Synchlora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.[2] Adult Synchlora members often have leaf green wings, while larvae occasionally have the property of adorning themselves with pieces of plants in the pursuit of camouflage. The name of the genus comes from Greek, with "syn-" meaning "with", and "chlor" meaning "green".[3]
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| S. herbaria, Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Comibaenini |
| Genus: | Synchlora Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857[1] |
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Species
editThe genus includes the following species:
- Synchlora aerata (Fabricius, 1798)
- Synchlora amplimaculata (Herbulot, 1991)
- Synchlora apicata (Warren, 1900)
- Synchlora astraeoides (Warren, 1901)
- Synchlora atrapes (Druce, 1892)
- Synchlora bidentifera (Warren, 1901)
- Synchlora bistriaria (Packard, 1876)
- Synchlora bistriata (Warren, 1897)
- Synchlora concinnaria (Schaus, 1912)
- Synchlora cupedinaria (Grote, 1880)
- Synchlora decorata (Warren, 1901)
- Synchlora delicatula (Dognin, 1909)
- Synchlora dependens (Warren, 1904)
- Synchlora despicata (Prout, 1932)
- Synchlora dilucida (Warren, 1900)
- Synchlora ephippiaria (Moschler, 1886)
- Synchlora expulsata (Walker, 1861)
- Synchlora faseolaria (Guenee, 1857)
- Synchlora fringillata (Schaus, 1897)
- Synchlora frondaria Guenee, 1858
- Synchlora gerularia (Hubner, 1823)
- Synchlora graefiaria (Hulst, 1886)
- Synchlora hebescens (Prout, 1933)
- Synchlora herbaria (Fabricius, 1794)
- Synchlora indecora (Prout, 1916)
- Synchlora irregularia (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
- Synchlora isolata (Warren, 1900)
- Synchlora leucoceraria (Snellen, 1874)
- Synchlora magnaria (Bastelberger, 1911)
- Synchlora merlinaria (Schaus, 1940)
- Synchlora naenia (Druce, 1892)
- Synchlora noel (Sperry, 1949)
- Synchlora orthogramma (Dyar, 1912)
- Synchlora pectinaria (Grossbeck, 1910)
- Synchlora pomposa (Dognin, 1898)
- Synchlora pulchrifimbria (Warren, 1907)
- Synchlora rufilineata (Warren, 1897)
- Synchlora superaddita (Prout, 1913)
- Synchlora suppomposa (Prout, 1916)
- Synchlora tenuimargo (Warren, 1905)
- Synchlora venustula (Dognin, 1910)
- Synchlora xysteraria (Hulst, 1886)
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S. gerularia -
S. aerata Adult female -
Camouflaged S. aerata caterpillar
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Synchlora Guenee 1857". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Synchlora Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
- ^ "Genus Synchlora". BugGuide.net. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
External links
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- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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