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Checklist for Subfamily Geometrinae Leach, 1815 (Emeralds)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
355
7129
27028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
72
2157
6319
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
70
2154
6314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
69
2152
6306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
27
1436
4642
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
24
1294
4335
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
3
333
1082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGeometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves
314
1034
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGeometrinae
Leach, 1815
Emeralds, Geometrines, Greens
55
315
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
55 Genera with 315 Species
#ABCDEGHIJMNOPSTU
Aeolochroma L.B. Prout, 191622SpeciesTaxom
Agathia Guenée, 189616SpeciesTaxom
Agathiopsis Warren, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Albinospila Holloway, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Alloeopage Prout, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Anisozyga Warren, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Antharmostes Warren, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Archichlora Warren, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Argyrocosma Turner, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Berta Walker, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Blechroneromia Prout, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Centrochria Gaede, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Chrysochloroma Warren, 193310SpeciesTaxom
Comibaena Hübner, 19068SpeciesTaxom
Comostola Meyrick, 193416SpeciesTaxom
Comostolopsis Warren, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Dindica Moore, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Dioscore Warren, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Dysphania Hübner, 190522SpeciesTaxom
Epipristis Meyrick, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Eretmopus Turner, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Eucrostes Hübner, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Eucyclodes Warren, 18615SpeciesTaxom
Eueana Prout, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Gelasma Moore, 191311SpeciesTaxom
Hemithea Duponchel, 18863SpeciesTaxom
Herochroma Swinhoe, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypobapta L.B. Prout, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Hypodoxa Prout, 189916SpeciesTaxom
Idiochlora Prout, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Jodis Hübner, 01SpeciesTaxom
Maxates Moore, 191325SpeciesTaxom
Mesurodes Warren, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Metallochlora Warren, 18965SpeciesTaxom
Metallolophia Warren, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Neothela Turner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Oenochlora Warren, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Oenospila Swinhoe, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Oospila Warren, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Ornithospila Warren, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Orothalassodes J.D. Holloway, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Oxychora Warren, 19126SpeciesTaxom
Pelagodes J.D. Holloway, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Phrudocentra Warren, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Pingasa Moore, 189415SpeciesTaxom
Prasinocyma Warren, 191355SpeciesTaxom
Protuliocnemis Holloway, 06SpeciesTaxom
Pyrrhorachis Meyrick, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Spaniocentra Prout, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Strepsichlora Warren, 19167SpeciesTaxom
Synchlora Guenée, 18864SpeciesTaxom
Thalassodes Guenée, 193321SpeciesTaxom
Thalera Hübner, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Uliocnemis Hübner, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Urolitha Meyrick, 18611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
315 Species and 16 Subspecies
Aeolochroma albifusaria Walker, 1866
Aeolochroma amesthystina Warren, 1907
Aeolochroma angustifascia Prout, 1916
Aeolochroma bakeri Prout, 1913
Aeolochroma caesia (Warren, 1896)⇒ Aeolochroma saturataria Walker, 1866
Aeolochroma defasciata Prout, 1916
Aeolochroma hypochromaria Guenée, 1857
Aeolochroma intima Prout, 1913
Aeolochroma languida Warren, 1898
Aeolochroma louisa Prout, 1927
Aeolochroma modesta Warren, 1903
Aeolochroma perfulvata (Warren, 1899)⇒ Aeolochroma saturataria Walker, 1866
Aeolochroma perviridata Warren, 1903
Aeolochroma prasina Warren, 1896
Aeolochroma purpurissa Warren, 1906
Aeolochroma rufivaria (Warren, 1907)⇒ Aeolochroma languida Warren, 1898
Aeolochroma saturataria Walker, 1866
Aeolochroma spadicocampa Prout, 1917
Aeolochroma subrubella Warren, 1903
Aeolochroma suffusa Prout, 1932
Aeolochroma venia Prout, 1924
Aeolochroma viridimedia Prout, 1916
Agathia conjunctiva Warren, 1903
Agathia defecta Prout, 1913
Agathia dimota (Prout, 1911)⇒ Agathia pisina Butler, 1887
Agathia distributa Lucas, 1891
Agathia distributa papuensis Prout, 1927
Agathia diversilinea (Butler, 1887)⇒ Agathia pisina Butler, 1887
Agathia kuehni Warren, 1898
Agathia lycaenidia BASTELBERGER, 1911
Agathia obnubilata Warren, 1903
Agathia obnubilata libera Prout, 1925
Agathia pisina Butler, 1887
Agathia pisina ampla Prout, 1911
Agathia prasinaspis Meyrick, 1889
Agathia prasinaspis albipunctulata BASTELBERGER, 1911
Agathia sinuifascia Prout, 1927
Agathia subcarnea Warren, 1896
Agathiopsis basipuncta Warren, 1896
Agathiopsis basipuncta talaseensis Prout, 1933
Agathiopsis maculata Warren, 1896
Agathiopsis maculata unanimis Warren, 1912
Albinospila laticostata Warren, 1906
Albinospila oxycentra (Meyrick, 1888)⇒ Albinospila floresaria Walker, 1866
Albinospila rhodostigma Prout, 1916
Albinospila syntyche Prout, 1913
Alloeopage cinerea Warren, 1896
Alloeopage cinerea euri Prout, 1916
Alloeopage cinerea velata Warren, 1897
Alloeopage cinerea virescens Prout, 1916
Anisozyga caledonica Thierry-Mieg, 1915
Antharmostes papilio papilio Prout L. B., 1912
Archichlora chariessa Prout, 1925
Argyrocosma consobrina (Warren, 1897)⇒ Argyrocosma inductaria Guenée, 1857
Berta albiplaga Warren, 1893
Blechroneromia griveaudi Viette, 1976
Blechroneromia perileuca Prout, 1925
Centrochria aphthona Prout, 1934
Chrysochloroma bismarckensis Prout, 1933
Chrysochloroma bismarkensis Prout, 1933
Chrysochloroma electrica Warren, 1896
Chrysochloroma fuscimargo Warren, 1912
Chrysochloroma herbida Prout, 1925
Chrysochloroma malthaca Prout, 1916
Chrysochloroma meeki Warren, 1896
Chrysochloroma rubritincta (Warren, 1896)⇒ Chrysochloroma electrica Warren, 1896
Chrysochloroma saturata Warren, 1912
Chrysochloroma vulcanica Prout, 1933
Comibaena agathia Warren, 1912
Comibaena aporia
Comibaena castaneata Warren, 1906
Comibaena cheramota Meyrick, 1886
Comibaena multigruma Prout, 1920
Comibaena rhodonia Prout, 1913
Comibaena syndyas Prout, 1916
Comibaena viridifimbria Warren, 1906
Comostola callicrossa (Prout, 1934)⇒ Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Comostola cornuta (Warren, 1896)⇒ Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Comostola exquisitata (Fletcher, 1957)⇒ Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Comostola laesaria Walker, 1861
Comostola leucomerata Walker, 1866
Comostola nereidaria Snellen, 1881
Comostola pisochlora (Prout, 1934)⇒ Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Comostola pyrrhogona augustata Prout, 1917
Comostola pyrrhogona callicrossa Prout, 1934
Comostola pyrrhogona cornuta Warren, 1896
Comostola pyrrhogona exquisitata Fletcher, 1957
Comostola pyrrhogona pisochlora Prout, 1934
Comostola pyrrhogona woodfordi Prout, 1934
Comostola rhodoselas Prout, 1928
Comostola woodfordi (Prout, 1934)⇒ Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Dioscore fulgurata Warren, 1897
Dioscore meeki (Warren, 1903)⇒ Dioscore fulgurata Warren, 1897
Dioscore melanomma Warren, 1907
Dysphania agorius (Boisduval, 1832)⇒ Dysphania poeyii Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Dysphania bellonaria (Dewitz, 1882)⇒ Dysphania subrepleta Walker, 1854
Dysphania bernsteinii (Felder, 1874)⇒ Dysphania poeyii Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Dysphania bicolor Warren, 1901
Dysphania centralis Rothschild, 1901
Dysphania decoloratula (Strand, 1912)⇒ Dysphania poeyii Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Dysphania endoleuca Prout, 1917
Dysphania fulvilauta Warren, 1902
Dysphania imperialis Warren, 1902
Dysphania latiflava (Warren, 1895)⇒ Dysphania snelleni Pagenstecher, 1886
Dysphania niepelti Strand, 1911
Dysphania numana Cramer, 1779Peacock Jewel
Dysphania poeyi Guérin-Mén..., 1838
Dysphania schoutensis Joicey & Talbot, 1916
Dysphania semifulva Warren, 1909
Dysphania snelleni Pagenstecher, 1886
Dysphania subalbata Warren, 1902
Dysphania tentans Walker, 1864
Dysphania translucida Montrouzier, 1856
Dysphania turbatrix Prout, 1920
Dysphania tyrianthina Butler, 1882
Dysphania velata BASTELBERGER, 1905
Epipristis antelucana Prout, 1927
Epipristis nelearia Guenée, 1858
Epipristis rufilunata Warren, 1903
Epipristis viridans (Prout, 1916)⇒ Epipristis rufilunata Warren, 1903
Eretmopus marinaria Guenée, 1857
Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861
Eucrostes euryxantha Prout, 1925
Eucyclodes callisticta Turner, 1904
Eucyclodes insperata Walker, 1861
Eucyclodes lithocrossa Meyrick, 1889
Eucyclodes pacifica (Felder & Rog..., 1875)⇒ Eucyclodes pieroides Walker, 1861
Eucyclodes pieroides Walker, 1861
Eueana niveociliaria Herrich-Schä..., 1870Sacramento Mountain Salamander
Gelasma albifulgens Prout, 1934
Gelasma albitaenia Prout, 1913
Gelasma atrapophanes Prout, 1911
Gelasma caudipunctata Warren, 1907
Gelasma cyanoconias Prout, 1933
Gelasma eumixis Prout, 1911
Gelasma nubecula Warren, 1905
Gelasma quadrizona Prout, 1934
Gelasma spumata Warren, 1906
Gelasma stuhlmanni Prout, 1933
Gelasma submixta Prout, 1913
Hemithea aestivaria Hübner, 1799Common Emerald
Hemithea subflavida Warren, 1896
Hemithea wuka Pagenstecher, 1886
Hypobapta tachyhalotaria Hausmann & S..., 2009Varied Grey
Hypodoxa aignanensis (Prout, 1916)⇒ Hypodoxa emiliaria Guenée, 1857
Hypodoxa basinigra Warren, 1902
Hypodoxa circumsepta (Warren, 1899)⇒ Hypodoxa multicolor Warren, 1899
Hypodoxa corrosa Warren, 1907
Hypodoxa emiliaria Guenée, 1857
Hypodoxa fulgurea (Guenée, 1858)⇒ Hypodoxa emiliaria Guenée, 1857
Hypodoxa incarnata Prout, 1913
Hypodoxa leprosa Warren, 1907
Hypodoxa lichenosa Warren, 1907
Hypodoxa multicolor Warren, 1899
Hypodoxa pallida Joicey & Talbot, 1917
Hypodoxa regina Prout, 1916
Hypodoxa rufomixta Prout, 1913
Hypodoxa ruptilinea Prout, 1913
Hypodoxa subleprosa (Guenée, 1858)⇒ Hypodoxa emiliaria Guenée, 1857
Hypodoxa viridicoma Warren, 1899
Idiochlora celataria Walker, 1866
Jodis albifusa
Maxates albifulgens Prout, 1934
Maxates albifusa Warren, 1896
Maxates albitaenia Prout, 1913
Maxates atrapophanes Prout, 1911
Maxates balteata Warren, 1907
Maxates bicolor Warren, 1906
Maxates caudipunctata Warren, 1907
Maxates coerulea Warren, 1903
Maxates commixta Warren, 1906
Maxates costipicta Warren, 1903
Maxates cyanoconias Prout, 1933
Maxates eumixis Prout, 1911
Maxates imitans Warren, 1906
Maxates invidens Warren, 1906
Maxates nubecula Warren, 1905
Maxates orthodesma Lower, 1894
Maxates papuensis Warren, 1907
Maxates privata
Maxates quadrizona Prout, 1934
Maxates smaragdina Prout, 1913
Maxates spumata Warren, 1906
Maxates stuhlmanni Prout, 1933
Maxates subangulata Warren, 1907
Maxates sublustris Warren, 1899
Maxates submixta Prout, 1913
Mesurodes erichlora Meyrick, 1886
Metallochlora aurigera Pagenstecher, 1900
Metallochlora exorista Prout, 1917
Metallochlora lineata Warren, 1896
Metallochlora militaris Lucas, 1891
Metallochlora venusta Warren, 1896
Neothela cissochroa Turner, 1910
Oenochlora imperialis Warren, 1896
Oenochlora majestica (Warren, 1896)⇒ Oenochlora imperialis Warren, 1896
Oenospila stellata (Warren, 1896)⇒ Oenospila flavifusata Walker, 1861
Oospila dicraspeda Prout, 1932
Ornithospila psittacina Felder, 1875
Orothalassodes absimilis Warren, 1901
Orothalassodes reversa Warren, 1912
Orothalassodes semimacula Prout, 1925
Orothalassodes simplex Warren, 1912
Oxychora assimilis Rothschild, 1915
Oxychora batis Warren, 1906
Oxychora dentilinea Warren, 1912
Oxychora eusticta Prout, 1913
Oxychora ruficincta Warren, 1907
Oxychora spilota Warren, 1912
Pelagodes dorsilinea Warren, 1903
Pelagodes flavifimbria Warren, 1912
Pelagodes veraria Guenée, 1857
Phrudocentra centrifugaria Herrich-Schä..., 1870Sacramento Mountain Salamander
Pingasa acutangula (Pagenstecher, 1900)⇒ Pingasa blanda Pagenstecher, 1900
Pingasa angulifera Warren, 1896
Pingasa aravensis Prout, 1916
Pingasa atriscripta (Warren, 1896)⇒ Pingasa aravensis Prout, 1916
Pingasa blanda Pagenstecher, 1900
Pingasa chlora Stoll, 1752Flower-eating caterpillar
Pingasa depleta Prout, 1916
Pingasa furvifrons (Prout, 1927)⇒ Pingasa nobilis Prout, 1913
Pingasa grandidieri Butler, 1879
Pingasa irrorataria (Moore, 1867)⇒ Pingasa lariaria Walker, 1860
Pingasa lariaria Walker, 1860
Pingasa meeki Warren, 1907
Pingasa nobilis Prout, 1913
Pingasa sublimbata Butler, 1882
Pingasa venusta Warren, 1894
Prasinocyma albiseriata Warren, 1906
Prasinocyma angulilinea Warren, 1912
Prasinocyma anomoea (Turner, 1910)⇒ Agathiopsis maculata Warren, 1896
Prasinocyma approximata Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma bicolor Warren, 1907
Prasinocyma bipuncta Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma caeruleotincta Prout, 1912
Prasinocyma coerulea Warren, 1903
Prasinocyma consobrina Warren, 1912
Prasinocyma convergens Warren, 1907
Prasinocyma debilis Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma delicata Warren, 1912
Prasinocyma dentatilineata Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma deviata Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma dioscorodes Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma discata Warren, 1906
Prasinocyma exililinea Warren, 1906
Prasinocyma flavilimes Warren, 1906
Prasinocyma florediscata Warren, 1907
Prasinocyma fragilis Warren, 1903
Prasinocyma fraterna Warren, 1907
Prasinocyma glauca Warren, 1907
Prasinocyma indistincta Warren, 1903
Prasinocyma intermedia Warren, 1907
Prasinocyma isorrhopia Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma latistriga Warren, 1906
Prasinocyma mistifimbria Prout, 1912
Prasinocyma nictata Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma nivisparsa Butler, 1882
Prasinocyma nonyma Prout, 1926
Prasinocyma periculosa Warren, 1903
Prasinocyma perpolluta Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma philocala Prout, 1924
Prasinocyma phoenicogramma Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma polluta Warren, 1903
Prasinocyma pratti Prout, 1924
Prasinocyma punctifimbria (Warren, 1904)⇒ Prasinocyma mistifimbria Prout, 1912
Prasinocyma punctilligera Warren, 1906
Prasinocyma punctulata Warren, 1903
Prasinocyma respersa Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma rhodostigma Prout, 1916
Prasinocyma rufistriga Warren, 1906
Prasinocyma scintillans Warren, 1906
Prasinocyma seminivea Warren, 1906
Prasinocyma solida Prout, 1917
Prasinocyma subobsoleta Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma triseriata (Warren, 1906)⇒ Prasinocyma nivisparsa Butler, 1882
Prasinocyma tryphera Prout, 1924
Prasinocyma ultima Prout, 1924
Prasinocyma vagabunda Warren, 1903
Prasinocyma vagilinea Prout, 1911
Prasinocyma vagrans Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma venata Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma vestigiata Warren, 1906
Prasinocyma votiva Prout, 1913
Protuliocnemis biplagiata Moore, 1887
Protuliocnemis calliptera Meyrick, 1889
Protuliocnemis elegans Warren, 1899
Protuliocnemis negligens
Protuliocnemis rookaria Oberthür & ..., 1916
Protuliocnemis unidentata
Pyrrhorachis cornuta (Warren, 1896)⇒ Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Pyrrhorachis viridula Warren, 1903
Spaniocentra gibbosa Prout, 1911
Strepsichlora acutilunata Warren, 1907
Strepsichlora costipicta Warren, 1912
Strepsichlora dissimilis Warren, 1912
Strepsichlora inquinata Warren, 1903
Strepsichlora megaspila Warren, 1912
Strepsichlora nubifera Warren, 1912
Strepsichlora remissa Prout, 1916
Synchlora cupedinaria Grote, 1880
Synchlora frondaria Guenée, 1857Southern Emerald
Synchlora herbaria Fabricius, 1794
Synchlora xysteraria Hulst, 1886
Thalassodes byrsopis Meyrick, 1886
Thalassodes chloropis Meyrick, 1886
Thalassodes chloropsis Meyrick, 1886
Thalassodes choropis Meyrick, 1886
Thalassodes dorsilinea Warren, 1903
Thalassodes figurata G.S. Robinson, 1968
Thalassodes fiona Robinson, 1975
Thalassodes hypoxantha Fletcher, 1957
Thalassodes interalbata Prout, 1911
Thalassodes liquescens Prout, 1934
Thalassodes minor Prout, 1933
Thalassodes nivestrota Warren, 1903
Thalassodes opalina Butler, 1880
Thalassodes pilaria Guenée, 1857Big Emerald
Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
Thalassodes tanymelea Prout, 1916
Thalassodes timoclea (Druce, 1888)⇒ Thalassodes choropis Meyrick, 1886
Thalassodes umbrimedia Warren, 1903
Thalassodes viridimargo Holloway, 1979
Thalassodes zebrata Warren, 1906
Thalassodes zothalmia Prout, 1933
Thalera fimbrialis Scopoli, 1763Sussex Emerald
Uliocnemis biplagiata (Moore, 1887)⇒ Arnoldius pusillus Mayr, 1876
Uliocnemis elegans (Moore, 1887)⇒ Arnoldius pusillus Mayr, 1876
Urolitha bipunctifera Walker, 1861

Subnodes of Geometrinae with occurrences in Melanesia
TribeComibaenini
Inoue, 1961
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeComostolini
Bruand, 1846
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeDysphaniini
Warren, 1895
1
22
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeGeometrini
Stephens, 1829
26
213
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHemitheini
Bruand, 1846
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLophochoristini
Ferguson, 1967
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeNemoriini
Gumppenberg, 1887
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePseudoterpnini
Warren, 1893
4
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeThalassodini
Bruand, 1846
3
28
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Geometrinae at dyntaxa.se
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