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

Cabera
Cabera exanthemata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Caberini
Genus: Cabera
Treitschke, 1825

Description

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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 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

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

Etymology

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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

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  1. ^ Holloway, J.D. (1994). The moths of Borneo. Part 11, Geometridae, Ennominae. 11. The Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.
  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.