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The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek geo γῆ or γαῖα "the earth", and metron μέτρον "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or "inchworms", appear to "measure the earth" as they move along in a looping fashion. A very large family, it has around 23,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subfamilies indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, Biston betularia, which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests.
Aphanophleps is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Auzeodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Campaea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1816.
Holochroa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Holochroa dissociarius, is found in North America. The species was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887 and he described the genus nine years later in 1896.
Lobocraspeda is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Warren in 1897.
Melanchroia is a genus of moths in the family of diurnal neotropical moths, Geometridae, and subfamily Ennominae. The genus was proposed by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Its species can be found from the southeastern United States to Argentina.
Plataea is a genus of geometrid moths in the family Geometridae. There are about 11 described species in Plataea.
Sterrhinae is a large subfamily of geometer moths with some 3,000 described species, with more than half belonging to the taxonomically difficult, very diverse genera, Idaea and Scopula. This subfamily was described by Edward Meyrick in 1892. They are the most diverse in the tropics with the number of species decreasing with increasing latitude and elevation.
Dysstroma cinereata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in eastern Asia.
Dindica polyphaenaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Taiwan, the Himalayas, south-east Asia and Sundaland.
Garaeus apicata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Burma, Sumatra, Borneo and Taiwan.
Lomographa margarita is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Taiwan and India.
Orothalassodes falsaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in north-eastern India, Peninsular Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Bali. Records from Taiwan are misidentifications of Orothalassodes pervulgatus.
Scopula sordida is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in India. Description of the moth was given by W. Warren in 1895. No subspecies are mentioned
Oenospila flavifusata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Oriental tropics to Sundaland.
Tornos is a genus of geometrid moths in the family Geometridae erected by Morrison in 1875. There are about 17 described species in Tornos.
Chiricahua is a genus of geometrid moths in the family Geometridae. There are at least two described species in Chiricahua.
Letispe is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Alexander Douglas Campbell Ferguson in 2008. Its one described species, Letispe metanemaria, described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887, is found in southwest North America in Arizona, California, Sonora and Baja California.
Graphidipus collaris is a species of geometer moth first described by Felder in 1875.
References
- ↑ "Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Catalogue of Life . 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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