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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
3780
15848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
3774
15825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
3756
15683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
30
2174
9239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
24
1968
8389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
4
382
1883
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGeometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves
367
1838
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGeometrinae
Leach, 1815
Emeralds, Geometrines, Greens
64
208
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
64 Genera with 208 Species
#ABCDEHILMNOPRSTVX
Acidaliastis Hampson, 19226SpeciesTaxom
Acollesis Warren, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Adicocrita Prout, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Aeolochroma L.B. Prout, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Allochlorodes Prout, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Allochrostes Prout, 19355SpeciesTaxom
Androzeugma Prout, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Antharmostes Warren, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Archichlora Warren, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Argyrographa Prout, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Berta Walker, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Celidomphax Prout, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Centrochria Gaede, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Chlorissa Stephens, 189712SpeciesTaxom
Chlorochlamys Hulst, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Chlorocoma Turner, 18886SpeciesTaxom
Chlorosterrha Prout, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Collesis Warren, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Comibaena Hübner, 19166SpeciesTaxom
Comostolopsis Warren, 18758SpeciesTaxom
Conchyliodes Prout, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Dichroma Guenée, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Diplodesma Warren, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Dolosis Prout, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Eucrostes Hübner, 18554SpeciesTaxom
Euproutia Fletcher, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Hemistola Warren, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Holoterpna Püngeler, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Idiochlora Prout, 02SpeciesTaxom
Lasiochlora Warren, 18754SpeciesTaxom
Leucaniodes Prout, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Lophorrhachia Prout, 18985SpeciesTaxom
Lophostola Prout, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Luashia Debauche, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Maxates Moore, 01SpeciesTaxom
Metallochlora Warren, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Microbaena Hausmann, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Microloxia Warren, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Mictoschema Prout, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Mimandria Warren, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Mixocera Warren, 191210SpeciesTaxom
Nemoria Hübner, 1873Emerald4SpeciesTaxom
Neromia Staudinger, 192510SpeciesTaxom
Neurotoca Warren, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Omphacodes Warren, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Omphax Guenée, 186315SpeciesTaxom
Oneiliana Prout, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Paragathia Warren, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Paraprasina Warren, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Phaiogramma von Gumppenberg, 18793SpeciesTaxom
Pingasa Moore, 186017SpeciesTaxom
Prasinocyma Warren, 185825SpeciesTaxom
Prosomphax Warren, 20053SpeciesTaxom
Rhadinomphax Prout, 18755SpeciesTaxom
Rhuma Walker, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Synchlora Guenée, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Syncollesis Prout, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Syndromodes Warren, 18976SpeciesTaxom
Thalassodes Guenée, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Thelycera Prout, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Thetidia Boisduval, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Victoria Warren, 19307SpeciesTaxom
Xenochlorodes Warren, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Xenochroma palimpaʏ..., 19354SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
208 Species and 33 Subspecies
Acidaliastis bicurvifera Prout, 1916
Acidaliastis curvilinea Prout, 1912
Acidaliastis curvilinea curvilinea Prout L. B., 1912
Acidaliastis curvilinea mixta Prout, 1930
Acidaliastis mixta Prout, 1930
Acidaliastis prophanes Prout, 1922
Acollesis fraudulenta Warren, 1898
Acollesis terminata Prout, 1912
Adicocrita araria Guenée, 1858
Adicocrita discerpta Walker, 1861
Adicocrita koranata Felder & Rog..., 1875
Aeolochroma hypochromaria caledonica Holloway, 1979
Allochlorodes elpis Prout, 1917
Allochrostes biornata Prout, 1913
Allochrostes imperfecta Prout, 1916
Allochrostes impunctata Warren, 1897
Allochrostes saliata Felder & Rog..., 1875
Allochrostes uniornata Prout, 1935
Androzeugma mollior Prout, 1922
Androzeugma subacuta Prout, 1935
Androzeugma tenuis Warren, 1898
Antharmostes papilio Prout, 1912
Antharmostes papilio papilio Prout L. B., 1912
Archichlora rectilineata Carcasson, 1971
Argyrographa eximiata (Felder, 1875)⇒ Argyrographa moderata Walker, 1862
Argyrographa moderata Walker, 1862
Berta chrysolineata zygophyxia Prout, 1912
Celidomphax analiplaga Warren, 1905
Celidomphax quadrimacula Janse, 1935
Celidomphax rubrimaculata Warren, 1905
Centrochria aphthona Prout, 1934
Centrochria deprensa Prout, 1913
Centrochria rhodomadia Prout, 1922
Chlorissa albistrigulata Warren, 1897
Chlorissa articulicornis Prout, 1916
Chlorissa attenuata Walker, 1863
Chlorissa dorsicristata Warren, 1905
Chlorissa dorsicristata dorsicristata Warren, 1905
Chlorissa inornata Prout, 1930
Chlorissa inornate Prout L. B., 1916
Chlorissa malescripta Warren, 1897
Chlorissa reductata (Walker, 1866)⇒ Chlorissa attenuata Walker, 1863
Chlorissa ruficristata Prout, 1916
Chlorissa stibolepida (Butler, 1879)⇒ Phaiogramma stibolepida Butler, 1879
Chlorissa unilinea Warren, 1897
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria Gu, 1857Blackberry Looper
Chlorocoma clopia Prout, 1922
Chlorocoma didita Walker, 1861
Chlorocoma dilatata Walker, 1861
Chlorocoma eucela Prout, 1922
Chlorocoma ipomopsis Lower, 1892
Chlorocoma melocrossa Meyrick, 1888Cream-fringed Emerald
Chlorosterrha albaniensis (Prout, 1912)⇒ Chlorosterrha dichroma Felder & Rog..., 1875
Chlorosterrha dichroma Felder & Rog..., 1875
Chlorosterrha monochroma Prout, 1912
Collesis mimica Warren, 1897
Comibaena barnsi Prout, 1930
Comibaena barnsi barnsi Prout L. B., 1930
Comibaena coryphata (Felder & Rog..., 1875)⇒ Comibaena leucospilata Walker, 1863
Comibaena hemictenes Prout, 1917
Comibaena leucospilata Walker, 1863
Comibaena mariae syndyas Prout, 1916
Comostolopsis apicata Warren, 1898
Comostolopsis capensis Warren, 1899
Comostolopsis fuscipuncta (Warren, 1899)⇒ Comostolopsis apicata Warren, 1898
Comostolopsis germana Prout, 1916Bitou tip moth
Comostolopsis rubristicta Warren, 1899
Comostolopsis simplex Warren, 1902
Comostolopsis stillata Felder & Rog..., 1875
Comostolopsis stillata stillata Felder & Rog..., 1875
Conchyliodes distelitis Prout, 1930
Dichroma equestralis Duncan & Wes..., 1841
Diplodesma approximans Warren, 1897
Diplodesma inornata Prout L. B., 1916
Dolosis illacerata Prout, 1912
Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861
Eucrostes rhodophthalma Prout, 1912
Eucrostes roseata (Warren, 1905)⇒ Eucrostes rufociliaria Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Eucrostes rufociliaria Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Euproutia aggravaria Guenée, 1858
Euproutia aggravaria aggravaria Guenée, 1858
Euproutia rufomarginata Pagenstecher, 1893
Hemistola ereuthopeza Prout, 1925
Hemistola incommoda Prout, 1912
Hemistola semialbida Prout, 1912
Holoterpna errata Prout, 1922
Idiochlora approximans Warren, 1897
Idiochlora attenuata
Lasiochlora bicolor Thierry-Mieg, 1907
Lasiochlora bicolor bicolor Thierry-Mieg, 1907
Lasiochlora diducta Walker, 1861
Lasiochlora lunigera (Felder, 1875)⇒ Lasiochlora diducta Walker, 1861
Leucaniodes periconia Prout, 1922
Lophorrhachia aenospila Bethune-Baker, 1913
Lophorrhachia niveicristata (Prout, 1916)⇒ Lophorrhachia rubricorpus Warren, 1898
Lophorrhachia rubricorpus Warren, 1898
Lophorrhachia rubricorpus niveicristata Prout L. B., 1916
Lophorrhachia rubricorpus rubricorpus Warren, 1898
Lophostola atridisca Warren, 1897
Luashia zonata Walker, 1863
Maxates axyra
Metallochlora dyscheres Prout, 1922
Metallochlora exorista Prout, 1917
Metallochlora grisea Prout, 1915
Microbaena pulchra Hausmann, 1996
Microloxia ruficornis Warren, 1897
Mictoschema swierstrai Prout, 1922
Mictoschema tuckeri Prout, 1925
Mimandria cataractae Prout, 1917
Mimandria cataractae cataractae Prout, 1917
Mixocera albistrigata Pagenstecher, 1893
Mixocera albistrigata albistrigata Pagenstecher, 1893
Mixocera albistrigata oleagina Warren, 1897
Mixocera albistrigata serraticornis Warren, 1897
Mixocera frustratoria Wallengren, 1863
Mixocera oleagina (Warren, 1897)⇒ Mixocera albistrigata Pagenstecher, 1893
Mixocera parvulata Walker, 1863
Mixocera serraticornis (Warren, 1897)⇒ Mixocera albistrigata Pagenstecher, 1893
Mixocera viridans Prout, 1912
Mixocera xanthostephana Prout, 1912
Nemoria bistriaria Hübner, 1809Red-fringed Emerald
Nemoria lixaria Guenée, 1857Red bordered Emerald
Nemoria mimosaria Guenée, 1857Flanged Looper
Nemoria unitaria Packard, 1873Single-lined Emerald
Neromia activa Prout, 1930
Neromia barretti Prout, 1912
Neromia clavicornis Prout, 1915
Neromia cohaerens Prout, 1916
Neromia impostura Prout, 1915
Neromia phoenicosticta Prout, 1912
Neromia quieta Prout, 1912
Neromia rhodomadia Prout, 1922
Neromia rubripunctilla Prout, 1912
Neromia strigulosa Prout, 1925
Neurotoca endorhoda (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Neurotoca notata Warren, 1897
Neurotoca notata Warren, 1897
Omphacodes delicata Warren, 1905
Omphacodes punctilineata Warren, 1897
Omphacodes vivida Warren, 1899
Omphax bacoti Prout, 1912
Omphax bilobata Janse, 1935
Omphax idonea Prout, 1916
Omphax leucocraspeda Prout, 1912
Omphax modesta Warren, 1897
Omphax plantaria Guenée, 1858
Omphax plantaria plantaria Guenée, 1858
Omphax plantaria rubriplaga Warren, 1897
Omphax plantaria subaspersa Warren, 1894
Omphax rhodocera Hampson, 1910
Omphax rubriplaga (Warren, 1897)⇒ Omphax plantaria Guenée, 1858
Omphax shorti Prout, 1912
Omphax subaspersa (Warren, 1894)⇒ Omphax plantaria Guenée, 1858
Omphax trilobata Janse, 1935
Omphax vicinitaria Wallengren, 1863
Oneiliana multifera Prout, 1922
Paragathia albimarginata Warren, 1902
Paraprasina discolor Warren, 1897
Phaiogramma faustinata Milliere, 1868Millière's Emerald
Phaiogramma faustinata vermiculata Warren, 1897
Phaiogramma stibolepida Butler, 1879
Pingasa abyssinaria Guenée, 1858
Pingasa abyssiniaria Guenée, 1858
Pingasa abyssiniaria abyssiniaria Guenée, 1858
Pingasa alterata Walker, 1860
Pingasa communicans Walker, 1860
Pingasa dispensata Walker, 1860
Pingasa distensaria (Walker, 1860)⇒ Pingasa dispensata Walker, 1860
Pingasa distensaria distensaria Walker, 1860
Pingasa distensaria respondens Walker, 1860
Pingasa lahayei Oberthür, 1887
Pingasa lahayei austrina Prout, 1917
Pingasa respondens Walker, 1860
Pingasa rhadamaria Guenée, 1858
Pingasa rhadamaria alterata Walker, 1860
Pingasa rhadamaria victoria Prout, 1913
Pingasa ruginaria Guenée, 1858
Pingasa ruginaria communicans Walker, 1860
Prasinocyma albisticta Warren, 1901
Prasinocyma bifimbriata Prout, 1912
Prasinocyma bilobata Fletcher D. S., 1978
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma dilucida (Walker, 1861)⇒ Prasinocyma vermicularia Guenée, 1858
Prasinocyma dorsipunctata Warren, 1911
Prasinocyma dorsipuntata Warren, 1911
Prasinocyma germinaria Guenée, 1858
Prasinocyma hadrata Felder & Rog..., 1875
Prasinocyma immaculata Thunberg, 1784
Prasinocyma immaculata immaculata Thunberg, 1784
Prasinocyma immaculata scissaria Felder & Rog..., 1875
Prasinocyma immaculata unipuncta Warren, 1897
Prasinocyma inversicaulis Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma neglecta Prout, 1921
Prasinocyma niveisticta Prout, 1912
Prasinocyma niveisticta niveisticta Prout L. B., 1912
Prasinocyma oculata Prout, 1915
Prasinocyma panchlora Prout, 1913
Prasinocyma pictifimbria Warren, 1904
Prasinocyma pulchraria Swinhoe, 1904
Prasinocyma pupillata Warren, 1902
Prasinocyma scissaria (Felder, 1875)⇒ Prasinocyma immaculata Thunberg, 1784
Prasinocyma unipuncta Warren, 1897
Prasinocyma vermicularia Guenée, 1858
Prosomphax callista Warren, 1911
Prosomphax deuterurga L.B. Prout, 1922
Prosomphax horitropha Krüger, 2005
Rhadinomphax divincta Walker, 1861
Rhadinomphax frondinata (Felder, 1875)⇒ Rhadinomphax pudicata Walker, 1866
Rhadinomphax pudicata Walker, 1866
Rhadinomphax sanguinipuncta Felder & Rog..., 1875
Rhadinomphax trimeni Felder & Rog..., 1875
Rhuma subaurata Walker, 1860
Synchlora aerata Fabricius, 1798Camouflaged Looper
Syncollesis trilineata Hampson, 1910
Syndromodes cellulata Warren, 1898
Syndromodes dimensa Walker, 1861
Syndromodes invenusta Wallengren, 1863
Syndromodes oedocnemis Prout, 1922
Syndromodes prasinops Prout, 1930
Syndromodes unicolor (Warren, 1897)⇒ Syndromodes invenusta Wallengren, 1863
Thalassodes digressa (Walker, 1861)⇒ Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
Thalassodes opaca Warren, 1898
Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
Thelycera hemithales Prout, 1912
Thelycera viridans Prout L. B., 1912
Thelycera xanthostephana Prout L. B., 1912
Thetidia undulilinea Warren, 1905
Victoria albipicta Warren, 1897
Victoria fuscithorax Warren, 1905
Victoria mirabilis (Warren, 1911)⇒ Victoria fuscithorax Warren, 1905
Victoria rhodoblemma Prout, 1938
Victoria sematoperas Prout, 1916
Victoria triplaga Prout, 1915
Victoria triplaga sphrigon Prout, 1930
Xenochlorodes xina Prout, 1916
Xenochroma candidata Warren, 1902
Xenochroma dyschlorata Warren, 1914
Xenochroma planimargo Prout, 1912
Xenochroma roseimargo Janse, 1935

Subnodes of Geometrinae with occurrences in Southern Africa
TribeComibaenini
Inoue, 1961
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeComostolini
Bruand, 1846
2
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeGeometrini
Stephens, 1829
11
58
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHemistolini
Bruand, 1846
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHemitheini
Bruand, 1846
6
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMicroloxiini
Bruand, 1846
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeNemoriini
Gumppenberg, 1887
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePseudoterpnini
Warren, 1893
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeThalassodini
Bruand, 1846
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



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