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Geometridae (geometer moth)
Taxonomy
Geometridae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ditrysia by Carpenter (1992); and to Geometroidea by van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012), Fischer et al. (2019) and Zhang et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Ditrysia by Carpenter (1992); and to Geometroidea by van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012), Fischer et al. (2019) and Zhang et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Geometridae Leach p. 134 |
| 1992 | Geometridae Carpenter |
| 2011 | Geometridae van Nieukerken et al. p. 217 |
| 2012 | Geometridae Sohn et al. p. 76 |
| 2019 | Geometridae Fischer et al. p. 1 |
| 2020 | Geometridae Zhang et al. p. 76 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Geometridae Leach 1815 [geometer moth]
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Subfm. Desmobathrinae Meyrick 1886
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Subfm. Ennominae
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G. Geometra Linnaeus 1758
G. †Geometridites Kernbach 1967
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†Geometridites jordani Kernbach 1967
†Geometridites larentiiformis Jarzembowski 1980
†Geometridites repens Kernbach 1967
G. †Phalaenites Heer 1849
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†Phalaenites crenatus Heer 1849
†Phalaenites obsoleta Heer 1849
Invalid names: Phalaenites proserpinae Heer 1861 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Mangaotanean to the top of the Holocene or 92.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Mangaotanean - Piripauan | New Zealand | Helastia sp. (121140) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Eogeometer vadens (123439) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Geometridites larentiiformis (123959) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Hydriomena protrita (123119) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Geometridae indet. (68021) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Dolichoneura jorelisae (228407) Miogeometrida chunjenshihi (213662) | |
| Sarmatian | Croatia | Phalaenites crenata, Phalaenites obsoleta (117761) | |
| Turolian | France (Ardèche) | Problongos baudiliensis (144369) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Geometridites repens, Geometridites jordani (109196) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Angerona electrina (129861) |