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The list below presents the 74 species of North American Geometrinae from the US and Canada recognized in the Hodges checklist. Highlighted species offer links to descriptive information and images that may assist in the identification of individual species or provide further information on the species life history or distribution.

In addition to the North American species listed below, a few images of some neotropical Geometrinae are presented on the following pages: 

Selected Neotropical Nemoria  
Selected Neotropical Oospila
Pyrochlora
Rhodochlora
Tachychlora
Tachyphyle

 

Nemoriini
Chlorosea nevadaria Packard
Chlorosea banksaria Sperry
Chlorosea margaretaria Sperry
Chlorosea roseitacta Prout

Nemoria bistriaria Hübner *
Nemoria mimosaria (Guenée) *
Nemoria rubrifrontaria (Packard) *
Nemoria tuscarora Ferguson*
Nemoria lixaria (Guenée)*
Nemoria elfa Ferguson
Nemoria bifilata (Walker)
Nemoria outina Ferguson
Nemoria catachloa (Hulst)
Nemoria saturiba Ferguson
Nemoria arizonaria (Grote)
Nemoria darwiniata (Dyar)
Nemoria pulcherrima (B. & McD.)
Nemoria mutaticolor Prout
Nemoria unitaria (Packard)
Nemoria latirosaria (Pearsall)
Nemoria aemularia B. & McD.
Nemoria daedalea Ferguson
Nemoria viridicaria (Hulst)
Nemoria subsequens Ferguson
Nemoria diamesa Ferguson
Nemoria albaria (Grote)

Nemoria pistacearia (Packard)
Nemoria extremaria (Walker)
Nemoria zelotes Ferguson
Nemoria obliqua (Hulst)
Nemoria splendidaria (Grossbeck)
Nemoria strigataria (Grossbeck)
Nemoria zygotaria (Hulst)
Nemoria leptalea Ferguson
Nemoria caerulescens Prout
Nemoria intensaria (Pearsall)
Nemoria festaria (Hulst)
Nemoria albilineata Cassino
Nemoria glaucomarginaria (B. & McD.)
Nemoria rindgei Ferguson







* = known Pennsylvania species

Nemoriini (cont'd)
Dichorda iridaria (Guenée)*
Dichorda consequaria (Henry Edwards)
Dichorda illustraria (Hulst)
Dichorda rectaria (Grote)

Phrudocentra centrifugaria (Herrich-Schäffer)

Dichordophorini
Dichordophora phoenix (Prout)

Synchlorini
Synchlora aerata (Fabricius) *
Synchlora frondaria Guenée
Synchlora xysteraria (Hulst)
Synchlora herbaria (Fabricius)
Synchlora cupedinaria (Grote)
Synchlora noel (Sperry)
Synchlora gerularia (Hübner)
Synchlora irregularia (B. & McD.)

Synchlora (Cheteoscelis) bistriaria (Packard)
Synchlora (Cheteoscelis) pectinaria (Grossbeck)
Synchlora (Cheteoscelis) faseolaria (Guenée)
Synchlora (Cheteoscelis) graefiaria (Hulst)

Lophochoristini
Lophochorista lesteraria (Grossb.)
Eueana niveociliaria (Herrich-Schäffer)

Hemitheini
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (Guenée) *
Chlorochlamys triangularis Prout
Chlorochlamys appellaria Pearsall
Chlorochlamys phyllinaria (Zeller)

Chloropteryx tepperaria (Hulst)
Chloropteryx nordicaria (Schaus)
Chloropteryx paularia (Möschler)

Xerochlora viridipallens (Hulst)
Xerochlora inveterascaria (Swett)
Xerochlora martinaria (Sperry)
Xerochlora masonaria (Schaus)
Xerochlora mesotheides Ferguson

Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner)

Hethemia pistasciaria (Guenée) *

Mesothea incertata (Walker)*

* = known Pennsylvania species

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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