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Checklist for Subfamily Geometrinae Leach, 1815 (Emeralds)
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
49
1354
4084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
22
944
3149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
19
898
3067
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
2
116
297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGeometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves
111
292
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGeometrinae
Leach, 1815
Emeralds, Geometrines, Greens
29
47
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ghana
29 Genera with 47 Species
#ACGILMOPSTVX
Adicocrita Prout, 1930
0SpeciesTaxom
Agathia Guenée, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Allochrostes Prout, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Androzeugma Prout, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Antharmostes Warren, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Archichlora Warren, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Cheroscelis Prout, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Chlorissa Stephens, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Chlorodrepana Warren, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Comibaena Hübner, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Comostolopsis Warren, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Gelasmodes Prout, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Idiochlora Prout, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Lophorrhachia Prout, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Lophostola Prout, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Metallochlora Warren, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Mixocera Warren, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Omphax Guenée, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Perithalera Prout, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Phaiogramma von Gumppenberg, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Pingasa Moore, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Prasinocyma Warren, 191212SpeciesTaxom
Pseudhemithea BASTELBERGER, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Syncollesis Prout, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Thalassodes Guenée, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Thelycera Prout, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Thetidia Boisduval, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Victoria Warren, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Xenochroma palimpaʏ..., 18971SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
47 Species and 7 Subspecies
Agathia confuscata Warren, 1897
Allochrostes impunctata Warren, 1897
Androzeugma tenuis Warren, 1898
Antharmostes interalbicans Warren, 1902
Antharmostes papilio papilio Prout L. B., 1912
Archichlora devoluta Walker, 1861
Archichlora pulveriplaga Warren, 1898
Archichlora viridimacula Warren, 1898
Cheroscelis oospila Prout, 1912
Chlorissa afflictaria Swinhoe, 1904
Chlorodrepana sellata Gaede, 1917
Comibaena esmeralda Warren, 1898
Comibaena flavitaenia Warren, 1898
Comostolopsis stillata Felder & Rog..., 1875
Gelasmodes fasciata Warren, 1899
Lophorrhachia aenospila Bethune-Baker, 1913
Lophorrhachia palliata Warren, 1898
Lophorrhachia rubricorpus Warren, 1898
Lophostola annuligera Swinhoe, 1909
Lophostola cara Prout, 1913
Lophostola cara cara Prout L. B., 1913
Metallochlora misera Prout, 1920
Mixocera albimargo Warren, 1901
Mixocera albistrigata Pagenstecher, 1893
Mixocera albistrigata albistrigata Pagenstecher, 1893
Omphax rubriceps Warren, 1904
Phaiogramma faustinata Milliere, 1868Millière's Emerald
Phaiogramma faustinata vermiculata Warren, 1897
Pingasa floridivenis Prout, 1920
Pingasa rhadamaria Guenée, 1858
Pingasa rhadamaria victoria Prout, 1913
Pingasa ruginaria Guenée, 1858
Prasinocyma adornata Prout, 1915
Prasinocyma albinotata Prout, 1930
Prasinocyma bilobata Fletcher D. S., 1978
Prasinocyma congrua Walker, 1869
Prasinocyma delicataria Möschler, 1887
Prasinocyma hadrata Felder & Rog..., 1875
Prasinocyma nigripunctata Warren, 1897
Prasinocyma niveisticta Prout, 1912
Prasinocyma niveisticta adornata Prout, 1915
Prasinocyma oblita Prout, 1930
Prasinocyma rhodocycla Prout, 1917
Prasinocyma rugistrigula Prout, 1912
Pseudhemithea saturata Prout, 1912
Syncollesis coerulea Warren, 1896
Syncollesis coerulea coerulea Warren, 1896
Thalassodes dentatilinea Prout, 1912
Thelycera sommereri Hausmann, 1994
Thetidia undulilinea Warren, 1905
Victoria gordoni Prout, 1912
Victoria immunifica Prout, 1912
Xenochroma salsa Warren, 1897

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

Taxom

TribeComostolini
Bruand, 1846
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeGeometrini
Stephens, 1829
7
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHemistolini
Bruand, 1846
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHemitheini
Bruand, 1846
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePseudoterpnini
Warren, 1893
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeThalassodini
Bruand, 1846
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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