| Campatonema | |
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| Male Campatonema tapantia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Ourapterygini |
| Genus: | Campatonema E. D. Jones, 1921 |
Campatonema is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1921.
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek geo γεω, and metron μέτρον "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or "inchworms", appear to "measure the earth" as they move along in a looping fashion. A very large family, it has around 23,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subfamilies indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, Biston betularia, which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests.
The common marbled carpet is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Chloroclysta. It is very common throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767.
The Bistonini are a tribe of geometer moths in subfamily Ennominae. As numerous ennomine genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe, the genus list is preliminary. In addition, the entire tribe is sometimes merged into a much-expanded Boarmiini. In other treatments, the Erannini are included in the present group.
Gondysia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Ptichodis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Hagnagora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Herbert Druce in 1885.
Hymenomima is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895.
Lobocleta is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Warren in 1906.
Neotherina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Paul Dognin in 1913.
Oospila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1897.
Phyllodonta is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1894.
Solitanea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Alexander Michailovitsch Djakonov in 1924.
Tachychlora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was erected by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1912.
Sterrhinae is a large subfamily of geometer moths with some 3,000 described species, with more than half belonging to the taxonomically difficult, very diverse genera, Idaea and Scopula. This subfamily was described by Edward Meyrick in 1892. They are the most diverse in the tropics with the number of species decreasing with increasing latitude and elevation.
Campatonema tapantia is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Sullivan in 2010. It is found in the provinces of Alajuela, Cartago and Heredia in Costa Rica. It has been found along a rather narrow elevational range, from 1100 to 1600 meters.
Campatonema lineata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by William Schaus in 1911. It is found in the provinces of Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, and Puntarenas in Costa Rica, at elevations from 700 to 1500 meters.
Campatonema yanayacua is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Sullivan in 2010. It is known only from the type locality, the Yanayacu Biological Station in Ecuador.
Campatonema marginata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1921. Found in Brazil, it is the type species of the genus Campatonema and was long thought to be the only member. Recently, however, two newly described species were added and one species was relocated to the genus.
Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist.
"Hagnagora" vittata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Philippi in 1859. It is found in Chile.
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