Cabera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1825.
| Cabera | |
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| Cabera exanthemata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Caberini |
| Genus: | Cabera Treitschke, 1825 |
Description
editThese 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 charcteristics. 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
editThis genus presently includes 30 species.[4] In alphabetical order:[5]
- Cabera aquaemontana (Prout, 1913)
- Cabera borealis (Hulst, 1896) – boreal cream
- Cabera candidaria (Leech, 1897)
- Cabera elarina (Prout, 1913)
- Cabera erythemaria (Guenée, 1857) – yellow-dusted cream
- Cabera exanthemata (Scopoli, 1763) – common wave
- Cabera griseolimbata (Oberthür, 1879)
- Cabera humbloti (Herbulot, 1978)
- Cabera leptographa (Wehrli, 1939)
- Cabera limbata (Herbulot, 1954)
- Cabera nathaliae (Herbulot, 1991)
- Cabera neodora (Prout, 1922)
- Cabera nevillei
- Cabera pseudognophos (Prout, 1917)
- Cabera purus (Butler, 1878)
- Cabera pusaria (Linnaeus, 1758) – common white wave
- Cabera quadrifasciaria (Packard, 1873) – four-lined cream
- Cabera schaefferi (Bremer, 1864)
- Cabera strigata (Warren, 1897)
- Cabera sulbaba (Warren, 1901)
- Cabera toulgoeti (Herbulot, 1957)
- Cabera variolaria (Guenée, 1857) – the vestal
Etymology
editTreitschke, 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
edit- ^ Holloway, J.D. (1994). The moths of Borneo. Part 11, Geometridae, Ennominae. 11. The Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- ^ Nielsen, E.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Rangsi, T.V. (1996). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Vol. 4. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. p. 529.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Scoble, M.J. (Ed.) (1999). Geometrid moths of the world: A catalogue. Vol. 1–2. The Natural History Museum, London. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Cabera Treitschke, 1825". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.