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Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e52190
doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e52190
Taxonomic Paper
Review of recent taxonomic changes to the
emerald moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae:
Geometrinae)
David Plotkin , Akito Y. Kawahara
‡ Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States of America
§ Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, United States of America
Corresponding author: David Plotkin (dplotkin@ufl.edu)
Academic editor: Shinichi Nakahara
Received: 18 Mar 2020 | Accepted: 14 Apr 2020 | Published: 30 Apr 2020
Citation: Plotkin D, Kawahara AY (2020) Review of recent taxonomic changes to the emerald moths
(Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae). Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e52190.
https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e52190
Abstract
Background
The subfamily Geometrinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), commonly known as emerald
moths, is an ecologically diverse group of moths with over 2,500 described species. Many
taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of Geometrinae have been undertaken in the past
decade, resulting in hundreds of new taxonomic changes since online publication of the
most recent checklist in December 2007.
New information
This review synthesises the last 12 years of alpha-taxonomic research in Geometrinae. A
comprehensive list of Geometrinae genus- and species-group descriptions, synonymies,
combinations and other taxonomic changes, made since 2007, is provided. Since 2007,
the known species richness of Geometrinae has increased from 2,529 to 2,642 species; an
updated list of all these species is presented in a supplementary spreadsheet.
‡,§ §
© Plotkin D, Kawahara A. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
(CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source
are credited.
Keywords
Classification, Geometridae, Geometrinae
Introduction
The family Geometridae is an incredibly diverse lineage of moths that contains over 23,000
described species, making it the second-most speciose family in all of Lepidoptera (Scoble
and Hausmann 2007, van Nieukerken et al. 2011). Although the subfamily Geometrinae
only comprises roughly one-tenth of this species richness, it is one of the more
recognisable geometrid subfamilies because of the green colouration found in most adults
and some larvae. Geometrinae are consequently known as ‘emerald moths’ and have
been the subjects of studies on phenotypic plasticity and polyphenism (Greene 1989,
Canfield et al. 2008). Many authoritative taxonomic works on Geometrinae have been
published over the years, but with many new species being described annually, it does not
take long for an update to become necessary.
Parsons et al. (1999) published a two-volume catalogue of the geometrid moths of the
world, which is currently the most recently printed work that contains a comprehensive
checklist of the global emerald moth fauna. However, between 1999 and 2007, one of this
checklist’s co-authors, Malcolm Scoble, worked with Axel Hausmann to update the
checklist; these revisions are hosted on the Lepidoptera Barcode of Life website. At the
time of the most recent update (December 2007), the online checklist contained 269
genera and 2,529 species of Geometrinae. Since then, hundreds of taxonomic changes
have been made in this subfamily, including over 100 new species. In this review, we
catalogue the last 12 years of emerald moth taxonomy and update the list of geometrines
provided by Scoble and Hausmann (2007) to include all newly-described emerald moth
species.
Materials and methods
Updates and changes to the online checklist of Geometrinae are presented in alphabetical
order by genus, following the format used by Scoble and Hausmann (2007). Since their
checklist was last updated in December 2007, the taxonomic literature published between
January 2008 and December 2019, inclusive, was consulted. It was also found that some
taxonomic works (e.g. Beljaev 2007) were published prior to December 2007, but were not
incorporated into the update; these are consequently included in this review.
Within each genus section, valid species names are listed in alphabetical order, with junior
synonyms placed on an indented line following the corresponding senior synonym. Only
genus- and species-group taxonomic changes in Geometrinae are discussed here; a
review of recent family-group taxonomic changes can be found in Ban et al. (2018) and
Murillo-Ramos et al. (2019), both of whom have also proposed new taxonomic changes to
the geometrine tribes and subtribes, based on molecular phylogenetic data. Scoble and
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Hausmann (2007) did not include subspecies in their checklist, but post-2007
taxonomic
changes to subspecies are discussed in this review.
The type of taxonomic change is indicated in parentheses. In this catalogue, the word 'new'
and the abbreviation 'nov.' (novus, -a, -um) both denote that a taxonomic change was
recent enough to not appear in the checklist of Scoble and Hausmann (2007). In this
review, no taxonomic changes are proposed for the first time; this is further emphasised by
the use of quotation marks surrounding each record of taxonomic change in the Results.
Citations for recent taxonomic changes are provided in corresponding Remarks sections
for each genus. The vast majority of taxonomic changes discussed here were proposed
based solely on morphological evidence, such as variation in colour patterns, wing
venation and genitalic characters of the adults. If molecular evidence were used to justify a
taxonomic change, this is noted in the corresponding Remarks section.
If the status of a subspecies has been changed or a new synonymy has been proposed,
the name of the associated valid species name is provided for context. Otherwise, species
that have not undergone any taxonomic changes since the publication of Scoble and
Hausmann (2007) are not included in the main text; a full list of all current Geometrinae
species names is provided in the supplementary material. Similarly, synonyms that are not
directly associated with a recent taxonomic change are excluded from the text.
Multiple Latin abbreviations for standard taxonomic terms are used throughout the text.
Since the abbreviations themselves are not standardised across all taxonomic literature
and do not appear at all in Scoble and Hausmann (2007), the notation used by Kitching et
al. (2018) for a recent checklist of bombycoid moths was applied here in both the main text
and supplementary material. These abbreviations and their definitions, are as follows:
“comb. nov.” – new combination
“comb. rev.” – revived combination
“gen. nov.” – new genus
“nom. nov.” – new replacement name
“nom. nud.” – nomen nudum (without description, thus unavailable)
“sp. nov.” – new species
“ssp. nov.” – new subspecies
“stat. nov.” – new status
“stat. rev.” – revived status
“syn. nov.” – new synonym
“syn. rev.” – revived synonym
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Data resources
The list of taxonomic changes made in Geometrinae since publication of Scoble and
Hausmann (2007) and the updated list of emerald moth species of the world are provided
as tables (Excel format) in Suppl. material 1.
List of Geometrinae genera and species associated with recent
taxonomic changes
Genus Acidaliastis Hampson, 1896
Nomenclature:
Acidaliastis porphyretica Prout, 1925
Acidaliastis subbrunnescens Prout, 1916
Notes: The AfroMoths database (De Prins and De Prins 2019) states, without a
citation, that Acidaliastis porphyretica was transferred to the genus Acidromodes
Hausmann, 1996 and that Acidaliastis subbrunnescens was transferred to
Hemidromodes Prout, 1916. After searching the literature, these names were found on
other online species lists, but there did not appear to be any formal publications that
proposed these new combinations. Thus, Acidaliastis porphyretica and Acidaliastis
subbrunnescens are currently considered the valid names for these species.
Genus Agathia Guenée, [1858]
Nomenclature:
Agathia microlaetata Goyal, Kirti & Saxena, 2018 ("sp. nov.")
Notes: The name and locality of Agathia microlaetata appeared in Kirti et al. (2012),
but this new species was not formally described until it appeared in Goyal et al. (2018).
Genus Albinospila Holloway, 1996
Nomenclature:
Albinospila juancarlosi Tautel & Barrion-Dupo, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Albinospila variifrons (Prout, 1917) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Tautel and Barrion-Dupo 2017). Albinospila
variifrons was transferred from Comostola Meyrick, 1888 by Tautel and Barrion-Dupo
(2017).
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Genus Aoshakuna Matsumura, 1925 (“stat. rev.”)
Nomenclature:
Nipponogelasma Inoue, 1946 (“syn. nov.”)
Aoshakuna lucia (Thierry-Mieg, 1916) (“comb. nov.”)
Aoshakuna sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925 (“syn. nov.”)
Aoshakuna lucia ussurica Beljaev, 2007 (“ssp. nov.”)
Notes: One new subspecies was described (Beljaev 2007).
Aoshakuna was previously a junior synonym of Chlorissa Stephens, but was re-
instated by Beljaev (2007). In the same revision, Beljaev (2007) subsequently
designated Nipponogelasma a junior synonym of Aoshakuna. As a result of this
synonymy, Nipponogelasma lucia was transferred to Aoshakuna, creating the new
combination A. lucia. Beljaev (2007) then synonymised this species with A.
sachalinensis, the type species of Aoshakuna.
Genus Assachlora Viidalepp & Lindt, 2012 (“gen. nov.”)
Nomenclature:
Assachlora assa (Druce, 1892) (“comb. nov.”)
Assachlora julietae Viidalepp & Lindt, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Assachlora mitigata (Prout, 1912) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described in this new genus (Viidalepp and Lindt 2012).
Assachlora assa and A. mitigata were transferred from Phrudocentra Warren, 1895 by
Viidalepp and Lindt (2012). Assachlora currently contains three species, with A. assa
designated as the type species.
Genus Bathycolpodes Prout, 1912
Nomenclature:
Bathycolpodes parexplanata Karisch & Hoppe, 2010 (“sp. nov.”)
Bathycolpodes roehrichti Karisch, 2010 (“sp. nov.”)
Bathycolpodes scheeli Karisch & Hoppe, 2010 (“sp. nov.”)
Bathycolpodes subferrata Prout, 1930 (“stat. nov.”)
Bathycolpodes subfuscata (Warren, 1902)
Notes: Three new species were described (Karisch 2010). Although Henri Hoppe is
credited with co-authorship of the new species Bathycolpodes parexplanata and B.
scheeli in Karisch (2010), he is not credited as an author of the publication.
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The subspecies Bathycolpodes subfuscata subferrata was elevated to the species B.
subferrata by Karisch (2010).
Genus Bustilloxia Expósito, 1979
Nomenclature:
Bustilloxia saturata (Bang-Haas, 1996)
Bustilloxia saturata iberica Hausmann, 1995 (“syn. nov.”, followed by “stat. rev.”)
Notes: Leraut (2009) changed the status of Bustilloxia saturata iberica from a
subspecies to a junior synonym of B. saturata. Müller et al. (2019) later revived B. s.
iberica as a valid subspecies.
Genus Chlorissa Stephens, 1831
Nomenclature:
Chlorissa archipelago Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Chlorissa obliterata (Walker, 1863) (“syn. nov.”, followed by “stat. rev.”)
Chlorissa viridata (Linnaeaus, 1758)
Notes: One new species was described (Tautel 2016). Leraut (2009) synonymised
Chlorissa obliterata with C. viridata and Müller et al. (2019) subsequently revived its
status as a valid species.
Genus Chloristola Holloway, 1996
Nomenclature:
Chloristola murzini Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Tautel 2016).
Genus Chlorochromodes Warren, 1896
Nomenclature:
Comostolodes Warren, 1896 (“syn. nov.”)
Chlorochromodes albicatena (Warren, 1896) (“comb. nov.”)
Chlorochromodes chlorochromodes (Prout, 1916) (“comb. nov.”)
Chlorochromodes dialitha (West, 1930) (“comb. nov.”)
Chlorochromodes rhodocraspeda Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Chlorochromodes tenera (Warren, 1896) (“comb. nov.”)
Chlorochromodes tumona Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
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Notes: Two new species were described (Han et al. 2012, Tautel 2016).
Comostolodes
was designated a junior synonym of Chlorochromodes by Han et al. (2012), who
consequently formed new combinations for four species formerly in Comostolodes.
Genus Chloroglyphica Warren, 1894
Nomenclature:
Chloroglyphica glaucochrista (Prout, 1916)
Chloroglyphica glaucochrista grearia (Oberthür, 1916) (“syn. nov.”)
Notes: The status of Chloroglyphica glaucochrista grearia was changed from
subspecies to junior synonym of C. glaucochrista by Han and Xue (2011a).
Genus Chlororithra Butler, 1889
Nomenclature:
Chlororithra fea Butler, 1889
Chlororithra missioniaria Oberthür, 1916 (“stat. nov.”)
Notes: Chlororithra missioniaria was originally described as a variation of C. fea by
Oberthür (1916). Parsons et al. (1999) instead treated C. missioniaria as a junior
synonym of C. fea, so the name was absent from the checklist of Scoble and
Hausmann (2007); however, prior to the publication of the checklist, C. missioniaria
was designated a distinct species of Chlororithra by Han et al. (2006).
Genus Comibaena Hübner, [1823]
Nomenclature:
Comibaena auromaculata Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Comibaena bellula Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Comibaena birectilinea Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Comibaena decora Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Comibaena levequei Leraut, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Comibaena nigromacularia (Leech, 1897)
Comibaena delicatior (Warren, 1897) (“syn. nov.”)
Comibaena parornataria Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Comibaena pictipennis Butler, 1880
Comibaena pictipennis superornataria (Oberthür, 1916) (“syn. nov.”)
Comibaena sheni Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Comibaena tibetensis Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
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Comibaena theodori Hausmann & Parisi, 2014 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Nine new species were described (Han et al. 2012, Hausmann et al. 2014).
Müller et al. (2019) noted that Comibaena levequei may be identical to C.
pseudoneriaria Wehrli, 1926, but tentatively accepted it as a distinct species.
Comibaena delicatior was synonymised with C. nigromacularia by Han and Xue
(2011a). Comibaena pictipennis superornataria had its status changed from subspecies
to junior synonym of C. pictipennis by Han et al. (2012).
Genus Comostola Meyrick, 1888
Nomenclature:
Comostola christinaria (Oberthür, 1916) (“comb. nov.”)
Comostola desdemona Tautel, 2015 (“sp. nov.”)
Comostola romblonensis Tautel & Barrion-Dupo, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Comostola stueningi Tautel & Barrion-Dupo, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Three new species were described (Tautel 2015, Tautel and Barrion-Dupo
2017). Comostola christinaria was transferred from Hemistola Warren, 1893 by Han
and Xue (2009).
Genus Crypsiphona Meyrick, 1888
Nomenclature:
Crypsiphona tasmanica Õunap & Viidalepp, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Õunap and Viidalepp 2009).
Genus Dindica Moore, 1888
Nomenclature:
Dindica purpurata Bastelberger, 1911
Dindica wytsmani Prout, 1927 (“stat. rev.”)
Notes: Dindica purpurata wytsmani was elevated from subspecies to species by Pitkin
et al. (2007).
Genus Dindicodes Prout, 1912
Nomenclature:
Dindicodes albodavidaria (Xue, 1992) (“comb. nov.”)
Dindicodes apicalis (Moore, 1888)(“comb. rev.”)
Dindicodes apicalis hunana (Xue, 1992) (“comb. nov.”)
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Dindicodes costiflavens (Wehrli, 1933) (“comb. nov.”)
Dindicodes davidaria (Poujade, 1895) (“comb. rev.”)
Dindicodes ectoxantha (Wehrli, 1933) (“comb. nov.”)
Dindicodes euclidiaria (Oberthür, 1913) (“comb. rev.”)
Dindicodes harutai (Yazaki, 1992) (“comb. nov.”)
Dindicodes harutai infuscatus (Yazaki, 1992) (“comb. nov.”)
Dindicodes leopardinata (Moore, 1868) (“comb. rev.”)
Dindicodes moelleri (Warren, 1893) (“comb. rev.”)
Notes: The 11 species and subspecies listed here were formally transferred from the
genus Pachyodes Guenée, [1858] to Dindicodes by Pitkin et al. (2007).
Genus Dioscore Warren, 1907
Nomenclature:
Dioscore kirke Lindt, Lennuk & Viidalepp, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Dioscore vilu Lindt, Lennuk & Viidalepp, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Two new species were described (Lindt et al. 2017a).
Genus Dysphania Hübner, [1819]
Nomenclature:
Dysphania discalis aureolina Inoue, 2007 (“ssp. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Inoue 2007).
Genus Epichrysodes Han & Stüning, 2007 (“gen. nov.”)
Nomenclature:
Epichrysodes tienmuensis Han & Stüning, 2007 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Epichrysodes is currently a monotypic genus containing only the type species,
E. tienmuensis; both the genus and the species were described by Han et al. (2007).
Genus Epipristis Meyrick, 1888
Nomenclature:
Epipristis pullusa Han & Xue, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Epipristis roseus Expósito & Han, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Two new species were described (Han et al. 2009a).
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Genus Episothalma Swinhoe, 1893
Nomenclature:
Episothalma cuspidata Xue & Wang, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Episothalma irrobustaria Xue & Wang, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Two new species were described (Xue et al. 2009).
Genus Eucyclodes Warren, 1894
Nomenclature:
Eucyclodes aphrodite (Prout, 1933) (“stat. nov.”)
Eucyclodes gavissima (Walker, 1861)
Eucyclodes hiyasata Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Eucyclodes insolita Han & Zhang, 2019 (“sp. nov.”)
Eucyclodes omeica (Chu, 1981) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: Two new species were described (Tautel 2016, Zhang et al. 2019). Han and
Xue (2011a) elevated Eucyclodes gavissima aphrodite (Prout, 1933) from subspecies
to species and transferred Chloromachia omeica Chu, 1981 to Eucyclodes.
Chloromachia was already considered a junior synonym of Eucyclodes (Parsons et al.
1999), but Han and Xue (2011a) were the first to formally publish the new combination
E. omeica.
Genus Geometra Linnaeus, 1758
Nomenclature:
Geometra neovalida Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Han et al. 2009b).
Genus Gnophosema Prout, 1912
Nomenclature:
Gnophosema isometra (Warren, 1888)
Gnophosema leucites Wiltshire, 1980 (“stat. nov.”)
Notes: Gnophosema isometra leucites Wiltshire, 1980 was elevated from subspecies
to species by Hausmann (2009).
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Genus Haruchlora Viidalepp & Lindt, 2014 (“gen. nov.”)
Nomenclature:
Haruchlora maesi Viidalepp & Lindt, 2014 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Haruchlora is currently a monotypic genus containing only the type species, H.
maesi; both the genus and the species were described by Viidalepp and Lindt (2014).
Genus Hemistola Warren, 1893
Nomenclature:
Hemistola arcilinea Han & Xue, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Hemistola asymmetra Han & Xue, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Hemistola flavifimbria Han & Xue, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Hemistola flavitincta Warren, 1897 (“comb. rev.”)
Hemistola fui Chang & Wu, 2013 (“sp. nov.”)
Hemistola glauca Han & Xue, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Hemistola hanae Wu, 2019 (“sp. nov.”)
Hemistola liliana (Swinhoe, 1892) (“comb. rev.”)
Hemistola orbiculosoides Han & Xue, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Hemistola piceacola Chang & Wu, 2013 (“sp. nov.”)
Hemistola stueningi Han & Xue, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Hemistola taiwanensis Chang & Wu, 2013 (“sp. nov.”)
Hemistola viridimargo Han & Xue, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Eleven new species were described (Han and Xue 2009, Chang and Wu 2013,
Wu 2019). The species Hemistola flavitincta and Hemistola liliana were transferred to
Herochroma Swinhoe, 1893 by Parsons et al. (1999). Pitkin et al. (2007) implied this
was an editorial error and, citing a complete absence of Herochroma diagnostic
characters, transferred both species back to Hemistola.
Genus Hemithea Duponchel, 1829
Nomenclature:
Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner, 1789)
Hemithea aestivaria alboundulata (Hedemann, 1879) (“stat. nov.”, followed by “syn.
rev.”)
Notes: Hemithea alboundulata was a junior synonym of H. aestivaria until Leraut
(2009) elevated it to subspecies. Müller et al. (2019) found the justification for this
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taxonomic change to be too vague and, consequently, revived its status as a synonym
of H. aestivaria.
Genus Herochroma Swinhoe, 1893
Nomenclature:
Herochroma costata Kirti, Goyal & Kaur, 2012 (nom. nud.)
Herochroma subspoliata (Prout, 1916)
Herochroma xuthopletes (Prout, 1934) (“stat. rev.”)
Notes: The name and locality of Herochroma costata were published in Kirti et al.
(2012), but its description and diagnosis can only be found in the first author’s
unpublished thesis. This species name is thus considered a nomen nudum.
Herochroma subspoliata xuthopletes (Prout, 1934) was elevated from subspecies to
species by Pitkin et al. (2007).
Genus Hypobapta Prout, 1912
Nomenclature:
Hypobapta tachyhalotaria Hausmann & Sommerer, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Hausmann et al. 2009).
Genus Jodis Hübner, [1823]
Nomenclature:
Jodis altitudinis Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Jodis argentea Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Jodis berde Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Jodis mystica Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Jodis omeiensis (Chu, 1981) (“comb. nov.”)
Jodis orientalis Wehrli, 1923 (“stat. nov.”)
Jodis angulata Inoue, 1961 (“syn. nov.”)
Jodis putata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Jodis sibuyana Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Jodis tomopunctata Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Six new species were described (Tautel 2016).
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Han and Xue (2011a) created the new combination Jodis omeiensis, stating that this
species was transferred from the genus Gelasma Warren, 1893; however,
Gelasma
had been designated a junior synonym of Maxates Moore, [1887] by Holloway (1996).
Despite this synonymy, the combination Maxates omeiensis (Chu, 1981) does not
appear to have ever been published between 1996 and 2011.
Beljaev (2007) elevated Jodis putata orientalis Wehrli, 1923 from subspecies to
species and subsequently synonymised it with J. angulata.
Genus Kuchleria Hausmann, 1995
Nomenclature:
Kuchleria menadiara Thierry-Mieg, 1893
Kuchleria insignata Hausmann, 1995 (“syn. nov.”, followed by “stat. rev.”)
Kuchleria garciapitai Expósito, 2006 (“syn. nov.”)
Notes: Kuchleria garciapitai was designated a junior synonym of K. insignata by Leraut
(2009). In the same publication, Leraut (2009) claimed that K. insignata was a
“synonym or subspecies” of Kuchleria menadiara Thierry-Mieg, 1893. Müller et al.
(2019) treated this claim as a formal synonymy of K. insignata and K. menadiara and,
subsequently, provided molecular and morphological evidence to justify elevating it
back to species. Kuchleria garciapitai remains a junior synonym of K. insignata.
Genus Lindachlora Viidalepp & Lindt, 2012 (“gen. nov.”)
Nomenclature:
Lindachlora flaccida (Warren, 1909) (“comb. nov.”)
Lindachlora tanystys (Prout, 1931) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: The genus Lindachlora currently contains two species, both of which were
transferred from Phrudocentra Warren, 1895 by Viidalepp and Lindt (2012), with L.
flaccida designated as the type species.
Genus Linguisaccus Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“gen. nov.”)
Nomenclature:
Linguisaccus minor Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Linguisaccus subhyalina (Warren, 1899) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: Comostolodes subhyalina Warren, 1899 was transferred to Comibaena by Han
and Xue (2011a) and then designated as the type species of the new genus
Linguisaccus by Han et al. (2012).
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Genus Lissocentra Viidalepp & Lindt, 2012 (“gen. nov.”)
Nomenclature:
Lissocentra hydatodes (Warren, 1906) (“comb. nov.”)
Lissocentra vitiosaria (Dognin, 1912) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: The recently described genus Lissocentra currently contains two species, both
of which were transferred from Phrudocentra by Viidalepp and Lindt (2012), with L.
hydatodes designated as the type species.
Genus Lissochlora Warren, 1900
Nomenclature:
Lissochlora hinojosae Lindt & Viidalepp, 2014 (“sp. nov.”)
Lissochlora janamariae Lindt & Viidalepp, 2014 (“sp. nov.”)
Lissochlora klausi Viidalepp & Lindt, 2019 (“sp. nov.”)
Lissochlora niveiceps (Prout, 1912) (“comb. nov.”)
Lissochlora senescens (Prout, 1917) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: Three new species were described (Lindt and Viidalepp 2014, Viidalepp and
Lindt 2019a). One of those species, Lissochlora hinojosae, was described in Lindt et al.
(2014) with the specific epithet spelled ‘hinoyosae’, the first time it appears in both the
English and Spanish versions of the abstract. However, it is spelled ‘hinojosae’ the first
time it appears in the main text. The etymological remarks provided in Lindt et al.
(2014) confirm that ‘hinojosae’ is the intended spelling (cf. § 24.2; 32.2.1.; 32.5 Code
ICZN).
Lissochlora niveiceps and L. senescens were transferred from Phrudocentra by
Viidalepp and Lindt (2012).
Genus Lophophelma Prout, 1912
Nomenclature:
Lophophelma albapex (Inoue, 1988) (“comb. nov.”)
Lophophelma costistrigaria (Moore, 1868) (“comb. rev.”)
Lophophelma iterans (Prout, 1926) (“comb. nov.”)
Lophophelma pingbiana (Chu, 1981) (“comb. nov.”)
Lophophelma taiwana (Wileman, 1912) (“comb. rev.”)
Lophophelma tanatoraja Sommerer, Stüning & Tautel, 2015 (“sp. nov.”)
Lophophelma varicoloraria (Moore, 1868) (“comb. rev.”)
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Notes: One new species was described (Sommerer et al. 2015). Pitkin et al. (2007)
transferred six species to Lophophelma: five from the genus Pachyodes (
Lophophelma
albapex, L. costistrigaria, L. iterans, L. taiwana, L. varicoloraria) and one from the
genus Terpna Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 (Lophophelma pingbiana).
Genus Loxochila Butler, 1881 (“stat. rev.”)
Nomenclature:
Loxochila burmensis (Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2009) (“sp. nov.”)
Loxochila fragilis (Oberthür, 1916) (“comb. nov.”)
Loxochila kina (Swinhoe, 1893) (“comb. nov.”)
Loxochila sinoisaria (Oberthür, 1916) (“comb. nov.”)
Loxochila smaragdus (Butler, 1880) (“comb. rev.”)
Loxochila tibeta (Chu, 1982) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Han et al. 2009b). Loxochila was treated as a
junior synonym of Geometra in Parsons et al. (1999) and Scoble and Hausmann
(2007). Han et al. (2009b)retained this classification in their revision of Geometra,
which divided the genus into two species groups. The type species of Loxochila, at the
time named Geometra smaragdus (Butler), served as the eponymous taxon of the
smaragdus species group. The molecular phylogeny of Ban et al. (2018) demonstrated
that the smaragdus group is a strongly-supported clade that also contains one species
from a different genus (Tanaorhinus kina Swinhoe). Ban et al. (2018) consequently re-
instated the generic status of Loxochila and transferred the species in the smaragdus
group, including T. kina, to this genus.
Genus Maxates Moore, [1887]
Nomenclature:
Maxates acyra (Prout, 1935) (“comb. nov.”)
Maxates dissimulata (Walker, 1861)
Maxates semiprotrusa (Inoue, 1989) (“syn. nov.”)
Maxates elegante Tautel, 2015 (“sp. nov.”)
Maxates persona Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Maxates szechwanensis (Chu, 1981) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: Two new species were described (Tautel 2015, Tautel 2016). Maxates acyra
was transferred from Hemistola by Han and Xue (2009) and M. szechwanensis was
transferred from Jodis by Han and Xue (2011a). Han and Xue (2011a) also
synonymised M. semiprotrusa with M. dissimulata.
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Genus Metaterpna Yazaki, 1992
Nomenclature:
Metaterpna batangensis Han & Stüning, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Jiang et al. 2016).
Genus Microloxia Warren, 1893
Nomenclature:
Microloxia aistleitneri Hausmann, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Microloxia chlorissoides (Prout, 1912) (“comb. nov.”)
Microloxia herbaria (Hübner, 1813)
Microloxia herbaria virideciliata (Bubacek, 1926) (“syn. nov.”, followed by “stat. rev.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Hausmann 2009).
After synonymising Aoshakuna and Nipponogelasma, Beljaev (2007) transferred
Nipponogelasma chlorissoides (Prout, 1913) to Microloxia.
Leraut (2009) synonymised Microloxia herbaria virideciliata with M. h. herbaria
(Hübner, 1813). Müller et al. (2019) cited molecular and morphological evidence to
justify elevating M. h. virideciliata back to subspecies.
Genus Nemoria Hübner, 1818
Nomenclature:
“Nemoria” erina (Dognin, 1896)
“Nemoria” nigrisquama (Dognin, 1904)
Nemoria yellowrosea Koçak & Kemal, 2008 (“nom. nov.”)
Nemoria albilineata Cassino, 1927
Notes: The molecular phylogeny of Murillo-Ramos et al. (2019) indicates that the
current concept of Nemoria Hübner is polyphyletic and that N. erina (Dognin) and N.
nigrisquama (Dognin) do not belong in Nemoria, though there is insufficient evidence to
describe new genera or create new combinations for these two species. Brehm et al.
(2019) consequently suggested that their generic names are listed in quotation marks,
pending further taxonomic study.
In her revision of Neotropical Nemoria, Pitkin (1993) transferred Lissochlora albilineata
Warren, 1909 to the genus Nemoria. This new combination, Nemoria albilineata
(Warren, 1909) consequently became a senior homonym of the Texan species Nemoria
albilineata Cassino, 1927. This homonymy went unnoticed for over a decade, until
Koçak and Kemal (2008) designated a replacement name for the junior homonym.
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Genus Neochloroglyphica Han & Skou, 2019 (“gen. nov.”)
Nomenclature:
Neochloroglyphica perbella Han & Skou, 2019 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Neochloroglyphica is currently a monotypic genus containing only the type
species, N. perbella; both the genus and the species were described by Han et al.
(2019).
Genus Neohipparchus Inoue, 1944
Nomenclature:
Neohipparchus maculata (Warren, 1897)
Chloroglyphica orhanti Herbulot, 1994 (“syn. nov.”)
Notes: Chloroglyphica orhanti was synonymised with Neohipparchus maculata by Han
and Xue (2011a).
Genus Neromia Staudinger, 1898
Nomenclature:
Neromia integrata Hausmann, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Hausmann and Hebert 2009).
Genus Oenospila Swinhoe, 1892
Nomenclature:
Oenospila sacculstrix Kirti, Goyal & Kaur, 2012 (nom. nud.)
Notes: The name and locality of this species were formally published in Kirti et al.
(2012), but its description and diagnosis can only be found in the first author’s
unpublished thesis. This species name is thus considered a nomen nudum.
Genus Oospila Warren, 1897
Nomenclature:
Oospila absaloni Lindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“sp. nov.”)
Oospila agnetaforslundae Lindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“nom. nov.”)
Oospila bifida Lindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“sp. nov.”)
Oospila brehmi Lindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“sp. nov.”)
Oospila bulava Lindt & Viidalepp, 2015 (“sp. nov.”)
Oospila cristae Lindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“sp. nov.”)
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Oospila ehakernae Lindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“sp. nov.”)
Oospila falcata Lindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“sp. nov.”)
Oospila imula Dognin, 1911 (“stat. nov.”)
Oospila loreenae Lindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“sp. nov.”)
Oospila moseri Lindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“sp. nov.”)
Oospila pallidaria boliviensis Lindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“ssp. nov.”)
Oospila pipaLindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“sp. nov.”)
Oospila poirieri Lévêque & Viidalepp, 2015 (“sp. nov.”)
Oospila similiplaga Warren, 1900 (“stat. nov.”)
Oospila similiplaga bolarpata Lindt, Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018 (“ssp. nov.”)
Notes: Eleven species and two subspecies were described (Lévêque and Viidalepp
2015, Lindt and Viidalepp 2015, Lindt et al. 2018). Lindt et al. (2018) designated
Oospila agnetaforslundae as a replacement name for Oospila marginata (Schaus,
1912), which had previously been erroneously synonymised with Oospila
permagna
(Warren, 1909) by Cook and Scoble (1995). The replacement name was necessary
because O. marginata (Schaus, 1912) is a junior secondary homonym of O. marginata
Warren, 1897. Lindt et al. (2018) also raised O. imula from synonymy with O.
miccularia Guenée, [1858] and raised O. similiplaga from synonymy with O. arpata
(Schaus, 1897).
Genus Ornithospila Warren, 1894
Nomenclature:
Ornithospila explorator Tautel, 2015 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Tautel 2015).
Genus Orothalassodes Holloway, 1996
Nomenclature:
Orothalassodes leucospilota (Moore, [1887])
Thalassodes albomaculata Hampson, 1895
Orothalassodes albomaculata Kirti, Goyal & Kaur, 2012
Notes: Kirti et al. (2012) published the name Orothalassodes albomaculata as a new
combination for Thalassodes albomaculata. However, T. albomaculata had already
been synonymised with Thalassodes leucospilota Moore by Hampson (1896), which
was then transferred to Orothalassodes by Holloway (1996). Thus, the current valid
name for this species is still Orothalassodes leucospilota.
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Genus Pachyodes Guenée, [1858]
Nomenclature:
Pachyodes jianfengensis Han & Xue, 2008 (“sp. nov.”)
Pachyodes novata Han & Xue, 2008 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Two new species were described (Han and Xue 2008).
Genus Paramaxates Warren, 1894
Nomenclature:
Paramaxates fournieri Tautel, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Paramaxates vagata (Walker, 1861)
Paramaxates hainana Chu, 1981 (“syn. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Tautel 2016). Paramaxates hainana was
synonymised with P. vagata by Han and Xue (2011a).
Genus Paromphacodes Warren, 1897
Nomenclature:
Paromphacodes alpha Lindt, Tasane, Õunap & Viidalepp, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Paromphacodes alticola Lindt, Tasane, Õunap & Viidalepp, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Paromphacodes onae Lindt, Tasane, Õunap & Viidalepp, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Paromphacodes spina Lindt, Tasane, Õunap & Viidalepp, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Paromphacodes summita Lindt, Tasane, Õunap & Viidalepp, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Five new species were described (Lindt et al. 2017b).
Genus Pelagodes Holloway, 1996
Nomenclature:
Pelagodes bellula Han & Xue, 2011 (“sp. nov.”)
Pelagodes cancriformis Viidalepp, Han & Lindt, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Pelagodes paraveraria Han & Xue, 2011 (“sp. nov.”)
Pelagodes simplvalvae Han & Xue, 2011 (“sp. nov.”)
Pelagodes sinuspinae Han & Xue, 2011 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Five new species were described (Han and Xue 2011b, Viidalepp et al. 2012).
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Genus Prasinocyma Warren, 1897
Nomenclature:
Prasinocyma amharensis Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma angolica pseudopedicata Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“ssp.
nov.”)
Prasinocyma angolica yemenicola Hausmann & Wildfeuer, 2017 (“ssp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma angulifera Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma aquamarina Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma batesi distans Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“ssp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma baumgaertneri Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma beryllaria Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma bongaensis Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma camerunalta (Herbulot, 1986) (“comb. nov.”)
Prasinocyma discipuncta Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma fallax Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma fusca Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma gemmifera Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma getachewi Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784)
Prasinocyma unipuncta Warren, 1897 (“syn. nov.”)
Prasinocyma immaculata thiaucourti Herbulot, 1993 (“stat. nov.”)
Prasinocyma leveneorum Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma lutulenta Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma magica Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma monikae Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma nereis Townsend, 1952 (“comb. rev.”)
Prasinocyma pedicata aethiopica Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“ssp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma robusta Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma saba Hausmann & Wildfeuer, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma septentrionalis Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma shoa yabellensis Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“ssp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma stefani Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
Prasinocyma trematerrai Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“sp. nov.”)
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Prasinocyma trematerraisimienensis Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016 (“ssp. nov.”)
Notes: Twenty new species and six new subspecies were described (Hausmann et al.
2016, Hausmann and Wildfeuer 2017). Hausmann et al. (2016) transferred
Thalassodes camerunalta Herbulot, 1986 and Eretmopus nereis (Townsend, 1952) to
the genus Prasinocyma. They also synonymised P. unipuncta with P. immaculata and
changed the status of P. thiaucourti Herbulot, 1993 from a species to a subspecies of P.
immaculata.
Genus Protuliocnemis Holloway, 1996
Nomenclature:
Protuliocnemis candida Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Protuliocnemis dissimilis Han, Galsworthy & Xue, 2012 (“sp. nov.”)
Protuliocnemis falcipennis (Yazaki, 1991) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: Two new species were described (Han et al. 2012). Protuliocnemis falcipennis
was transferred from the genus Comibaena by Han and Xue (2011a).
Genus Pseudepisothalma Han, 2009 (“gen. nov.”)
Nomenclature:
Pseudepisothalma ocellata (Swinhoe, 1893) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: Pseudepisothalma is currently a monotypic genus containing only the type
species, P. ocellata, which was transferred from the genus Episothalma. The new
genus description and new combination were presented in Xue et al. (2009), though
only the third author (Han) is credited with authorship.
Genus Psilotagma Warren, 1894
Nomenclature:
Psilotagma pictaria (Moore, 1888) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: Psilotagma pictaria was transferred from the genus Pachyodes by Pitkin et al.
(2007).
Genus Pyrochlora Warren, 1895
Nomenclature:
Pyrochlora kuklase Viidalepp, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Pyrochlora motilonia Viidalepp, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
Pyrochlora vogli Viidalepp, 2009 (“sp. nov.”)
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Notes: Three new species were described (Viidalepp 2009).
Genus Rhanidopsis West, 1930
Nomenclature:
Rhanidopsis kogeri Viidalepp & Lindt, 2010 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: One new species was described (Viidalepp and Lindt 2010).
Genus Rhuma Walker, 1860
Nomenclature:
Sterictopsis Warren, 1898 (“syn. nov.”)
Oxyphanes Turner, 1936 (“syn. nov.”)
Rhuma argyraspis (Lower, 1893) (“comb. nov.”)
Rhuma divergens (Goldfinch, 1929) (“comb. nov.”)
Rhuma thiobapta (Turner, 1936)(“comb. nov.”)
Notes: Pitkin et al. (2007) designated Sterictopsis and Oxyphanes as junior synonyms
of Rhuma and consequently transferred S. argyraspis (Lower, 1893), S. divergens
Goldfinch, 1929 and O. thiobapta Turner, 1936 to this genus.
Genus Tachyphyle Butler, 1881
Nomenclature:
Tachyphyle nielseni Viidalepp & Lindt, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Tachyphyle selini Viidalepp & Lindt, 2017 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Two new species were described (Viidalepp and Lindt 2017).
Genus Tanaorhinus Butler, 1879
Nomenclature:
Tanaorhinus baruensis Orhant, 2014 (“sp. nov.”)
Tanaorhinus guitinguensis Tautel, 2014 (“sp. nov.”)
Tanaorhinus sultan Tautel, 2014 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Three new species were described (Orhant 2014, Tautel 2014).
Genus Telotheta Warren, 1900
Nomenclature:
Telotheta fresei Lindt & Viidalepp, 2014 (“sp. nov.”)
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Telotheta unoi Lindt & Viidalepp, 2014 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Two new species were described (Lindt and Viidalepp 2014).
Genus Thalera Hübner, [1823]
Nomenclature:
Hethemia Ferguson, 1969 (“syn. nov.”)
Thalera pistasciaria (Guenée, 1858) (“comb. nov.”)
Notes: Hethemia sensu Ferguson was a monotypic genus, containing only the type
species H. pistasciaria. Ban et al. (2018) provided morphological and molecular
evidence to justify the designation of Hethemia as a junior synonym of Thalera,
creating the new combination T. pistasciaria.
Genus Thetidia Boisduval, 1840
Nomenclature:
Thetidia chlorophyllaria (Hedemann, 1879)
Thetidia pekingensis (Chu, 1981) (“comb. nov.”, followed by “syn. nov.”)
Notes: The name Thetidia pekingensis (Chu, 1981) was first published in Han and Xue
(2011a); it was not designated a new combination, but since Euchloris Hübner, [1823]
was already known to be a synonym of Thetidia (Parsons et al. 1999), Han and Xue
(2011a) were presumably transferring Euchloris pekingensis Chu, 1981 to Thetidia.
This was confirmed by Han et al. (2012), who subsequently synonymised T.
pekingensis with T. chlorophyllaria.
Genus Timandromorpha Inoue, 1944
Nomenclature:
Timandromorpha inouei Stüning & Yazaki, 2008 (“sp. nov.”)
Timandromorpha pinratanai Stüning & Yazaki, 2008 (“sp. nov.”)
Timandromorpha wangi Stüning & Yazaki, 2008 (“sp. nov.”)
Timandromorpha xuedayongi Orhant, 2013 (“sp. nov.”)
Notes: Four new species were described (Stüning and Yazaki 2008, Orhant 2013).
Genus Vallichlora Viidalepp & Lindt, 2019 (“gen. nov.”)
Nomenclature:
Vallichlora rara Viidalepp & Lindt, 2019 (“sp. nov.”)
Vallichlora selva Viidalepp & Lindt, 2019 (“sp. nov.”)
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Notes: Two new species were described (Viidalepp and Lindt 2019b).
Genus Xenozancla Warren, 1893
Nomenclature:
Yinchie Yang, 1978 (“syn. nov.”)
Xenozancla versicolor Warren, 1893
Yinchie zaohui Yang, 1978 (“syn. nov.”)
Notes: Han et al. (2008) synonymised Yinchie zaohui with Xenozancla versicolor.
Since Y. zaohui was the type species of its genus, Yinchie was consequently
designated a junior synonym of Xenozancla.
Other species affiliated with Geometrinae
Pseudobiston pinratanai Inoue, 1994
Notes: Pseudobiston pinratanai Inoue, 1994, was classified as a geometrine in Scoble
and Hausmann (2007) but was recently transferred to the new family Pseudobistonidae
by Rajaei et al. (2015).
Cerura melanoglypta (Lower, 1905)
Notes: One species in the Scoble and Hausmann (2007) checklist, Cerura
melanoglypta (Lower, 1905), is classified as a geometrine (Ollerenshaw 2012), but has
never formally been transferred from the notodontid genus Cerura Schrank, 1802. We
agree that this species should eventually be assigned to a genus in Geometrinae, but it
is technically not in Geometrinae at this time.
Discussion
In summation, nine new genera, 128 new species and ten new subspecies of emerald
moths have been described since the publication of Scoble and Hausmann (2007), along
with over 80 new genus- and species-group changes within subfamily Geometrinae. Since
2007, the known species richness of Geometrinae has increased by ~4.5%, from 2,529
species (Scoble and Hausmann 2007) to 2,643 species.
Acknowledgements
We thank Charles Covell, Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, Axel Hausmann, Nicholas Homziak
and Hossein Rajaei for their discussions and comments on earlier drafts of the manuscript.
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Supplementary material
Suppl. material 1: List of the Geometrinae species of the world
Authors: David Plotkin
Data type: Taxonomical checklist
Review of recent taxonomic changes to the emerald moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: ... 29
Brief description: This table provides a list of all new species descriptions, combinations and
other taxonomic changes in the subfamily Geometrinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) since 2007
(Sheet 1: "Taxonomic changes since 2007"). This table also provides a list of the 2,643
current
valid species names in the subfamily Geometrinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), with their
authorship and year of description (Sheet 2: "All current Geometrinae species").
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