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Checklist for Superfamily Geometroidea Leach, 1815 (Geometrid)
and region Solomon Islands (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
404
3626
6828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
404
3626
6828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3550
6682
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
251
2836
5497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
56
855
1522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
55
854
1522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
55
854
1522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
23
595
1130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
21
556
1063
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
3
98
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Solomon Islands
3 Families width 127 Species and 5 Subspecies
Geometridae Leach, 1815Cankerworm moths115SpeciesTaxom
Callidulidae (Moore, 1877)Old World Butterfly Moths4SpeciesTaxom
Uraniidae Blanchard, 1845Swallowtail Moths8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Solomon Islands
98 Genera with 127 Species
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Acratodes Guenée, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Almodes Guenée, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Anacamptodes McDunnough, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Anisodes Guenée, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Antharmostes Warren, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Antitrygodes Warren, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Apicia b�ttg..., 18921SpeciesTaxom
Archichlora Warren, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Blechroneromia Prout, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Bosara Walker, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Cabera Treitschke, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Callidula Hübner, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Casbia Walker, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Chiasmia Hübner, 1823
0SpeciesTaxom
Chloroclystis Hübner, 1887Pugs2SpeciesTaxom
Chrysocraspeda Swinhoe, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Cleis Hübner, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Cleora Curtis, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Collix Guenée, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Colocleora Prout, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Comibaena Hübner, 1823
0SpeciesTaxom
Comostola Meyrick, 19344SpeciesTaxom
Comostolopsis Warren, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyclophora Hübner, 1905Mochas1SpeciesTaxom
Cyllopoda Dalman, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Digrammia Gumppenberg, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Dirades Holloway, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Drepanogynis Guenée, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Dysaethria Turner, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Dysphania Hübner, 18823SpeciesTaxom
Ectropis Hübner, 1925Engrailed Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Eois Hübner, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Epidesmia Duncan & Wes..., 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Epigelasma Prout, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Epiplema Herrich-Schä..., 18613SpeciesTaxom
Eucyclodes Warren, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Eueana Prout, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Eulasia Truqui, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Eumelea Duncan, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Euphyia Hübner, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Eupithecia Curtis, 1825
Pug Moths0SpeciesTaxom
Glena Hulst, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Grossbeckia Barnes & McD..., 19051SpeciesTaxom
Gymnoscelis Mabille, 1897Pugs2SpeciesTaxom
Hexeris Grote, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Hylemera Butler, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Hypocoela Warren, 19254SpeciesTaxom
Hypodoxa Prout, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Idaea Treitschke, 1861Dwarf cream wave4SpeciesTaxom
Idiodes Guenée, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Iridopsis Warren, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Lobocleta Warren, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Luxiaria Walker, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom
Mariaba Walker, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Melanchroia Hübner, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Nadagara Walker, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Neothela Turner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Opisthoxia Hübner, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Oxydia Guenée, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Palyas Guenée, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Parilexia Ferguson, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Phazaca Walker, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Phrudocentra Warren, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Phrygionis Hübner, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodonta Warren, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Pingasa Moore, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Pleuroprucha Möschler, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Prasinocyma Warren, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Problepsis Lederer, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Prochoerodes Grote, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Prorocorys Walker, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Protuliocnemis Holloway, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Psamatodes Guenée, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Psilocerea Saalmüller, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Psilocladia Warren, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Pterocypha Herrich-Schä..., 18621SpeciesTaxom
Ptochophyle Swinhoe, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Pycnostega Warren, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Racotis Moore, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Rhodophthitus Butler, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Scardamia Guenée, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Scelolophia Moschler, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Scopula Schrank, 200311SpeciesTaxom
Sericoptera Herrich-Schä..., 18862SpeciesTaxom
Speranza Curtis, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Sphacelodes haïtiaria Ob..., 18231SpeciesTaxom
Synchlora Guenée, 18864SpeciesTaxom
Syneora Turner, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Thalassodes Guenée, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Uliocnemis Hübner, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Urania Fabricius, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Wauchula Moschler, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Xanthodura Butler, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Xenostega Warren, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Xylopteryx Guenée, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Zamarada Moore, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Ziridava Walker, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Zythos Fletcher, 19961SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Solomon Islands
127 Species and 5 Subspecies
Acratodes suavata Hulst, 1900Pygmy Salamander
Almodes terraria Guenée, 1857Spiny Lizards
Anacamptodes defectaria Guenée, 1858Brown-shaded Gray Moth
Anisodes subrubrata (Warren, 1905)⇒ Cyclophora subrubrata Warren, 1905
Antharmostes papilio papilio Prout L. B., 1912
Antitrygodes subaequalis (Prout, 1917)⇒ Scopula tahitiensis Orhant, 2003
Apicia mynes Druce, 1892
Archichlora chariessa Prout, 1925
Blechroneromia griveaudi Viette, 1976
Blechroneromia perileuca Prout, 1925
Bosara minima Warren, 1897
Cabera toulgoeti Herbulot, 1957
Callidula biplagiata Butler, 1887
Callidula nenia Druce, 1888
Callidula nigresce Butler, 1887
Casbia calliorma Turner, 1919
Chloroclystis minima (Warren, 1897)⇒ Chloroclystis nereis Meyrick, 1887
Chloroclystis nereis Meyrick, 1887
Cleis nenia (Druce, 1888)⇒ Callidula nenia Druce, 1888
Cleora inoffensa Swinhoe, 1902
Cleora legrasi Herbulot, 1955
Collix elongata Warren, 1902
Collix purpurilita Prout, 1925
Colocleora orthogonalis Viette, 1974
Comostola exquisitata (Fletcher, 1957)⇒ Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Comostola pyrrhogona exquisitata Fletcher, 1957
Comostola pyrrhogona woodfordi Prout, 1934
Comostola woodfordi (Prout, 1934)⇒ Comostola pyrrhogona Walker, 1866
Cyclophora subrubrata Warren, 1905
Cyllopoda jatropharia Linnaeus, 1758
Digrammia continuata Walker, 1862Curve Lined Angle
Dirades infans Warren, 1900
Dirades leucocera (Hampson, 1891)⇒ Phazaca leucocera Hampson, 1891
Dysaethria quadricaudata Walker, 1861
Dysphania translucida Montrouzier, 1856
Dysphania turbatrix Prout, 1920
Dysphania tyrianthina Butler, 1882
Ectropis annumerata Prout, 1925
Eois leucampyx Prout, 1926
Eois planifimbria Prout, 1922
Epigelasma holochroa Herbulot, 1972
Epiplema incolorata Guenée, 1857Zebra-tailed Lizards
Epiplema quadricaudata (Walker, 1861)⇒ Dysaethria quadricaudata Walker, 1861
Epiplema subproximans (Walker, 1861)⇒ Dysaethria quadricaudata Walker, 1861
Eucyclodes insperata Walker, 1861
Eueana niveociliaria Herrich-Schä..., 1870Sacramento Mountain Salamander
Eulasia (Vittateulasia) bombylius Fabricius, 1787
Eumelea ludovicata Guenée, 1858
Eumelea rosalia Stoll, 1781
Euphyia floridata Walker, 1863
Grossbeckia ochriplaga Warren, 1905
Gymnoscelis lavella Prout, 1958
Gymnoscelis minima (Warren, 1897)⇒ Bosara minima Warren, 1897
Hexeris enhydris Grote, 1875Seagrape Borer
Hylemera teleutaea Prout, 1925
Hypocoela angularis Herbulot, 1956
Hypocoela fasciata Herbulot, 1956
Hypocoela infracta Herbulot, 1956
Hypocoela spodozona Prout, 1925
Hypodoxa emiliaria Guenée, 1857
Hypodoxa fulgurea (Guenée, 1858)⇒ Hypodoxa emiliaria Guenée, 1857
Hypodoxa subleprosa (Guenée, 1858)⇒ Hypodoxa emiliaria Guenée, 1857
Hypodoxa viridicoma Warren, 1899
Idaea hilliata Hulst, 1887Del Norte Salamander
Idaea pervertipennis Hulst, 1900Pygmy Salamander
Idaea philocosma Meyrick, 1888Flecked Wave
Idaea retractaria Walker, 1861
Idiodes andravahana Viette, 1968
Lobocleta ossularia Hübner & Geyer, 1837Drab Brown Wave
Mariaba semifascia Warren, 1903
Melanchroia chephise Stoll, 1782Snowbush Spanworm
Melanchroia geometroides Walker, 1854Nodding milkweed
Nadagara irretracta Warren, 1899
Neothela cissochroa Turner, 1910
Opisthoxia uncinata Schaus, 1912
Oxydia vesulia Cramer, 1779Spurge Spanworm Moth
Parilexia antilleata Ferguson, 2009Cumberland Slider
Parilexia proditata Walker, 1861
Phazaca leucocera Hampson, 1891
Phrudocentra centrifugaria Herrich-Schä..., 1870Sacramento Mountain Salamander
Phrygionis auriferaria Hulst, 1887Golden-winged Palyas Moth
Phyllodonta flabellaria emerita Dyar, 1912
Pingasa grandidieri Butler, 1879
Pleuroprucha insulsaria Guenée, 1858Common Tan Wave
Prasinocyma anomoea (Turner, 1910)⇒ Agathiopsis maculata Warren, 1896
Problepsis meroearia Saalmüller, 1884
Prochoerodes lineola Goeze, 1781Large Maple Spanworm
Prorocorys admirabilis (Warren, 1899)⇒ Zythos clypeata Yazaki, 1996
Prorocorys gemmata (Warren, 1899)⇒ Zythos clypeata Yazaki, 1996
Protuliocnemis biplagiata Moore, 1887
Psamatodes abydata (Guenée, 1858)⇒ Semiothisa abydata Guenée, 1858
Psilocerea cuprea Herbulot, 1959
Pterocypha defensata (Walker, 1862)⇒ Pterocypha floridata Walker, 1863
Ptochophyle anamale Viette, 1970
Racotis deportata Herbulot, 1970
Rhodophthitus formosus Butler, 1880
Scelolophia desmogramma Dyar, 1913
Scopula ornata Scopula Prout, 1913
Scopula cornishi Prout, 1932
Scopula heba Prout, 1920
Scopula homaema Prout, 1920
Scopula oppunctata Warren, 1902
Scopula placida Warren, 1905
Scopula pulchellata Fabricius, 1794
Scopula rufinubes Warren, 1900
Scopula subaequalis Prout, 1917
Scopula subserena Wiltshire, 1990
Scopula tahitiensis Orhant, 2003
Sericoptera mahometaria Herrich-Schä..., 1856
Sericoptera virginaria Hulst, 1886
Speranza lorquinaria Guenée, 1857Lorquin´s Angle
Speranza marcescaria Guenée, 1857Tortoises
Sphacelodes vulneraria Hübner, 1823Looper Moth
Synchlora cupedinaria Grote, 1880
Synchlora frondaria Guenée, 1857Southern Emerald
Synchlora herbaria Fabricius, 1794
Synchlora xysteraria Hulst, 1886
Syneora lithina Warren, 1897
Thalassodes dorsilinea Warren, 1903
Thalassodes hypoxantha Fletcher, 1957
Uliocnemis biplagiata (Moore, 1887)⇒ Arnoldius pusillus Mayr, 1876
Uliocnemis elegans (Moore, 1887)⇒ Arnoldius pusillus Mayr, 1876
Urania fulgens Walker, 1854Urania Swallowtail Moth
Wauchula rubrotincta Hulst, 1900
Xanthodura hypocrypta Prout, 1925
Zamarada oxybeles Fletcher D. S., 1974
Ziridava gemmata Warren, 1899
Zythos clypeata Yazaki, 1996

Subnodes of Geometroidea with occurrences in Solomon Islands
FamilyCallidulidae
Moore, 1877
Old World Butterfly Moths, Old World butterfly-moths
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGeometridae
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
91
115
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyUraniidae
Blanchard, 1845
Swallowtail Moths
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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