpeciesTaxom
Maxates Moore, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Metallolophia Warren, 200411SpeciesTaxom
Metaterpna Yazaki, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Pachista Prout, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Pachyodes Guenée, 186814SpeciesTaxom
Paramaxates Warren, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Pelagodes J.D. Holloway, 19764SpeciesTaxom
Pingasa Moore, 18588SpeciesTaxom
Protuliocnemis Holloway, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoterpna Hübner, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Psilotagma Warren, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Pyrrhorachis Meyrick, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Rhomborista Warren, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Spaniocentra Prout, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Tanaorhinus Butler, 18614SpeciesTaxom
Thalassodes Guenée, 19765SpeciesTaxom
Thalera Hübner, 17632SpeciesTaxom
Thetidia Boisduval, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Timandromorpha Inoue, 1944
0SpeciesTaxom
Xenozancla Warren, 18931SpeciesTaxom


Species list for China
159 Species and 2 Subspecies
Absala dorcada Swinhoe, 1893
Actenochroma muscicoloraria Walker, 1863
Agathia arcuata Moore, 1867
Agathia carissima Butler, 1878
Agathia catenaria (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Agathia largita Holloway, 1996
Agathia furcula (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Agathia largita Holloway, 1996
Agathia laetata Fabricius, 1794
Agathia largita Holloway, 1996
Agathia lycaenaria Kollar, 1844
Anisozyga gavissima (Walker, 1861)⇒ Eucyclodes gavissima Walker, 1861
Antharmostes papilio papilio Prout L. B., 1912
Aporandria specularia Guenée, 1857
Berta chrysolineata Walker, 1863
Calleremites subornata Warren, 1894
Centrochria aphthona Prout, 1934
Chlorissa cloraria Hübner, 1813Southern Grass Emerald
Chlorissa etruscaria Zeller, 1849
Chlorissa obliterata Walker, 1863
Chlorodontopera discospilata Moore, 1867
Chlororithra missionaria Oberthür, 1916
Chlororithra missioniaria (Oberthür, 1916)⇒ Chlororithra fea Butler, 1889
Comibaena bajularia Denis & Schi..., 1775Blotched Emerald
Comibaena nigromacularia Leech, 1897
Comibaena procumbaria Pryer, 1877
Comostola laesaria Walker, 1861
Comostola meritaria Walker, 1861
Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Culpinia diffusa Walker, 1861
Dindica erythropunctura (Swinhoe, 1891)⇒ Dindica para Swinhoe, 1891
Dindica glaucescens Inoue, 1990
Dindica hepatica Inoue, 1990
Dindica kishidai Inoue, 1986
Dindica limatula Inoue, 1990
Dindica olivacea Inoue, 1990
Dindica para Swinhoe, 1891
Dindica polyphaenaria Guenée, 1857
Dindica subvirens Yazaki & M. ..., 2004
Dindica tienmuensis Chu, 1981
Dindicodes albodavidaria Xue, 1992
Dindicodes apicalis Moore, 1888
Dindicodes costiflavens Wehrli, 1933
Dindicodes davidaria Poujade, 1895
Dindicodes ectoxantha Wehrli, 1933
Dindicodes euclidiaria Oberthür, 1913
Dyschloropsis impararia Guenée, 1857
Dysphania militaris Linnaeus, 1758
Dysphania sagana Druce, 1882
Dysphania subrepleta Walker, 1854
Epipristis minimaria Guenée, 1858
Epipristis nelearia Guenée, 1858
Epipristis pullusa H.X. Han & D..., 2009
Epipristis roseus Expósito & ..., 2009
Epipristis transiens Sterneck, 1927
Eucyclodes albisparsa Walker, 1861
Eucyclodes gavissima Walker, 1861
Eucyclodes semialba Walker, 1861
Geometra papilionaria Linnaeus, 1758Large Emerald
Geometra valida Felder & Rog..., 1875
Hemistola chrysoprasaria Esper, 1794Small Emerald
Hemistola veneta Butler, 1879
Hemithea aestivaria Hübner, 1799Common Emerald
Hemithea marina Butler, 1878
Hemithea tritonaria Walker, 1863
Herochroma baba Swinhoe, 1893
Herochroma baibarana Matsumura, 1931
Herochroma cristata Warren, 1905
Herochroma curvata H.X. Han & D..., 2003
Herochroma mansfieldi Prout, 1939
Herochroma ochreipicta Swinhoe, 1905
Herochroma orientalis (Holloway, 1982)⇒ Herochroma baibarana Matsumura, 1931
Herochroma pallensia H.X. Han & D..., 2003
Herochroma perspicillata H.X. Han & D..., 2003
Herochroma rosulata H.X. Han & D..., 2003
Herochroma sinapiaria Poujade, 1895
Herochroma supraviridaria Inoue, 1999
Herochroma viridaria Moore, 1867
Herochroma yazakii Inoue, 1999
Idiochlora minuscula Inoue, 1986
Iotaphora admirabilis Oberthür, 1883
Jodis inumbrata Warren, 1896
Jodis lactearia Linnaeus, 1758Little Emerald
Jodis nanda Walker, 1861
Jodis subtractata Walker, 1863
Limbatochlamys pararosthorni Han & Xue, 2005
Limbatochlamys parvisis Han & Xue, 2005
Limbatochlamys rosthorni Rothschild, 1894
Lophophelma calaurops Prout, 1912
Lophophelma costistrigaria Moore, 1868
Lophophelma erionoma Swinhoe, 1893
Lophophelma funebrosa Warren, 1896
Lophophelma iterans Prout, 1926
Lophophelma luteipes Felder & Rog..., 1875
Lophophelma pingbiana Chu, 1981
Lophophelma varicoloraria Moore, 1868
Maxates coelataria Walker, 1861
Metallolophia albescens Inoue, 1992
Metallolophia arenaria Leech, 1889
Metallolophia assamensis Orhant, 2000
Metallolophia cineracea Holloway, 1996
Metallolophia cuneataria Han & Xue, 2004
Metallolophia flavomaculata Han & Xue, 2004
Metallolophia inanularia Han & Xue, 2004
Metallolophia opalina Warren, 1893
Metallolophia ostrumaria (Inoue, 1992)⇒ Metallolophia cuneataria Han & Xue, 2004
Metallolophia purpurivenata Han & Xue, 2004
Metallolophia stueningi Han & Xue, 2004
Metaterpna batangensis Han & Stuning, 0
Metaterpna differens Warren, 1909
Metaterpna thyatiraria Oberthür, 1913
Pachista superans Prout, 1912
Pachyodes (Pachista) iterans (Prout, 1926)⇒ Lophophelma iterans Prout, 1926
Pachyodes amplificata Walker, 1862
Pachyodes apicalis (Moore, 1888)⇒ Dindicodes apicalis Moore, 1888
Pachyodes costiflavens (Wehrli, 1933)⇒ Dindicodes costiflavens Wehrli, 1933
Pachyodes costistrigaria (Moore, 1868)⇒ Lophophelma costistrigaria Moore, 1868
Pachyodes davidaria (Poujade, 1895)⇒ Dindicodes davidaria Poujade, 1895
Pachyodes ectoxantha (Wehrli, 1933)⇒ Dindicodes ectoxantha Wehrli, 1933
Pachyodes jianfengensis H.X.Han & D...., 2008
Pachyodes leucomelanaria Poujade, 1895
Pachyodes novata H.X.Han & D...., 2008
Pachyodes ornataria Moore, 1888
Pachyodes subtrita (Prout, 1914)⇒ Pachyodes subtritus Prout, 1914
Pachyodes subtritus Prout, 1914
Pachyodes varicoloraria (Moore, 1868)⇒ Lophophelma varicoloraria Moore, 1868
Paramaxates vagata Walker, 1861
Pelagodes antiquadrarius Inoue, 1976
Pelagodes proquadraria Inoue, 1976
Pelagodes proquadrarius (Inoue, 1976)⇒ Pelagodes proquadraria Inoue, 1976
Pelagodes subquadraria Inoue, 1976
Pingasa alba Swinhoe, 1891
Pingasa chloroides Galsworthy, 1998
Pingasa lariaria Walker, 1860
Pingasa pseudoterpinaria Guenée, 1858
Pingasa pseudoterpnaria Guenée, 1858
Pingasa rubicunda Warren, 1894
Pingasa rufofasciata Moore, 1888
Pingasa ruginaria Guenée, 1858
Protuliocnemis castalaria Oberthur, 1916
Pseudoterpna pruinata Hufnagel, 1767Grass Emerald
Pseudoterpna simplex Alpheraky, 1892
Psilotagma decorata Warren, 1894
Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Rhomborista monosticta Wehrli, 1924
Spaniocentra hollowayi Inoue, 1986
Tanaorhinus kina flavinfra Inoue, 1978
Tanaorhinus rafflesii Moore, 1859
Tanaorhinus reciprocata Walker, 1861
Tanaorhinus viridiluteata (Walker, 1861)⇒ Tanaorhinus viridiluteatus Walker, 1861
Thalassodes antiquadraria (Inoue, 1976)⇒ Pelagodes antiquadraria Inoue, 1976
Thalassodes immissaria Walker, 1861
Thalassodes opalina Butler, 1880
Thalassodes proquadraria (Inoue, 1976)⇒ Pelagodes proquadraria Inoue, 1976
Thalassodes subquadraria (Inoue, 1976)⇒ Pelagodes subquadraria Inoue, 1976
Thalera chlorosaria Graeser, 1890
Thalera fimbrialis Scopoli, 1763Sussex Emerald
Thetidia (Antonechloris) smaragdaria Fabricius, 1787Essex Emerald
Thetidia chlorophyllaria Hedemann, 1879
Thetidia kansuensis Djakonov, 1936
Xenozancla versicolor Warren, 1893

Subnodes of Geometrinae with occurrences in China
TribeComibaenini
Inoue, 1961
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeDysphaniini
Warren, 1895
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeGeometrini
Stephens, 1829
12
38
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHemitheini
Bruand, 1846
7
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePseudoterpnini
Warren, 1893
14
76
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeThalassodini
Bruand, 1846
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Geometrinae at artfakta.se
Geometrinae at dyntaxa.se
Geometrinae at itis.gov