Geometroidea Explained
The Geometroidea are the superfamily of geometrid moths in the order Lepidoptera. It includes the families Geometridae, Uraniidae, Epicopeiidae, Sematuridae, and Pseudobistonidae.[1] The Geometroidea superfamily has more than 24,000 described species, making them one of the largest superfamilies inside the order Lepidoptera.[2] The monotypic genus Apoprogones was considered a separate geometroid family of the Apoprogonidae by a minority, but is now subsumed under the Sematuridae.
Further reading
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole,, 2002
Notes and References
- 10.1111/zsc.12108 . Advances in Geometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based on Pseudobiston pinratanai (Lepidoptera, Glossata) . Zoologica Scripta . 44 . 4 . 418–436 . 2015 . Rajaei. Hossein . Greve. Carola . Letsch. Harald . Stüning. Dieter . Wahlberg. Niklas . Minet. Joël . Misof. Bernhard . 84153029 .
- 10.1002/ece3.9813. The mitochondrial genomes of the Geometroidea (Lepidoptera) and their phylogenetic implications. . Ecology and Evolution . 2023 . Ding. Weili . Xu. Haizen . Wu. Zhipeng. Hu. Lizong . Huang. Li . Yang. Mingsheng. Li. Lilli. 13 . 2 . e9813 . 36789341 . 9911631. 2023EcoEv..13E9813D .
