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Hierochthonia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1912. [1]
The brindled beauty is a Palearctic moth belonging to the family Geometridae.
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.
Larentia clavaria, the mallow, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found from Siberia in the east to the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, and the British Isles in the west. In the north it ranges to the Caucasus, Tajikistan and Fennoscandia. In the south it is found the western Mediterranean islands, Italy, the Balkans and Asia Minor. It occurs only locally and is almost always rare. In the Alps, it rises up to 1200 m above sea level.
Calluga is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Chavarriella is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was described by Pitkin in 1993.
Cyneoterpna is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1912.
Cyclophora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. Many species are referred to as mochas in reference to their colouration, primarily in Europe.
Ergavia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1866.
Hammaptera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.
Hypodoxa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1912.
Leptostales is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Lophophelma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1912.
Metanema is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857. It contains the following species:
Pingasa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Moore in 1887.
Somatina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.
Synchlora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Tachychlora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was erected by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1912.
Yashmakia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1901.
Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist.
The Pseudoterpnini are a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Geometrinae. The tribe was described by Warren in 1893. It was alternatively treated as subtribe Pseudoterpniti by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1996.
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