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 γεω, 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.
The cream wave is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found in forest and woodland regions, feeding on grasses and small plants such as dandelion.
Scopula decorata, the middle lace border, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout Europe.
Scopulini is a tribe of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with about 900 species in seven genera. The tribe was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.
Scopula ornata, the lace border, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica. It is found in Europe, North Africa and the Near East.
Scopula junctaria, the simple wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in the whole of Canada and the northern United States, south to Maryland, Arizona, and California.
Scopula turbidaria is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in France, Spain and Portugal. It is also found in North Africa.
Scopula cajanderi is a moth of the family Geometridae. It has a Holarctic, distribution, which includes Russia, Alaska and Yukon.
Scopula confinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in southern Europe, southern Russia and Turkey.
Scopula diffinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Turkey.
Scopula modicaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1897. It is found in China, the Russian Far East, Korea and Japan.
Scopula mustangensis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Palaearctic region.
Scopula praecanata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Tibet and central China (Sichuan).
Scopula umbelaria is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found in the Benelux, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland and Russia. In the east, the range extends to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.
Scopula rhodocraspeda is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Madagascar.
Scopula sideraria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in western North America, from southern British Columbia to San Diego County, California.
Scopula szechuanensis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in central China (Sichuan).
Scopula tenuisocius is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Japan, the Russian Far East, and the Kuril Islands. It was described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1942.
Scopula tsekuensis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in south-western China.
Scopula vojnitsi is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Russian Far East.
