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Checklist for Subfamily Geometrinae Leach, 1815 (Emeralds)
and region Europe (Eurasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1408
35417
222091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1401
35364
221754
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1211
34497
219210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
647
26961
190296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
110
7091
30841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
107
7058
30740
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
102
7020
30604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
33
4352
17417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
28
3963
14929
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
3
924
3323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGeometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves
907
3300
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGeometrinae
Leach, 1815
Emeralds, Geometrines, Greens
88
187
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Europe
88 Genera with 187 Species
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Acidaliastis Hampson, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Acidromodes Hausmann, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Agathia Guenée, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Aglossochloris Boisduval, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Allochrostes Prout, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Androzeugma Prout, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Anomogenes Turner, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Antharmostes Warren, 19962SpeciesTaxom
Aplasta Hübner, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Apodasmia Turner, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Archichlora Warren, 19713SpeciesTaxom
Bustilloxia Expósito, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Celidomphax Prout, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Centrochria Gaede, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Chavarriella Pitkin, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Cheteoscelis Prout, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Chlorissa Stephens, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Chlorochlamys Hulst, 18723SpeciesTaxom
Chlorocoma Turner, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Chlorodrepana Warren, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Chloropteryx Hulst, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Chlorosea Packard, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Comibaena Hübner, 17674SpeciesTaxom
Comostolopsis Warren, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Crypsiphona Meyrick, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Culpinia Prout, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Cyneoterpna Prout, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Dargeia Herbulot, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Dichorda Warren, 18775SpeciesTaxom
Dichordophora Prout, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Dooabia Warren, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Dyschlorodes Herbulot, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Dyschloropsis Warren, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Eualloea Warren, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Euchloris Boisduval, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Eucrostes Hübner, 19725SpeciesTaxom
Eucyclodes Warren, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Geometra Linnaeus, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Heliomystis Meyrick, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Heliothea Boisduval, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Hemidromodes Prout, 1916
0SpeciesTaxom
Hemistola Warren, 19354SpeciesTaxom
Hemithea Duponchel, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Heterocrita Turner, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Hipparchus Leach, 1815
0SpeciesTaxom
Holoterpna Püngeler, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Hyalinometra Herbulot, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Hydata Walker, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Idiochlora Prout, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Jodis Hübner, 17674SpeciesTaxom
Kuchleria Hausmann, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Lophochorista Warren, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Lophorrhachia Prout, 19913SpeciesTaxom
Maxates Moore, 1887
0SpeciesTaxom
Metallochlora Warren, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Microloxia Warren, 18944SpeciesTaxom
Mictoschema Prout, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Mimandria Warren, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Mixocera Warren, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Nemoria Hübner, 1969Emerald18SpeciesTaxom
Omphacodes Warren, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Oospila Warren, 18615SpeciesTaxom
Oxyphanes Walker, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Pamphlebia Warren, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Paromphacodes Warren, 20172SpeciesTaxom
Pelagodes J.D. Holloway, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Perithalera Prout, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Phaiogramma von Gumppenberg, 18794SpeciesTaxom
Phrudocentra Warren, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Pingasa Moore, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Prasinocyma Warren, 191711SpeciesTaxom
Proteuchloris Hausmann, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoterpna Hübner, 19488SpeciesTaxom
Pyrochlora Warren, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Pyrrhorachis Meyrick, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Synchlora Guenée, 19074SpeciesTaxom
Syncollesis Prout, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Tachychlora Prout, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Tachyphyle Butler, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Thalassodes Guenée, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Thalera Hübner, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Thelycera Prout, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Thetidia Boisduval, 18409SpeciesTaxom
Victoria Warren, 19965SpeciesTaxom
Xenochlaena Lower, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Xenochlorodes Warren, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Xenochroma palimpaʏ..., 19841SpeciesTaxom
Xerochlora Ferguson, 18971SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Europe
187 Species and 10 Subspecies
Acidaliastis systena Fletcher, 1978
Acidromodes legraini Hausmann, 1999
Acidromodes muelleri Hausmann, 1999
Agathia aptata Herbulot, 1977
Agathia lactata Herbulot, 1977
Allochrostes impunctata Warren, 1897
Androzeugma tenuis Warren, 1898
Anomogenes morphnopa Turner, 1932
Antharmostes papilio papilio Prout L. B., 1912
Antharmostes reducta Herbulot, 1996
Aplasta ononaria Füssli, 1783Rest Harrow
Apodasmia rufonigraria Walker, 1862Rusty Geometrid
Archichlora alophias Herbulot, 1954
Archichlora ankalirano Viette, 1975
Archichlora crispa (Herbulot, 1971)⇒ Archichlora jacksoni Carcasson, 1971
Bustilloxia menadiaria Thierry-Mieg, 1893
Bustilloxia saturata A. Bang-Haas, 1906Radiant Emerald
Celidomphax analiplaga Warren, 1905
Centrochria aphthona Prout, 1934
Centrochria metis Fawcett, 1917
Chavarriella fallax Warren, 1907
Chavarriella syncrasis Prout, 1912
Cheteoscelis pectinaria (Grossbeck, 1910)⇒ Synchlora pectinaria Grossbeck, 1910
Chlorissa cloraria Hübner, 1813Southern Grass Emerald
Chlorissa etruscaria Zeller, 1849
Chlorissa faustinata Milliere, 1869
Chlorissa pretiosaria Staudinger, 1877
Chlorissa pulmentaria (Zeller, 1849)⇒ Phaiogramma etruscaria Zeller, 1849
Chlorissa viridata Linnaeus, 1758Small Grass Emerald
Chlorochlamys appellaria Pearsall, 1911Siskiyou Mountains Salamander
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria Gu, 1857Blackberry Looper
Chlorochlamys phyllinaria Zeller, 1872Thin lined Chlorochlamys
Chlorocoma cadmaria Guenée, 1857Spectacular Emerald
Chlorocoma clopia Prout, 1922
Chlorodrepana cryptochroma Prout, 1913
Chloropteryx glauciptera Hampson, 1895
Chloropteryx opalaria Guenée, 1857
Chlorosea banksaria Sperry, 1944Bank's Emerald Moth
Chlorosea roseitacta Prout, 1912Agassiz's Desert Tortoise
Comibaena bajularia Denis & Schi..., 1775Blotched Emerald
Comibaena mariae syndyas Prout, 1916
Comibaena pseudoneriaria Wehrli, 1926
Comibaena pustulata (Hufnagel, 1767)⇒ Comibaena bajularia Denis & Schi..., 1775
Comostolopsis stillata Felder & Rog..., 1875
Crypsiphona occultaria Donovan, 1805Red-lined Geometer
Crypsiphona ocultaria (Donovan, 1805)⇒ Crypsiphona occultaria Donovan, 1805
Culpinia prouti Thierry-Mieg, 1913
Dargeia micheleae Herbulot, 1977
Dichorda consequaria Edwards, 1884Pygmy tonguefish
Dichorda illustraria Hulst, 1886
Dichorda iridaria Guenée, 1857Showy Emerald
Dichorda obliquata Warren, 1904
Dichorda rectaria Grote, 1877Threespot flounder
Dichordophora phoenix Prout, 1912Phoenix Emerald
Dooabia puncticostata myopa Prout, 1932
Dyschlorodes hepatias Herbulot, 1966
Dyschloropsis impararia Guenée, 1857
Eualloea subbifasciata Warren, 1909
Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861
Eucrostes indigenata de Villers, 1789
Eucrostes pulchra (de Villers, 1789)⇒ Eucrostes indigenata de Villers, 1789
Eucrostes simonyi Rebel, 1894
Eucrostes solivaga Herbulot, 1972
Eucyclodes erymnodes Turner, 1910
Eucyclodes metaspila Walker, 1861Inscribed Emerald
Eucyclodes pieroides Walker, 1861
Geometra dealbaria Hübner, 1799
Geometra diffluata Marschner, 1932
Geometra papilionaria Linnaeus, 1758Large Emerald
Heliomystis electrica Meyrick, 1888Electric Moth
Heliothea discoidaria Boisduval, 1840
Hemistola aetherea Debauche, 1937
Hemistola biliosata (Villers, 1789)⇒ Hemistola chrysoprasaria Esper, 1794
Hemistola chrysoprasaria Esper, 1794Small Emerald
Hemistola siciliana Prout, 1935
Hemithea aestivaria Hübner, 1799Common Emerald
Heterocrita bidentata Bethune-Baker, 1913
Holoterpna pruinosata Staudinger, 1897
Hyalinometra lemairei Herbulot, 1972
Idiochlora approximans Warren, 1897
Idiochlora schreieri Hausmann, 1999
Jodis lactearia Linnaeus, 1758Little Emerald
Jodis orientalis Wehrli, 1923
Jodis putata (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Jodis orientalis Wehrli, 1923
Jodis putataria Linnaeus, 1767
Kuchleria insignata Hausmann, 1994
Kuchleria menadiara Thierry-Mieg, 1893
Lophochorista ockendeni Druce, 1911
Lophorrhachia insulsa Herbulot, 1991
Lophorrhachia mutanda Herbulot, 1983
Lophorrhachia restricta Herbulot, 1991
Metallochlora camerunica Herbulot, 1982
Metallochlora exorista Prout, 1917
Microloxia herbaria Hübner, 1813Herb Emerald
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897
Microloxia schmitzi Hausmann, 1995
Microloxia simonyi Rebel, 1894
Mictoschema swierstrai Prout, 1922
Mimandria kely Viette, 1971
Mixocera bittermanni Hausmann, 1999
Mixocera ledermanni Hausmann, 1997
Mixocera xanthostephana Prout, 1912
Nemoria arizonaria Grote, 1883
Nemoria astraea Druce, 1892
Nemoria darwiniata Dyar, 1904Columbian Emerald
Nemoria erina Dognin, 1896
Nemoria festaria Hulst, 1886
Nemoria leptalea Ferguson, 1969Dwarf Waterdog
Nemoria lixaria Guenée, 1857Red bordered Emerald
Nemoria obliqua Hulst, 1898
Nemoria ozalea Prout, 1932
Nemoria pacificaria Möschler, 1881
Nemoria pistaciaria Packard, 1876Ocellated blowfish
Nemoria pulcherrima Barnes & McD..., 1916
Nemoria pulveraria Schaus, 1901
Nemoria remota Warren, 1900
Nemoria saturiba Ferguson, 1969Dwarf Waterdog
Nemoria toxeres Prout, 1932
Nemoria tutala Dognin, 1898
Nemoria zelotes Ferguson, 1969Dwarf Waterdog
Omphacodes divergens Warren, 1899
Oospila asmura Druce, 1892
Oospila concinna Warren, 1900
Oospila depressa Warren, 1905
Oospila obeliscata Warren, 1906
Oospila venezuelata Walker, 1861
Oxyphanes thiobapta (Turner, 1936)⇒ Rhuma thiobapta Turner, 1936
Pamphlebia rubrolimbraria Guenée, 1857
Paromphacodes alpha Lindt, Tasan..., 0
Paromphacodes alticola Lindt, Tasan..., 2017
Pelagodes veraria Guenée, 1857
Perithalera oblongula Prout, 1922
Phaiogramma etruscaria Zeller, 1849
Phaiogramma faustinata Milliere, 1868Millière's Emerald
Phaiogramma pulmentaria Guenée, 1858
Phaiogramma stibolepida Butler, 1879
Phrudocentra centrifugaria Herrich-Schä..., 1870Sacramento Mountain Salamander
Phrudocentra neis Druce, 1892Filefishes
Phrudocentra pupillata Warren, 1897
Pingasa cornivalva Wiltshire, 1982
Pingasa lahayei Oberthür, 1887
Pingasa rhadamaria Guenée, 1858
Pingasa rhadamaria victoria Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma aetheraea Debauche, 1937
Prasinocyma albinotata Prout, 1930
Prasinocyma arabica Wiltshire, 1982
Prasinocyma bamenda Herbulot, 1982
Prasinocyma bifimbriata Prout, 1912
Prasinocyma camerunalta Herbulot, 1986
Prasinocyma hailei Debauche, 1937
Prasinocyma ocyptera Meyrick, 1888Emerald Moth
Prasinocyma semicrocea Walker, 1861Common Gum Emerald
Prasinocyma septentrionalis Hausmann, Sc..., 2016
Prasinocyma tranquilla Prout, 1917
Proteuchloris neriaria Herrich-Schä..., 1852
Pseudoterpna coronillaria Hübner, 1817Gorse Emerald
Pseudoterpna coronillaria cinerascens Zeller, 1847
Pseudoterpna coronillaria flamignii Hausmann, 1997
Pseudoterpna corsicaria Rambur, 1833
Pseudoterpna pruinata Hufnagel, 1767Grass Emerald
Pseudoterpna pruinata atropunctaria Walker, 1863Grass Emerald
Pseudoterpna pruinata pruinata Hufnagel, 1767
Pseudoterpna rectistrigaria Wiltshire, 1948
Pyrochlora rhanis Cramer, 1777
Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Synchlora astraeoides Warren, 1901
Synchlora expulsata Walker, 1861
Synchlora gerularia Hübner, 1823
Synchlora pulchrifimbria Warren, 1907
Syncollesis ankalirano Viette, 1981
Tachychlora amilletes Prout, 1932
Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
Thalera fimbrialis Scopoli, 1763Sussex Emerald
Thalera lacerataria (Graeser, 1889)⇒ Thalera rubrifimbria Inoue, 1990
Thalera rubrifimbria Inoue, 1990
Thelycera sommereri Hausmann, 1994
Thetidia (Aglossochloris) correspondens Alpheraky, 1883
Thetidia (Antonechloris) sardinica Schawerda, 1934
Thetidia (Antonechloris) smaragdaria Fabricius, 1787Essex Emerald
Thetidia smaragdaria maritima Prout, 1935Essex Emerald
Thetidia smaragdaria smaragdaria Fabricius, 1787
Thetidia (Thetidia) plusiaria Boisduval, 1840Serrated Emerald
Victoria altimontaria Herbulot, 1971
Victoria fifensis Wiltshire, 1994
Victoria ruandana Herbulot, 1989
Victoria triplaga Prout, 1915
Victoria wiltshirei Hausmann, 1996
Xenochlaena porphyropa Lower, 1898
Xenochlorodes beryllaria (Mann, 1853)⇒ Xenochlorodes olympiaria Herrich-Schä..., 1852
Xenochlorodes magna Wolff, 1977
Xenochlorodes nubigena Wollaston, 1858
Xenochlorodes olympiaria Herrich-Schä..., 1852Small Mediterranean Emerald
Xenochroma silvatica Herbulot, 1984
Xerochlora masonaria Schaus, 1897Slider turtles

Subnodes of Geometrinae with occurrences in Europe
TribeComibaenini
Inoue, 1961
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeComostolini
Bruand, 1846
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeDichordophorini
Ferguson, 1967
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeGeometrini
Stephens, 1829
21
44
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHeliotheini
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHemistolini
Bruand, 1846
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHemitheini
Bruand, 1846
10
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLophochoristini
Ferguson, 1967
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMicroloxiini
Bruand, 1846
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeNemoriini
Gumppenberg, 1887
6
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePseudoterpnini
Warren, 1893
7
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeThalassodini
Bruand, 1846
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeThalerini
Bruand, 1846
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



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