Chlorissa | |
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Chlorissa cloraria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Tribe: | Hemitheini |
Genus: | Chlorissa Stephens, 1831 |
Synonyms | |
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Chlorissa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by James Francis Stephens in 1831.
Idaea, sometimes called Hyriogona, is a large genus of geometer moths. It was erected by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1825. They are found nearly worldwide, with many native to the Mediterranean, the African savannas, and the deserts of western Asia.
Though small in absolute diversity of genera, the Hemitheini are nonetheless the largest tribes of geometer moths in the subfamily Geometrinae. Like most Geometrinae, they are small greenish "emerald moths". The tribe was first described by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1846.
Asthena is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Charissa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Hydrelia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Lycia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Lythria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is the only genus of the monotypic tribe Lythriini described by Claude Herbulot in 1962.
Nebula is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1846.
Perizoma is a genus in the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It is the type genus of tribe Perizomini in subfamily Larentiinae. The tribe is considered monotypic by those who include the genera Gagitodes, Martania and Mesotype in Perizoma. Some other less closely related species formerly placed here are now elsewhere in the Larentiinae, e.g. in Entephria of the tribe Larentiini.
Phaiogramma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Carl Freiherr von Gumppenberg in 1887. Markku Savela gives this name as a synonym of ChlorissaStephens, 1831.
Photoscotosia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1862.
Plagodis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Rhodostrophia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Scopula is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.
Semiothisa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Trichopteryx is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by the German entomologist, Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Larentiini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae. The tribe was first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.
Eupitheciini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae, often referred to as pugs. The tribe was described by Tutt in 1896.
Gnophini is a tribe of moths.