Geometroidea
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| 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
[edit | edit source]Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., 2002
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Data related to Geometroidea at Wikispecies
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