Geometroidea

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.

Geometroidea
Large emerald moth (Geometra papilionaria)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Clade:	Macroheterocera
Superfamily:	Geometroidea
Families
Geometridae Uraniidae Sematuridae Epicopeiidae Pseudobistonidae
Diversity
Over 24,000 species

References

1. Rajaei, Hossein; Greve, Carola; Letsch, Harald; Stüning, Dieter; Wahlberg, Niklas; Minet, Joël; Misof, Bernhard (2015). "Advances in Geometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based on Pseudobiston pinratanai (Lepidoptera, Glossata)". Zoologica Scripta. 44 (4): 418–436. doi:10.1111/zsc.12108. S2CID 84153029.
2. Ding, Weili; Xu, Haizen; Wu, Zhipeng; Hu, Lizong; Huang, Li; Yang, Mingsheng; Li, Lilli (2023). "The mitochondrial genomes of the Geometroidea (Lepidoptera) and their phylogenetic implications". Ecology and Evolution. 13 (2): e9813. Bibcode:2023EcoEv..13E9813D. doi:10.1002/ece3.9813. PMC 9911631. PMID 36789341.

Further reading

• Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
• Media related to Geometroidea at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Geometroidea at Wikispecies