Geometroidea
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Superfamily of moths
| Geometroidea | |
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| Large emerald moth (Geometra papilionaria) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Macroheterocera |
| Superfamily: | Geometroidea |
| Families | |
| Diversity | |
| Over 24,000 species | |
The Geometroidea are the superfamily of geometrid moths in the order Lepidoptera. It includes the families Geometridae, Uraniidae, Epicopeiidae, Sematuridae, and Pseudobistonidae.[1] The Geometroidea superfamily has more than 24,000 described species, making them one of the largest superfamilies inside the order Lepidoptera.[2] The monotypic genus Apoprogones was considered a separate geometroid family of the Apoprogonidae by a minority, but is now subsumed under the Sematuridae.
References
- ↑ Rajaei, Hossein; Greve, Carola; Letsch, Harald; Stüning, Dieter; Wahlberg, Niklas; Minet, Joël; Misof, Bernhard (2015). "Advances in Geometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based on Pseudobiston pinratanai (Lepidoptera, Glossata)". Zoologica Scripta 44 (4): 418–436. doi:10.1111/zsc.12108.
- ↑ Ding, Weili; Xu, Haizen; Wu, Zhipeng; Hu, Lizong; Huang, Li; Yang, Mingsheng; Li, Lilli (2023). "The mitochondrial genomes of the Geometroidea (Lepidoptera) and their phylogenetic implications.". Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1002/ece3.9813.
Further reading
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
Wikidata ☰ Q1357593 entry
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