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Checklist for Subfamily Geometrinae Leach, 1815 (Emeralds)
and region Natal (Kwazulu-Natal)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
395
3771
6641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
393
3769
6639
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
376
3726
6590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
253
3215
5922
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
1133
2040
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
67
1131
2037
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
65
1128
2021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
22
655
1235
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
19
597
1135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
2
111
249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGeometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves
108
235
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGeometrinae
Leach, 1815
Emeralds, Geometrines, Greens
23
36
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Natal
23 Genera with 36 Species
#ACDLMNOPTV
Allochrostes Prout, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Antharmostes Warren, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Celidomphax Prout, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Centrochria Gaede, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Chlorissa Stephens, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Comostolopsis Warren, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Diplodesma Warren, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Dolosis Prout, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Lasiochlora Warren, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Lophorrhachia Prout, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Lophostola Prout, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Maxates Moore, 01SpeciesTaxom
Metallochlora Warren, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Microloxia Warren, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Mixocera Warren, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Neromia Staudinger, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Omphacodes Warren, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Omphax Guenée, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Pingasa Moore, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Prasinocyma Warren, 18974SpeciesTaxom
Prosomphax Warren, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Thalassodes Guenée, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Victoria Warren, 19111SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Natal
36 Species and 3 Subspecies
Allochrostes saliata Felder & Rog..., 1875
Antharmostes papilio papilio Prout L. B., 1912
Celidomphax quadrimacula Janse, 1935
Celidomphax rubrimaculata Warren, 1905
Centrochria aphthona Prout, 1934
Chlorissa dorsicristata Warren, 1905
Chlorissa malescripta Warren, 1897
Chlorissa unilinea Warren, 1897
Comostolopsis apicata Warren, 1898
Comostolopsis germana Prout, 1916Bitou tip moth
Diplodesma approximans Warren, 1897
Dolosis illacerata Prout, 1912
Lasiochlora bicolor Thierry-Mieg, 1907
Lophorrhachia niveicristata (Prout, 1916)⇒ Lophorrhachia rubricorpus Warren, 1898
Lophostola atridisca Warren, 1897
Maxates axyra
Metallochlora exorista Prout, 1917
Metallochlora grisea Prout, 1915
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897
Mixocera oleagina (Warren, 1897)⇒ Mixocera albistrigata Pagenstecher, 1893
Mixocera serraticornis (Warren, 1897)⇒ Mixocera albistrigata Pagenstecher, 1893
Mixocera viridans Prout, 1912
Neromia impostura Prout, 1915
Omphacodes delicata Warren, 1905
Omphacodes vivida Warren, 1899
Omphax rubriplaga (Warren, 1897)⇒ Omphax plantaria Guenée, 1858
Omphax trilobata Janse, 1935
Pingasa rhadamaria alterata Walker, 1860
Pingasa ruginaria communicans Walker, 1860
Prasinocyma dorsipunctata Warren, 1911
Prasinocyma inversicaulis Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma niveisticta Prout, 1912
Prasinocyma unipuncta Warren, 1897
Prosomphax deuterurga L.B. Prout, 1922
Thalassodes digressa (Walker, 1861)⇒ Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
Victoria mirabilis (Warren, 1911)⇒ Victoria fuscithorax Warren, 1905

Subnodes of Geometrinae with occurrences in Natal
TribeComostolini
Bruand, 1846
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeGeometrini
Stephens, 1829
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHemistolini
Bruand, 1846
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHemitheini
Bruand, 1846
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMicroloxiini
Bruand, 1846
2
3
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