Checklist for Superfamily Geometroidea Leach, 1815 (Geometrid)
and region Kurunegala (North Western Province, Sri Lanka)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 75
299
332 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 75
299
332 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 68
279
309 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 48
254
283 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 23
198
222 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 23
198
222 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 23
198
222 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 15
147
168 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 14
145
166 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 2
14
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Kurunegala
2 Families width 17 Species
Genera for Kurunegala
14 Genera with 17 Species | Anisodes Guenée, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aporandria Warren, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Borbacha Moore, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chiasmia Hübner, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorochaeta Hübner, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclothea Prout, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dysphania Hübner, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eois Hübner, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumelea Duncan, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyperythra Guenée, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idaea Treitschke, 1896 | Dwarf cream wave | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micronia Guenée, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scopula Schrank, 1798 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Semiothisa Hübner, 1866 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kurunegala
17 Species | Anisodes nudaria Guenée, 1858 | | | Aporandria specularia Guenée, 1857 | | | Borbacha pardaria Guenée, 1857 | | | Chiasmia nora Walker, 1861 | | | Chlorochaeta inductaria Guenée, 1857 | | | Cyclothea disjuncta Walker, 1861 | | | Dysphania palmyra Stoll, 1790 | | | Eois grataria Walker, 1861 | | | Eumelea ludovicata Guenée, 1858 | | | Hyperythra lutea Stoll, 1781 | | | Idaea costiguttata Warren, 1896 | | | Micronia aculeata Guenée, 1857 | | | Scopula annularia Swinhoe, 1890 | | | Scopula emissaria Walker, 1861 | | | Scopula opicata Fabricius, 1798 | | | Semiothisa emersaria (Walker, 1861) | ⇒ Chiasmia emersaria Walker, 1861 | | Semiothisa perfusaria Walker, 1866 | |
Subnodes of Geometroidea with occurrences in Kurunegala | 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 | 13
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Uraniidae
Blanchard, 1845
Swallowtail Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Geometroidea at artfakta.se
Geometroidea at dyntaxa.se
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