- Geometroidea
Taxobox
name = Geometroidea
image_width = 200px
image_caption = Large Emerald Moth ("Geometra papilionaria ")
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Geometroidea
diversity = over 20,500 species
diversity_link = Lepidopteran diversity
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =Geometridae Uraniidae Sematuridae Geometroidea is the superfamily of geometrid moths in the
Lepidoptera . It includes the familiesGeometridae ,Uraniidae , andSematuridae (Minet and Scoble, 1999).ources
*"Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders", edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
* Minet, J and MJ Scoble, 1999. The Drepanoid/Geometroid Assemblage. Ch. 17 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
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