Checklist of Superfamily Geometroidea Leach, 1815 (Geometrid)
for Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 267
1550
2024 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 200
1397
1873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 50
338
479 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 50
337
478 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 48
330
460 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 15
159
225 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 13
144
206 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 1
34
57 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape Town
1 Family width 57 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Cape Town
34 Genera with 57 Species
| Acanthoscelis Dejean, 1801 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acrasia Rogenhofer, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aethiopodes Warren, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anisodes Guenée, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Axiodes Warren, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cabera Treitschke, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Centrochria Gaede, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chiasmia Hübner, 1863 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cleora Curtis, 1875 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Comostolopsis Warren, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crambometra Prout, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Derrioides Butler, 1874 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanogynis Guenée, 1875 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Euphyia Hübner, 1863 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eupithecia Curtis, 1922 | Pug Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Himeromima Warren, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypomecis Hübner, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idaea Treitschke, 1913 | Dwarf cream wave | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Illa Warren, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isturgia Hübner, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Larentia Treitschke, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Loxopora Warren, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pareclipsis Warren, 1922 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Perizoma Hübner, 1922 | Carpets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Perusiopsis Warren, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Piercia Janse, 1922 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Prosomphax Warren, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psilocladia Warren, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scardamia Guenée, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scopula Schrank, 1875 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scotopteryx Hübner, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Semiothisa Hübner, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Somatina Guenée, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthorhoe Hübner, 1863 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
57 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acanthoscelis ruficornis Fabricius, 1801 | | | Acrasia punctillata Prout L. B., 1938 | | | Anisodes monetaria homostola Meyrick, 1897 | | | Axiodes dochmoleuca Prout, 1917 | | | Cabera pseudognophos Prout, 1917 | | | Centrochria aphthona Prout, 1934 | | | Chiasmia exumbrata (Walker, 1863) | ⇒ Chiasmia turbulentata Guenée, 1858 | | Chiasmia gnophosata (Walker, 1863) | ⇒ Chiasmia semitecta Walker, 1861 | | Cleora flavivenata Fletcher D. S., 1967 | | | Cleora nigrisparsalis Janse, 1932 | | | Cleora tulbaghata Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Comostolopsis capensis Warren, 1899 | | | Comostolopsis germana Prout, 1916 | Bitou tip moth | | Crambometra gladstonei Janse, 1920 | | | Derrioides cnephaeogramma Prout, 1938 | | | Derrioides villaria Felder, 1874 | | | Drepanogynis bipartita Warren, 1914 | | | Drepanogynis cnephaeogramma Prout, 1938 | | | Drepanogynis dentatilinea Krüger, 2002 | | | Drepanogynis lavata Krüger, 2002 | | | Drepanogynis obscurefascia Krüger, 2002 | | | Drepanogynis renitens (Warren, 1914) | ⇒ Drepanogynis incondita Warren, 1904 | | Drepanogynis strigifera (Warren, 1914) | ⇒ Drepanogynis mixtaria Guenée, 1858 | | Drepanogynis unilineata Warren, 1897 | | | Drepanogynis villaria Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Euphyia discolorata (Warren, 1901) | ⇒ Euphyia distinctata Walker, 1862 | | Euphyia scotosiata (Walker, 1863) | ⇒ Euphyia distinctata Walker, 1862 | | Eupithecia infausta Prout L.B., 1922 | | | Eupithecia laticallis Prout L.B., 1922 | | | Himeromima aulis Druce, 1892 | | | Hypomecis gladstonei Prout, 1922 | | | Idaea carneilinea Prout L. B., 1922 | | | Idaea plesioscotia Prout L.B., 1925 | | | Idaea sinuilinea Prout L.B., 1913 | | | Illa nefanda Warren, 1914 | | | Isturgia pulinda Walker, 1860 | | | Larentia diplocampa Prout, 1917 | | | Loxopora dentilineata Warren, 1914 | | | Pareclipsis onus Prout, 1917 | | | Pareclipsis phaeopis Prout, 1922 | | | Perizoma alumna Prout, 1925 | | | Perizoma petrogenes Prout, 1922 | | | Perusiopsis veninotata Warren, 1914 | | | Piercia artifex Prout L.B., 1925 | | | Piercia ciliata Janse, 1933 | | | Piercia lightfooti Prout L.B., 1925 | | | Piercia respondens Prout L.B., 1922 | | | Prosomphax callista Warren, 1911 | | | Psilocladia obliquata Warren, 1898 | | | Scardamia chrysolina Meyrick, 1892 | | | Scopula lactaria Walker, 1861 | | | Scopula natalica Butler, 1875 | | | Scotopteryx ferridotata Walker, 1863 | | | Semiothisa semitecta Walker, 1861 | | | Somatina centrophora (Prout, 1915) | ⇒ Problepsis centrophora Prout, 1915 | | Xanthorhoe colorata (Walker, 1863) | ⇒ Xanthorhoe poseata Geyer, 1837 | | Xanthorhoe umbriferata (Walker, 1863) | ⇒ Xanthorhoe ulingensis Yang, 1978 |
Subnodes of Geometroidea with occurrences in Cape Town | Family | Geometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Geometer Moth, Geometer Moths, Geometers, Geometrid Moths, Inch-worm moths, Inchworm Moths, Inchworms, Looper Caterpillars, Looper Moths, Looper-caterpillar moths, Measuring-worm moths, Measuringworms, Waves | 34
57 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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