Geometrinae

Taxobox
name = Geometrinae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Little Emerald, "Jodis lactearia" (Hemitheini)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Macrolepidoptera
superfamilia = Geometroidea
familia = Geometridae
subfamilia = Geometrinae
subfamilia_authority = Stephens, 1829
subdivision_ranks = Tribes
subdivision =
Aracimini
Comibaenini
Dichordophorini
Dysphaniini
Geometrini
Heliothenii
Hemitheini
Hierochthoniini
Lophochoristini
Nemoriini
Pseudoterpnini
Synchlorini and see text

Geometrinae is the nominate subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It is strongly split, containing a considerable number of tribes of which most are presently very small or monotypic however. These small moths are often a light bluish green, leading to the common name of emerald moths, though a few species called thus are also found in the tribe Campaeini of the Ennominae.

There are about 2,300 described species, mostly from the tropics.

elected species

* Blotched Emerald, "Comibaena bajularia"
* Large Emerald, "Geometra papilionaria"
* Essex Emerald, "Thetidia smaragdaria"

Genera "incertae sedis"

Some geometrine genera have hitherto not been definitely assigned to a tribe [See references in Savela (2007)] . These include:
* "Bathycolpodes"
* "Bustilloxia"
* "Eucrostes"
* "Kuchleria"
* "Xenochlorodes"

Footnotes

References

* (2007): [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/geometrinae/index.html Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Geometrinae] . Version of 2007-FEB-02. Retrieved 2008-JUL-07.