MOTHS OF JAMAICA
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
Geometridae: Geometrinae
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SUBFAMILY DESCRIPTION
The 'Emeralds' (GEOMETRINAE) are all small or quite small species (15-30 mm in wingspan)
and, as their name implies, are almost all a bright emerald green in
ground coloration, occasionally with an additional brown or golden-brown
wing maculation. The works by Pitkin (1993) and Cook and Scoble (1995)
illustrate and catalogue about half of the aproximately 450 species of
neotropical Geometrinae (Cook & Scoble, 1995). For the remaining
genera I rely at present upon the outdated and frequently wrong Seitz
(1925).
JAMAICAN SPECIES
I have catalogued 15 species of this subfamily from Jamaica, as listed below. Please
click on any underlined species names to go to a colour
illustration of the adult, where available,
(and sometimes its genitalia) and brief information on
the species.
The genus Phrudocentra
Phrudocentra centrifugaria ssp. stellataria Moschler 1886
Phrudocentra kinstonensis Butler 1878
The genus Synchlora
Synchlora herbaria F. 1794
Synchlora frondaria Guenee 1857
Synchlora ephippiaria Moschler
The genus Dichorda
Dichorda rhodocephala Prout 1916
The genus Oospila
Oospila decoloraria Walker 1861
Oospila confundaria Moschler 1890
The genus Chloropteryx
Chloropteryx paularia Moschler 1886
The genus Eueana
Eueana niveocilaria Herrich-Schaeffer 1870
Unidentified species
5 x unidentified Geometrinae
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