Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Abstract

The classification of the Neotropical genera of the Ennominae is reviewed and 267 genera are recognised to occur in this region. Three new genera are described and three others are reinstated, while 48 generic synonyms are newly established. Other changes established in this work include 14 species synonyms and 237 new or reinstated combinations. External features and genitalia of representative members of the genera are illustrated (753 figures). All the known Neotropical species and subspecies of Ennominae are listed (c. 3470), plus their synonyms. The tribes to which the genera belong are assessed, with c. 200 of the genera assigned to tribe or other suprageneric grouping. © 2002 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002, 135, 121–401.

Macaria mirthae: una nueva especie de Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) de Chile

“…Adicionalmente, fueron controlados los siete (Pitkin 2002) u ocho (Scoble 1999) Scoble (1999). Luego de revisar ejemplares de M. abydata provenientes de todas las localidades típicas: Brazil, Venezuela, Islas del Caribe y Japón, no se encontró nada igual a la nueva especie.…”

“…Pitkin (2002) presenta una revisión de la subfamilia Ennominae en la región Neotropical al nivel de géneros.…”

First host plant records for Iridopsis hausmanni Vargas (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in the coastal valleys of northern Chile

“…Iridopsis Warren, 1894 is a New World genus of Boarmiini, whose greatest diversity is concentrated in the Neotropical Region (Rindge 1966;Pitkin 2002). However, the biology of the Neotropical species is little known, with only a few host plant records published (Passoa 1983;Vargas 2007;Marconato et al 2008;Bodner et al 2010;Robinson et al 2010).…”

A new species of Glena Hulst (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from northern Chile

“…The small size of G. mielkei is rare among Neotropical Glena, although some Nearctic species are also small (Rindge 1965). As for many Boarmiini geometrid moths (Pitkin 2002), wing maculation is not a reliable feature for identification among Neotropical species of Glena (Rindge 1967). Thus, genital features should always be used for accurate identification.…”

“…Glena Hulst, 1896 is a genus of New World geometrid moths (Ennominae, Boarmiini) with 45 species: 35 Neotropical and 10 Nearctic (Pitkin 2002). Neotropical species of Glena are present in many countries of South America, including those bounding with Chile: Peru, Bolivia and Argentina (Rindge 1967).…”