Cabera

Cabera
Cabera exanthemata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Caberini
Genus: Cabera
Treitschke, 1825

Cabera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1825.

Description

These moths are widely distributed in the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropic and Afrotropic regions, and a few in Indo-Australian regions.[1] However, it is absent in Australia itself.[2]

In the afrotropical region, 12 species have been recorded, though their placement in Cabera remains uncertain due to their variable physical characteristics. Among these is a monophyletic group, Cabera subalba group, which is distinct on the basis of its uniform appearance.[3]

Some species were originally classified under Petelia and Gyalomia due to striking similarities.[3]

Selected species

This genus presently includes 30 species.[4] In alphabetical order:[5]

Etymology

Treitschke, a German lepidopterist, raised the genus in 1825; Cabera refers to Cabeiro, who was the daughter of Proteus ″the prophetic old man of the sea who kept changing his shape to avoid being caught and having to make prophesies″.[6]

References

  1. ^ Holloway, J.D. (1994). The moths of Borneo. Part 11, Geometridae, Ennominae. 11. Vol. 47. The Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. pp. 1–309, pls 1-19, 593 figs. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Nielsen, E.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Rangsi, T.V. (1996). "Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. 4 (3). CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood: 529.
  3. ^ a b Krüger, M. (2000). "A REVIEW OF THE AFROTROPICAL CABERA SUBALBA GROUP, WITH DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST SOUTHERN AFRICAN SPECIES (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE: ENNOMINAE)" (PDF). Metamosphosis. 11 (3). The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa: 111–121.
  4. ^ Scoble, M.J. (Ed.) (1999). Geometrid moths of the world: A catalogue. Vol. 1–2. The Natural History Museum, London. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. doi:10.1071/9780643101050. ISBN 978-0-643-10105-0.
  5. ^ Savela, Markku. "Cabera Treitschke, 1825". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  6. ^ Emmet, A Maitland (1991). The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their History and Meaning. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 183. ISBN 0-946589-28-3.

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