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Checklist for Subfamily Geometrinae Leach, 1815 (Emeralds)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
291
4213
16123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
61
1285
3522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
61
1285
3522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
61
1285
3522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
25
925
2857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
22
843
2716
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
3
246
756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGeometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves
232
736
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGeometrinae
Leach, 1815
Emeralds, Geometrines, Greens
44
264
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
44 Genera with 264 Species
#ABCDEGHIJMOPST
Aeolochroma L.B. Prout, 191621SpeciesTaxom
Agathia Guenée, 189615SpeciesTaxom
Agathiopsis Warren, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Albinospila Holloway, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Alloeopage Prout, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Antharmostes Warren, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Argyrocosma Turner, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Berta Walker, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Centrochria Gaede, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Chrysochloroma Warren, 193310SpeciesTaxom
Comibaena Hübner, 19067SpeciesTaxom
Comostola Meyrick, 19349SpeciesTaxom
Comostolopsis Warren, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Dindica Moore, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Dioscore Warren, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Dysphania Hübner, 190520SpeciesTaxom
Epipristis Meyrick, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Eretmopus Turner, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Eucrostes Hübner, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Eucyclodes Warren, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Gelasma Moore, 19138SpeciesTaxom
Hemithea Duponchel, 18863SpeciesTaxom
Herochroma Swinhoe, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypodoxa Prout, 185815SpeciesTaxom
Idiochlora Prout, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Jodis Hübner, 01SpeciesTaxom
Maxates Moore, 191322SpeciesTaxom
Metallochlora Warren, 18965SpeciesTaxom
Metallolophia Warren, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Oenochlora Warren, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Oenospila Swinhoe, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Oospila Warren, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Ornithospila Warren, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Orothalassodes J.D. Holloway, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Oxychora Warren, 19126SpeciesTaxom
Pelagodes J.D. Holloway, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Pingasa Moore, 189414SpeciesTaxom
Prasinocyma Warren, 191354SpeciesTaxom
Protuliocnemis Holloway, 06SpeciesTaxom
Pyrrhorachis Meyrick, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Spaniocentra Prout, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Strepsichlora Warren, 19167SpeciesTaxom
Thalassodes Guenée, 193310SpeciesTaxom
Thalera Hübner, 17631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
264 Species and 13 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 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 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
Antharmostes papilio papilio Prout L. B., 1912
Argyrocosma consobrina (Warren, 1897)⇒ Argyrocosma inductaria Guenée, 1857
Berta albiplaga Warren, 1893
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 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 laesaria Walker, 1861
Comostola leucomerata Walker, 1866
Comostola nereidaria Snellen, 1881
Comostola pisochlora (Prout, 1934)⇒ Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Comostola pyrrhogona callicrossa Prout, 1934
Comostola pyrrhogona cornuta Warren, 1896
Comostola pyrrhogona pisochlora Prout, 1934
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 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 euryxantha Prout, 1925
Eucyclodes callisticta Turner, 1904
Eucyclodes lithocrossa Meyrick, 1889
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 spumata Warren, 1906
Gelasma submixta Prout, 1913
Hemithea aestivaria Hübner, 1799Common Emerald
Hemithea subflavida Warren, 1896
Hemithea wuka Pagenstecher, 1886
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
Idiochlora celataria Walker, 1866
Jodis albifusa
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 smaragdina Prout, 1913
Maxates spumata Warren, 1906
Maxates subangulata Warren, 1907
Maxates sublustris Warren, 1899
Maxates submixta Prout, 1913
Metallochlora aurigera Pagenstecher, 1900
Metallochlora exorista Prout, 1917
Metallochlora lineata Warren, 1896
Metallochlora militaris Lucas, 1891
Metallochlora venusta Warren, 1896
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
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 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 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 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
Thalassodes byrsopis Meyrick, 1886
Thalassodes dorsilinea Warren, 1903
Thalassodes hypoxantha Fletcher, 1957
Thalassodes interalbata Prout, 1911
Thalassodes minor Prout, 1933
Thalassodes nivestrota Warren, 1903
Thalassodes tanymelea Prout, 1916
Thalassodes umbrimedia Warren, 1903
Thalassodes zebrata Warren, 1906
Thalassodes zothalmia Prout, 1933
Thalera fimbrialis Scopoli, 1763Sussex Emerald

Subnodes of Geometrinae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
TribeComostolini
Bruand, 1846
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeDysphaniini
Warren, 1895
1
20
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeGeometrini
Stephens, 1829
23
195
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHemitheini
Bruand, 1846
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePseudoterpnini
Warren, 1893
3
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeThalassodini
Bruand, 1846
3
16
Genera
Species

Taxom



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