Geometrinae

Geometrinae
Pustular spanner ( Comibaena bajularia )
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta) Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera) Superfamily : Geometroidea Family : Spanner (Geometridae) Subfamily : Geometrinae
Scientific name
Geometrinae
Duponchel , 1845

The Grünspanner (Geometrinae) are a large subfamily of the Spanner (Geometridae), which are counted among the moths within the butterflies .

features

There are many green-colored species in this group, which are somewhat unusual for butterflies. There is also a tendency within the group to reduce the frenulum . There are other common features in the male and female genitals and wing veins . However, there are also many exceptions here.

Systematics

Worldwide there are over 2,300 species within this subfamily. There are almost 40 species in Europe. In Central Europe there are 13 species in 10 genera.

• Aplasta Huebner , [1823]
  • Aplasta ononaria ( Fuessly , 1783)
• Bustilloxia Expósito , 1979
  • Bustilloxia saturata ( A. Bang-Haas , 1906)
• Chlorissa Stephens , 1831
  • Chlorissa cloraria ( Huebner , 1813)
  • Chlorissa pretiosaria ( Staudinger , 1877)
  • Chlorissa viridata ( Linnaeus , 1758)
• Comibaena Huebner , [1823]
  • Comibaena bajularia ( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775)
  • Comibaena pseudoneriaria Wehrli , 1926
• Dyschloropsis Warren , 1895
  • Dyschloropsis impararia ( Guenée , 1858)
• Eucrostes Huebner , [1823]
  • Eucrostes indigenata ( de Villers , 1789)
• Geometra Linnaeus , 1758
  • Geometra papilionaria ( Linnaeus , 1758)
• Heliothea Boisduval , 1840
  • Heliothea discoidaria Boisduval , 1840
• Hemistola Warren , 1893
  • Hemistola chrysoprasaria ( Esper , 1795)
  • Hemistola siciliana Prout , 1935
• Hemithea Duponchel , 1829
  • Hemithea aestivaria ( Huebner , 1789)
• Holoterpna Püngeler , 1900
  • Holoterpna pruinosata ( Staudinger , 1897)
• Jodis Huebner , 1823
  • Jodis lactearia ( Linnaeus , 1758)
  • Jodis putata ( Linnaeus , 1758)
• Kuchleria Hausmann , 1994
  • Kuchleria insignata Hausmann , 1994
• Microloxia Warren , 1893
  • Microloxia herbaria ( Huebner , 1813)
  • Microloxia Schmitzi Hausmann , 1995
  • Microloxia simonyi ( Rebel , 1894)
• Phaiogramma von Gumppenberg , 1887
  • Phaiogramma etruscaria ( Zeller , 1849)
  • Phaiogramma faustinata ( Millière , 1868)
• Pingasa Moore , [1887]
  • Pingasa lahayei ( Oberthür , 1887)
• Proteuchloris Hausmann , 1996
  • Proteuchloris neriaria ( Herrich-Schäffer , 1852)
• Pseudoterpna Hübner , [1823]
  • Pseudoterpna coronillaria ( Huebner , 1817)
  • Pseudoterpna corsicaria ( Rambur , 1833)
  • Pseudoterpna pruinata ( Hufnagel , 1767)
  • Pseudoterpna rectistrigaria Wiltshire , 1948
• Thalera Huebner , [1823]
  • Thalera fimbrialis ( Scopoli , 1763)
• Thetidia Boisduval , 1840
  • Thetidia correspondens ( Alphéraky , 1883)
  • Thetidia sardinica ( Schawerda , 1934)
  • Thetidia smaragdaria ( Fabricius , 1787)
  • Thetidia plusiaria Boisduval , 1840
• Xenochlorodes Warren , 1897
  • Xenochlorodes magna Wolff , 1977
  • Xenochlorodes nubigena ( Wollaston , 1858)
  • Xenochlorodes olympiaria ( Herrich-Schäffer , 1852)

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Geometrinae. Fauna Europaea, Version 1.3, April 19, 2007 , accessed on January 4, 2008 . 

literature

• Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg Volume 8, Nachtfalter VI (Spanner (Geometridae) 1st part), Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 2001. ISBN 3-8001-3497-7
• Axel Hausmann: The Geometrid Moths of Europe. Volume I Introduction Archiearinae, Orthostixinae, Desmobathrinae, Alsophilinae, Geometrinae . Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2001 ISBN 87-88757-35-8
• MJ Scoble: Geometrid moths of the world, a catalog. CSIRO, Collingwood & Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-29-3
• D. Abraham, N. Ryrholm, H. Wittzell, JD Holloway, MJ Scoble, C. Lofstedt: Molecular phylogeny of the subfamilies in Geometridae (Geometroidea: Lepidoptera). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 20 (1): 65-77 (2001)

Web links

Commons : Grünspanner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lepiforum e. V. Photo overview Larentiinae in the Lepiforum for the butterfly species documented in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and Northern Africa (English)
• Markku Savela (English)
• Ian Kimber UK Moths (English)