Checklist of Superfamily Geometroidea Leach, 1815 (Geometrid)
for Durban (Natal)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 261
1832
2606 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 260
1831
2605 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 253
1814
2592 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 183
1601
2360 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 56
562
808 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 56
562
808 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 55
560
803 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
348
531 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
320
481 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 2
55
81 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Durban
2 Families width 81 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Durban
55 Genera with 81 Species
| Alcides Hübner, 1871 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Anacleora Janse, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anisodes Guenée, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphilopota Warren, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ascotis Hübner, 1904 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cabera Treitschke, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cartaletis Schrank, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celidomphax Prout, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chiasmia Hübner, 1905 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorissa Stephens, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysocraspeda Swinhoe, 1909 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cleora Curtis, 1875 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Colocleora Prout, 1913 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenognophos Prout, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclophora Hübner, 1904 | Mochas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Disclisioprocta Wallengren, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drepanogynis Guenée, 2002 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ectropis Hübner, 1943 | Engrailed Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epicosymbia Schrank, 1905 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epiplema Herrich-Schä..., 1932 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eulasia Truqui, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eulycia Janse, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eupithecia Curtis, 1987 | Pug Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glaucina Hulst, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterorachis Warren, 1935 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Horisme Hübner, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idaea Treitschke, 1917 | Dwarf cream wave | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maxates Moore, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Menophra Moore, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metallochlora Warren, 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Monoplema Janse, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neromia Staudinger, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Obolcola Walker, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ochroplutodes Warren, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omphacodes Warren, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omphalucha Warren, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omphax Guenée, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palaeonyssia Harrison, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pareclipsis Warren, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Petovia Walker, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Piercia Janse, 1933 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pingasa Moore, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platypepla Warren, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plegapteryx Herrich-Scha..., 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prasinocyma Warren, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Problepsis Lederer, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodesia Warren, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scardamia Guenée, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scopula Schrank, 1913 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Somatina Guenée, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thalassodes Guenée, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Victoria Warren, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthorhoe Hübner, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zamarada Moore, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zeuctoboarmia Prout, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Durban
81 Species and 4 Subspecies | Alcides biangulatus Marshall, 1928 | | | Alcides haemopterus Boheman, 1836 | | | Alcides olivaceus Gerstaecker, 1855 | | | Alcides simplex Fåhraeus, 1871 | | | Anacleora pulverosa Warren, 1904 | | | Anisodes dotilla Swinhoe, 1894 | | | Aphilopota subalbata Warren, 1905 | | | Ascotis nigristigma (Warren, 1905) | ⇒ Ascotis reciprocaria Walker, 1860 | | Ascotis semifusca (Warren, 1904) | ⇒ Ascotis reciprocaria Walker, 1860 | | Cabera crassata Warren, 1904 | | | Cartaletis natalensis Prout, 1917 | | | Celidomphax rubrimaculata Warren, 1905 | | | Chiasmia abnormata Prout, 1917 | | | Chiasmia leighi (Warren, 1904) | ⇒ Chiasmia amarata Guenée, 1858 | | Chiasmia natalensis Warren, 1904 | | | Chiasmia unicolor (Warren, 1905) | ⇒ Chiasmia sororcula Warren, 1897 | | Chlorissa dorsicristata Warren, 1905 | | | Chrysocraspeda dehonorata Prout, 1913 | | | Chrysocraspeda leighata Warren, 1904 | | | Chrysocraspeda nigribasalis Warren, 1909 | | | Cleora flavipleta Warren, 1904 | | | Cleora fumata Inoue, 1968 | | | Cleora funesta (Warren, 1905) | ⇒ Cleora betularia Warren, 1897 | | Cleora nigrisparsalis Janse, 1932 | | | Cleora tulbaghata Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Colocleora acutangula Warren, 1905 | | | Colocleora divisaria Walker, 1860 | | | Colocleora sexorbata (Prout, 1913) | ⇒ Colocleora proximaria Walker, 1860 | | Ctenognophos eolaria anax Wiltshire, 1966 | | | Cyclophora sanguinata Warren, 1904 | | | Disclisioprocta natalata Walker, 1862 | | | Drepanogynis admiranda Warren, 1905 | | | Drepanogynis auriferoides Krüger, 2002 | | | Ectropis fulvitincta (Warren, 1904) | ⇒ Ectropis spoliataria Walker, 1860 | | Ectropis mesoplatys Wehrli, 1943 | | | Epicosymbia dentisignata (Walker, 1863) | ⇒ Scopula dentisignata Walker, 1863 | | Epicosymbia nitidata (Warren, 1905) | ⇒ Scopula nubifera Hausmann, 1998 | | Epiplema reducta Janse, 1932 | | | Epiplema tristis Janse, 1932 | | | Eulasia (Vittateulasia) bombylius Fabricius, 1787 | | | Eulycia extorris Warren, 1904 | | | Eupithecia stagira Herbulot, 1987 | | | Glaucina gonia gonia | | | Heterorachis fuscoterminata Prout, 1915 | | | Heterorachis platti Janse, 1935 | | | Horisme filia Prout, 1913 | | | Idaea lipara Prout L. B., 1917 | | | Maxates axyra | | | Menophra denticulata Warren, 1907 | | | Metallochlora exorista Prout, 1917 | | | Metallochlora grisea Prout, 1915 | | | Monoplema fumigera Warren, 1905 | | | Neromia impostura Prout, 1915 | | | Obolcola pallida Janse, 1932 | | | Ochroplutodes crocea (Warren, 1905) | ⇒ Ochroplutodes haturata Walker, 1860 | | Omphacodes delicata Warren, 1905 | | | Omphalucha hirta Warren, 1905 | | | Omphax trilobata Janse, 1935 | | | Palaeonyssia fuliginosa (Warren, 1905) | ⇒ Palaeonyssia trisecta Warren, 1897 | | Pareclipsis incerta Prout, 1916 | | | Petovia perversaria (Gaede, 1916) | ⇒ Petovia marginata Walker, 1854 | | Piercia subterlimbata Prout L.B., 1917 | | | Piercia vittata Janse, 1933 | | | Pingasa ruginaria communicans Walker, 1860 | | | Platypepla deformis (Warren, 1909) | ⇒ Platypepla spurcata Warren, 1897 | | Plegapteryx viridis (Warren, 1909) | ⇒ Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schä..., 1856 | | Prasinocyma niveisticta Prout, 1912 | | | Rhodesia viridalbata Warren, 1905 | | | Scardamia chrysolina Meyrick, 1892 | | | Scopula ornata Scopula Prout, 1913 | | | Scopula discata (Warren, 1897) | ⇒ Scopula pulchellata Fabricius, 1794 | | Scopula khakiata (Warren, 1905) | ⇒ Scopula sublobata Warren, 1898 | | Scopula opperta Prout, 1920 | | | Scopula pudens (Warren, 1917) | ⇒ Scopula internata Guenée, 1857 | | Scopula rossi Prout, 1913 | | | Somatina rufitacta (Warren, 1897) | ⇒ Somatina fletcheri Herbulot, 1958 | | Thalassodes digressa (Walker, 1861) | ⇒ Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857 | | Victoria mirabilis (Warren, 1911) | ⇒ Victoria fuscithorax Warren, 1905 | | Xanthorhoe exorista Prout, 1922 | | | Zamarada deceptrix Warren, 1914 | | | Zeuctoboarmia cataimena Prout, 1915 | |
Subnodes of Geometroidea with occurrences in Durban | 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 | 52
74 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Uraniidae
Blanchard, 1845
Swallowtail Moths | 3
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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