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Geometroidea

Insecta - Lepidoptera

Taxonomy
Geometroidea was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.

It was assigned to Macroheterocera by van Nieukerken et al. (2011) and Sohn et al. (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Geometroidea Leach
2011Geometroidea van Nieukerken et al. p. 217
2012Geometroidea Sohn et al. p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
RankNameAuthor
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
ObtectomeraMinet 1986
Macroheterocera
superfamilyGeometroideaLeach 1815
superfamilyGeometroideaLeach 1815

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.

Superfm. Geometroidea Leach 1815
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Fm. Geometridae Leach 1815 [geometer moth]
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G. Angerona Duponchel 1829
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Angerona electrina Giebel 1862
Subfm. Desmobathrinae Meyrick 1886
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G. Dolichoneura Warren 1894
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Dolichoneura jorelisae Sarto i Monteys et al. 2022
Subfm. Ennominae
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Tr. Boarmiini Duponchel 1845
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Invalid names: Eogeometer Fischer et al. 2019 [nomen nudum]
G. †Miogeometrida Zhang et al. 2020
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Miogeometrida chunjenshihi Zhang et al. 2020
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. Hydriomena Hübner 1825
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Hydriomena protrita Cockerell 1922
Subfm. Larentiinae Duponchel 1845
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G. Helastia Guenee 1868
G. †Phalaenites Heer 1849
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Phalaenites crenatus Heer 1849
Phalaenites obsoleta Heer 1849
Invalid names: Phalaenites proserpinae Heer 1861 [nomen nudum]
G. †Problongos Mérit and Mérit 2008
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Problongos baudiliensis Mérit and Mérit 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available