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the web of life in southern Africa

Subfamily: Geometrinae

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Geometroidea > Geometridae

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Vári et al. (2002).

Acidaliastis

 

Acollesis

 

Adicocrita

 

Allochlorodes

One species native to southern Africa: Allochlorodes elpis*

 

Allochrostes

 

Androzeugma

 

Antharmostes

 

Archichlora

 

Argyrographa

 

Bathycolpodes

One species native to southern Africa: Bathycolpodes chloronesis

 

Celidomphax

 

Centrochria

One species native to southern Africa: Centrochria deprensa

 

Chlorissa

 

Chlorocoma

 

Chlorosterrha

 

Collesis

One species native to southern Africa: Collesis mimica*

 

Comibaena

 

Comostolopsis

 

Conchyliodes

One species native to southern Africa: Conchyliodes distelitis* 

 

Dichroma

One species native to southern Africa: Dichroma equestralis*

 

Dolosis

One species native to southern Africa: Dolosis illacerata*

 

Eucrostes

 

Euproutia

 

Hemistola

 

Heterorachis

 

Holoterpna

One species native to southern Africa: Holoterpna errata

 

Idiochlora

One species native to southern Africa: Idiochlora approximans

 

Lasiochlora

 

Leucaniodes

One species native to southern Africa: Leucaniodes periconia*  

 

Lophorrhachia

One species native to southern Africa: Lophorrhachia rubricorpus

 

Lophostola

One species native to southern Africa: Lophostola atridisca

 

Luashia

One species native to southern Africa: Luashia zonata*

 

Metallochlora

 

Microbaena

One species native to southern Africa: Microbaena pulchra*

 

Microloxia

One species native to southern Africa: Microloxia ruficornis

 

Mictoschema

 

Mimandria

One species native to southern Africa: Mimandria cataractae

 

Mixocera

 

Neromia

 

Neurotoca

 

Omphacodes

 

Omphax

 

Oneiliana

One species native to southern Africa: Oneiliana multifera*

 

Paragathia

One species native to southern Africa: Paragathia albimarginata*

 

Paraprasina

One species native to southern Africa: Paraprasina discolor*

 

Phaiogramma

One species native to southern Africa: Phaiogramma stibolepida

 

Pingasa

 

Prasinocyma

 

Prosomphax

 

Rhadinomphax

 

Rhodesia

 

Syncollesis

One species native to southern Africa: Syncollesis trilineata*

 

Syndromodes

 

Thalassodes

 

Thelycera

One species native to southern Africa: Thelycera hemithales*

 

Thetidia

One species native to southern Africa: Thetidia undulilinea

 

Victoria

 

Xenochlorodes

One species native to souothern Africa: Xenochlorodes xina

 

Xenochroma

 

Publications

  • VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.