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.
Digrammia was a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Carl Freiherr von Gumppenberg in 1887. It is now often considered a synonym of Semiothisa.
Ersephila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896.
Neoterpes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896.
Spodolepis substriataria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found from Alaska to Nova Scotia, south in the east to New Jersey and in the west to California.
Tetracis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1858.
Tetracis crocallata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan to Alberta, south to northern Florida, west to Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and extreme eastern Texas.
Tetracis australis is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from the coastal southern regions of the U.S. state of California from Monterey County south to Los Encinas, San Pedro Martir, Baja California, Mexico, at altitudes from near sea level to 2,135 meters.
Tetracis cachexiata, the white slant-line or white slaut, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to central British Columbia, south to northern Florida and west to Montana and northern Colorado.
Tetracis cervinaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1871. It is found in North America from British Columbia south to Kern County, California and eastward to western Montana, south-eastern Idaho, Carbon County, Wyoming and Larimer County, Colorado. It is found at elevations of 790 to 2,375 meters.
Tetracis pallulata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887. It is found in western North America from southern California north to British Columbia, east to Idaho and western Montana from near sea level to 2,200 meters.
Tetracis mosesiani is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found coastal California from near sea level to 915 meters.
Tetracis jubararia is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Tetracis montanaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is only known from south-eastern Arizona. It is found in aspen-coniferous forests on altitudes between 2,440 and 2,715 meters.
Tetracis formosa is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is found in North America from Colorado, eastern Utah and eastern Wyoming west to California and north to southern British Columbia and southern Alberta at elevations between 870 and 2,320 meters.
Tetracis hirsutaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is found in the United States in California and extreme southern Nevada.
Tetracis pallidata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Clifford D. Ferris in 2009. It is found in British Columbia, Idaho and Washington.
George Duryea Hulst was an American clergyman, botanist and entomologist.
Eupithecia misturata is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896. It is widely distributed in western North America.
Caberini is a tribe of geometrid moths in the family Geometridae. There are at least 50 described species in Caberini.
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