| Synchlora ephippiaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Synchlora |
| Species: | S. ephippiaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Synchlora ephippiaria (Möschler, 1886) | |
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Synchlora ephippiaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Jamaica [2] and in Peru. [3]
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.
Nepheloleuca, is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. The genus includes twelve species, similar in appearance, yet different in ground color and with minor variations in markings. Nepheloleuca species occur on the Caribbean islands of Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica, but also on mainland South America.
Phrudocentra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was described by Warren in 1895.
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.
Pleuroprucha insulsaria, the common tan wave moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and Colorado and north to Ontario. It ranges south through Mexico and Central America into South America and has been recorded as far south as the Galápagos Islands. It has also been recorded from the West Indies, including Jamaica.
Ametris nitocris, the seagrape spanworm moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found from the southern United States through Central America to South America. It is also found on the Antilles.
Ergavia subrufa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Jamaica.
Zanclopteryx uniferata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in South America and Central America, as well as on the Bahamas and Jamaica.
Eueana niveociliaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1870. It is found in the US state of Florida, as well as on the Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica.
Chloropteryx paularia is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1886. The wingspan is about 16 mm.
Phrudocentra kinstonensis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Jamaica.
Leptostales oblinataria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Florida, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Guyana.
Leptostales virgota is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is native to the Caribbean, primarily found on Puerto Rico and Jamaica.
Leptostales phorcaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, the Bahamas and St. Vincent.
Cyclophora urcearia is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Mexico to Paraguay and on Jamaica and in Trinidad.
Acratodes phakellurata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found on Hispaniola and Jamaica.
Semaeopus castaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found on Hispaniola and Jamaica.
Scopula apparitaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in South and Central America, the Greater Antilles and Florida. The type location is Honduras.
Scopula eburneata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Jamaica and southern North America, including Texas.
Scopula subquadrata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Neotropics, including Brazil, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Honduras.
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