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Geometridae

The Geometridae are one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera with about 20000 described species. The family is distributed worldwide (Scoble 1992: 290).
Identification: Bleszynski 1965b, 1966, Forster & Wohlfahrt 1981, Hausmann 2001, Hoffmeyer 1966, Koch 1976, Mironov 2003, Prout 1912-1915, 1934-1939, Skinner 1984, Skou 1984, South 1972, Vojnits 1980, Wehrli 1939-1954.
Nomenclature according to Fauna Europaea.
Species in Belgium: 334.


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

WV = West-Vlaanderen LI = Limburg NA = Namur
OV = Oost-Vlaanderen BR = Brabant LG = Liège
AN = Antwerpen HA = Hainaut LX = Luxembourg
= before 1980 = 1980 – 2004 = after 2004
Species WV OV AN LI BR HA NA LG LX
Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Abraxas sylvata (Scopoli, 1763)
= ulmaria (Hübner, 1799)
Acasis viretata (Hübner, 1799)
Adactylotis contaminaria (Hübner, 1813)
         
Aethalura punctulata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= punctularia (Hübner, 1799)
Agriopis aurantiaria (Hübner, 1799)
Agriopis bajaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
         
Agriopis leucophaearia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Agriopis marginaria (Fabricius, 1777)
= progemmaria (Hübner, 1799)
Alcis bastelbergeri (Hirschke, 1908)
         
Alcis repandata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= repandaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= maculata (Staudinger, 1892), nec Moore, 1868)
Aleucis distinctata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839)
= pictaria sensu auct., nec (Thunberg, 1788)
       
Alsophila aceraria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= quadripunctaria (Esper, 1801), nec (Poda, 1761)
       
Alsophila aescularia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Angerona prunaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anticlea derivata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= nigrofasciaria (Goeze, 1781)
   
Anticollix sparsata (Treitschke, 1828)
Apeira syringaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aplasta ononaria (Fuessly, 1783)
            L  
Aplocera efformata (Guenée, 1857)
Aplocera plagiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aplocera praeformata (Hübner, 1826)
             
Apocheima hispidaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
 
Archiearis notha (Hübner, 1803)
     
Archiearis parthenias (Linnaeus, 1761)
Aspitates gilvaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
           
Aspitates ochrearia (Rossi, 1794)
= citraria (Hübner, 1799)
             
Asthena albulata (Hufnagel, 1767)
= candidata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Asthena anseraria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
       L  
Biston betularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Biston strataria (Hufnagel, 1767)
= prodromaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Bupalus piniaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cabera exanthemata (Scopoli, 1763)
Cabera pusaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Campaea honoraria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
           
Campaea margaritaria (Linnaeus, 1761)
Camptogramma bilineata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cataclysme riguata (Hübner, 1813)
               
Catarhoe cuculata (Hufnagel, 1767)
= sinuata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
       
Catarhoe rubidata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
       
Cepphis advenaria (Hübner, 1790)
Charissa obscurata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
    L
Chesias legatella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= spartiata (Herbst, 1782)
Chesias rufata (Fabricius, 1775)
= obliquaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Chiasmia clathrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chlorissa cloraria (Hübner, 1813)
               
Chlorissa viridata (Linnaeus, 1758)
   ? L  
Chloroclysta miata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= miaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= coraciaria (Hübner, 1799)
         
Chloroclysta siterata (Hufnagel, 1767)
= psittacata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Chloroclystis v-ata (Haworth, 1809)
= coronata (Hübner, 1813)
Cidaria fulvata (Forster, 1771)
Cleora cinctaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
     L    
Cleorodes lichenaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
?     L      
Coenotephria salicata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= salicaria (Haworth, 1809)
           
Colostygia multistrigaria (Haworth, 1809)
     
Colostygia olivata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
           
Colostygia pectinataria (Knoch, 1781)
= viridaria (Fabricius, 1775), nec (Clerck, 1759)
= miaria sensu auct.
Colotois pennaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Comibaena bajularia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= pustulata (Hufnagel, 1767), nec (O. F. Müller, 1764)
Cosmorhoe ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Costaconvexa polygrammata (Borkhausen, 1794)
           
Costignophos pullata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)              
Crocallis elinguaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyclophora albipunctata (Hufnagel, 1767)
= pendularia sensu auct., nec (Clerck, 1759)
Cyclophora annularia (Fabricius, 1775)
= annulata (Schulze, 1775)
= omicronaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
   
Cyclophora linearia (Hübner, 1799)
= trilinearia (Borkhausen, 1794), nec (Hübner, 1787)
Cyclophora pendularia (Clerck, 1759)
= orbicularia (Hübner, 1799)
      L
Cyclophora porata (Linnaeus, 1767)
 
Cyclophora punctaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
= delaeveri (Berger, 1949)
Cyclophora puppillaria (Hübner, 1799)
    L      
Cyclophora quercimontaria (Bastelberger, 1897)
            L
Cyclophora ruficiliaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
        L
Deileptenia ribeata (Clerck, 1759)
= abietaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
     
Dyscia fagaria (Thunberg, 1784)
= belgaria (Hübner, 1790)
           
Dysstroma citrata (Linnaeus, 1761)
= immanata (Haworth, 1809)
Dysstroma truncata (Hufnagel, 1767)
= russata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Earophila badiata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)    
Ecliptopera capitata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839)
     
Ecliptopera silaceata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Ectropis crepuscularia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= bistortata (Goeze, 1781)
Electrophaes corylata (Thunberg, 1792)
= ruptata (Hübner, 1799)
Elophos dilucidaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
               
Ematurga atomaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ennomos alniaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
= tiliaria (Haworth, 1809)
Ennomos autumnaria (Werneburg, 1859)
= alniaria sensu auct., nec (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ennomos erosaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= tiliaria (Hübner, 1790)
L
Ennomos fuscantaria (Haworth, 1809)
Ennomos quercinaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
= angularia ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
 
Epione repandaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
= apiciaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Epione vespertaria (Linnaeus, 1767)
= paralellaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
         
Epirranthis diversata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
               
Epirrhoe alternata (O. F. Müller, 1764)
= sociata (Borkhausen, 1794)
= rivaria sensu auct.
= alchemillaria sensu auct.
Epirrhoe galiata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
     
Epirrhoe hastulata (Hübner, 1813)
= luctuata (Hübner, 1799)
               
Epirrhoe molluginata (Hübner, 1813)
             
Epirrhoe rivata (Hübner, 1813)
Epirrhoe tristata (Linnaeus, 1758)
       
Epirrita autumnata (Borkhausen, 1794)
Epirrita christyi (Allen, 1906)

  L
Epirrita dilutata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Erannis defoliaria (Clerck, 1759)
Euchoeca nebulata (Scopoli, 1763)
= obliterata (Hufnagel, 1766)
= heparata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= hepararia (Hübner, 1799)
Eulithis mellinata (Fabricius, 1787)
= associata (Borkhausen, 1794)
= marmorata (Hübner, 1799)
Eulithis populata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eulithis prunata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= ribesaria (Boisduval, 1840)
Eulithis testata (Linnaeus, 1761)
= achatinata (Hübner, 1799)
Euphyia biangulata (Haworth, 1809)
= picata (Hübner, 1813)

     
Euphyia frustata (Treitschke, 1828)
               
Euphyia unangulata (Haworth, 1809)
= amniculata (Hübner, 1813)
 
Eupithecia abbreviata Stephens, 1831
= reductaria (Boisduval, 1840)
Eupithecia abietaria (Goeze, 1781)
= pini (Retzius, 1783), nec (Linnaeus, 1758)
= strobilata (Borkhausen, 1794)
= togata (Hübner, 1817)
= bilunulata (Zetterstedt, 1839)
Eupithecia absinthiata (Clerck, 1759)
= minutata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= callunae (Speyer, 1867)
= goossensiata Mabille, 1869
Eupithecia actaeata Walderdorff, 1869
             
Eupithecia analoga Djakonov, 1926
= strobilata (Hübner, 1813), nec (Borkhausen, 1794)
= bilunulata sensu auct.
        L L
Eupithecia assimilata Doubleday, 1856
Eupithecia cauchiata (Duponchel, 1831)
             
Eupithecia centaureata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= oblongata (Thunberg, 1794)
Eupithecia denotata (Hübner, 1813)
= campanulata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861)
       
Eupithecia dodoneata Guenée, 1857
Eupithecia egenaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1848
      L      
Eupithecia exiguata (Hübner, 1813)
       
Eupithecia expallidata Doubleday, 1856

   
Eupithecia extraversaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
              L
Eupithecia haworthiata Doubleday, 1856
= isogrammaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848), nec (Treitschke, 1828)
 
Eupithecia icterata (De Villers, 1789)
= oxydata (Treitschke, 1828)
 
Eupithecia impurata (Hübner, 1813)
= modicaria (Boisduval, 1840)
         L    L
Eupithecia indigata (Hübner, 1813)
 
Eupithecia innotata (Hufnagel, 1767)
Eupithecia insigniata (Hübner, 1790)
= consignata (Borkhausen, 1794)
     
Eupithecia intricata (Zetterstedt, 1839)
= helveticaria Boisduval, 1840
= caliginata sensu auct.
Eupithecia inturbata (Hübner, 1817)
           
Eupithecia irriguata (Hübner, 1813)
           
Eupithecia lanceata (Hübner, 1825)
         
Eupithecia laquaearia Herrich-Schäffer, 1848
             
Eupithecia lariciata (Freyer, 1841)
 
Eupithecia linariata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Eupithecia millefoliata Rössler, 1866
Eupithecia nanata (Hübner,1813)
 
Eupithecia phoeniceata (Rambur,1834)



 


Eupithecia pimpinellata (Hübner, 1813)
   
Eupithecia plumbeolata (Haworth, 1809)
= begrandaria (Boisduval, 1840)
   
Eupithecia pulchellata Stephens, 1831
         
Eupithecia pusillata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= sobrinata (Hübner, 1817)
  L
Eupithecia pygmaeata (Hübner, 1799)
= palustraria Doubleday, 1850
   
Eupithecia satyrata (Hübner, 1813)
 L  
Eupithecia selinata Herrich-Schäffer, 1861
         
Eupithecia semigraphata Bruand, 1851
           
Eupithecia simpliciata (Haworth, 1809)
= subnotata (Hübner, 1813)
     
Eupithecia subfuscata (Haworth, 1809)
= castigata (Hübner, 1813)
Eupithecia subumbrata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
 
Eupithecia succenturiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= disparata (Hübner, 1799)
Eupithecia tantillaria Boisduval, 1840
= pusillata sensu auct.
= subumbrata sensu (Hübner, 1799)
Eupithecia tenuiata (Hübner, 1813)
Eupithecia tripunctaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
= albipunctata (Haworth, 1809), nec (Hufnagel, 1767)
Eupithecia trisignaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1848
Eupithecia valerianata (Hübner, 1813)
     
Eupithecia venosata (Fabricius, 1787)
       
Eupithecia virgaureata Doubleday, 1861
Eupithecia vulgata (Haworth, 1809)
= austerata (Hübner, 1825)
Eustroma reticulata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
             
Fagivorina arenaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
= viduata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= angularia (Thunberg, 1792)
               
Gagitodes sagittata (Fabricius, 1787)            
Gandaritis pyraliata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= dotata sensu auct.
Geometra papilionaria Linnaeus, 1758
Gnophos furvata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
               
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (Haworth, 1809)
= pumilata (Hübner, 1813)
Hemistola chrysoprasaria (Esper, 1794)
= vernaria sensu ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
 
Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner, 1799)
= strigata (O. F. Müller, 1764), nec (Scopoli, 1763)
Horisme aquata (Hübner, 1813)
               
Horisme tersata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Horisme vitalbata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
 
Hydrelia flammeolaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
= luteata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Hydrelia sylvata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= testaceata (Donovan, 1810)
     
Hydria cervinalis (Scopoli, 1763)
= certata (Hübner, 1825)
= certaria (Boisduval, 1840)
Hydria undulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= undularia (Boisduval, 1840)
Hydriomena furcata (Thunberg, 1784)
= elutata (Hübner, 1799)
Hydriomena impluviata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= coerulata (Fabricius, 1777)
= trifasciata (Borkhausen, 1794)
Hydriomena ruberata (Freyer, 1831)
           
Hylaea fasciaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
= prosapiaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hypomecis punctinalis (Scopoli, 1763)
= consortaria (Fabricius, 1787)
Hypomecis roboraria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
 
Hypoxystis pluviaria (Fabricius, 1787)
= adspersaria (Hübner, 1790)
          L
Idaea antiquaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
= macilentaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
= sylvestraria sensu auct.
        L   L
Idaea aversata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Idaea biselata (Hufnagel, 1767)
Idaea degeneraria (Hübner, 1799)
         
   
Idaea deversaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
           
Idaea dilutaria (Hübner, 1799)
           
Idaea dimidiata (Hufnagel, 1767)
= scutulata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Idaea emarginata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Idaea fuscovenosa (Goeze, 1781)
Idaea humiliata (Hufnagel, 1767)
= osseata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
  L L
Idaea inquinata (Scopoli, 1763)
= herbariata (Fabricius, 1798)
  L
Idaea laevigata (Scopoli, 1763)
           
Idaea muricata (Hufnagel, 1767)
= auroralis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Idaea ochrata (Scopoli, 1763)
     
Idaea pallidata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
             
Idaea rufaria (Hübner, 1799)
             
Idaea rusticata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= vulpinaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
Idaea seriata (Schrank, 1802)
= incanata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), nec (Linnaeus, 1758)
Idaea serpentata (Hufnagel, 1767)
= perochraria (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1836)
= ochrearia sensu auct.
L      
Idaea straminata (Borkhausen, 1794)
= inornata (Haworth, 1809)
= suffusata (Treitschke, 1828)
 
Idaea subsericeata (Haworth, 1809)
Idaea sylvestraria (Hübner, 1799)
 
Idaea trigeminata (Haworth, 1809)
= scutularia sensu auct.
  L L     L  
Isturgia famula (Esper, 1787)
= concordaria (Hübner, 1799)
               L
Isturgia limbaria (Fabricius, 1775)
= roraria (Fabricius, 1777)
= conspicuaria (Esper, 1799)
= spartiaria (Treitschke, 1827)
Isturgia murinaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
   
         
Jodis lactearia (Linnaeus, 1758)
= aeruginaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Jodis putata (Linnaeus, 1758)

   
Lampropteryx suffumata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
     
Larentia clavaria (Haworth, 1809)
= cervinata sensu ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
       
Ligdia adustata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Lithostege griseata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
               
Lobophora halterata (Hufnagel, 1767)
= hexapterata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Lomaspilis marginata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lomographa bimaculata (Fabricius, 1775)
= taminata [(Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Lomographa temerata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Lycia hirtaria (Clerck, 1759)
Lycia zonaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
    L     L  
Lythria cruentaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
= purpurata (Linnaeus, 1761)
= rotaria (Fabricius, 1798)
Macaria alternata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
= alternaria (Hübner, 1799)
Macaria artesiaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
               
Macaria brunneata (Thunberg, 1784)
= fulvaria (De Villers, 1789)
= quinquaria (Hübner, 1822)
Macaria liturata (Clerck, 1759)
Macaria notata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= notataria (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Macaria signaria ( Hübner, 1809)
 
Macaria wauaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melanthia procellata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Menophra abruptaria (Thunberg, 1792)
         
Mesoleuca albicillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mesotype didymata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= scabraria (Treitschke, 1828)
Mesotype parallelolineata (Retzius, 1783)
= vespertaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), nec (Fabricius, 1775)
             L
Minoa murinata (Scopoli, 1763)
= euphorbiata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
           
Nothocasis sertata (Hübner, 1817)
             
Nycterosea obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
= gemmata (Hübner, 1799)
= fluviata (Hübner, 1799)
Odezia atrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= chaerophyllata (Linnaeus, 1767)
           
Odontopera bidentata (Clerck, 1759)
= dentaria sensu auct.
Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Operophtera fagata (Scharfenberg, 1805)
= boreata (Hübner, 1813)
     
Opisthograptis luteolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= crataegata (Linnaeus, 1761)
Orthonama vittata (Borkhausen, 1794)
= lignata (Hübner, 1799)
Ourapteryx sambucaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Hübner, 1799)
L
Paradarisa consonaria (Hübner, 1799)
       

Parectropis similaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
= luridata (Borkhausen, 1794), nec (Hufnagel, 1767)
= extersaria (Hübner, 1799)

Pareulype berberata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
 
Pasiphila chloerata (Mabille, 1870)
Pasiphila debiliata (Hübner, 1817)      
Pasiphila rectangulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pelurga comitata (Linnaeus, 1758)
= chenopodiata sensu auct.
Perconia strigillaria (Hübner, 1787)