Checklist for Superfamily Geometroidea Leach, 1815 (Geometrid)
and region South Nigeria (Nigeria)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 91
467
775 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 91
467
775 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 87
438
716 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 72
405
687 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 34
313
458 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 34
313
458 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 34
313
458 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 17
231
356 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 15
223
348 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 1
15
24 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for South Nigeria
1 Family width 24 Species
Genera for South Nigeria
15 Genera with 24 Species | Aletis Schrank, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bathycolpodes Prout, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cleora Curtis, 1967 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Colocleora Prout, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclophora Hübner, 1881 | Mochas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euproutia Fletcher, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geodena Walker, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hylemeridia Prout, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypomecis Hübner, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oplerclanis Eitschberger, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodophthitus Butler, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scopula Schrank, 1932 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thalassodes Guenée, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zamarada Moore, 1915 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Zerenopsis Felder, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for South Nigeria
24 Species | Aletis vicina Gaede, 1917 | | | Bathycolpodes acoelopa Prout, 1912 | | | Bathycolpodes vegeta Prout, 1912 | | | Cleora bicornis Fletcher D. S., 1967 | | | Cleora cnephaea Prout, 1915 | | | Cleora leptopasta Fletcher, 1967 | | | Colocleora spuria Prout, 1915 | | | Cyclophora lutearia Dewitz, 1881 | | | Euproutia vernicoma Prout, 1913 | | | Geodena leona (Bethune-Baker, 1911) | ⇒ Geodena surrendra Swinhoe, 1904 | | Hylemeridia majuscula Prout, 1915 | | | Hypomecis intrusilinea L.B. Prout, 1915 | | | Oplerclanis rhadamistus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Rhodophthitus myriostictus Prout, 1915 | | | Scopula euphemia Prout, 1920 | | | Scopula jejuna Prout, 1932 | | | Thalassodes dentatilinea Prout, 1912 | | | Zamarada compacta Fletcher, 1974 | | | Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909 | | | Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909 | | | Zamarada nigericola Strand, 1917 | | | Zamarada sinecalcarata Fletcher D. S., 1974 | | | Zamarada subinterrupta Gaede, 1915 | | | Zerenopsis costimaculata Prout L. B., 1913 | |
Subnodes of Geometroidea with occurrences in South Nigeria | 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 | 15
24 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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