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Geometridae is a family of insects within the order Lepidoptera, class Insecta, and phylum Arthropoda. The taxon, described by Leach in 1815, is accepted as a valid classification. Common names for the group include geometer moths, Spanners, miernikowcowate, målere, and miernikowce. The family belongs to the superfamily Geometroidea and originated about 35 million years ago.
Records of this family are held by institutions such as LACM and UAM, with specimens documented in the United States. The total number of recorded occurrences is 24,375,082, while a specific dataset contains 16,389 records and 9,138 media files. The taxon is referenced by 8,777 other encyclopedia articles and is included in the Wikipedia vital articles list at Level 4.
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Species
geometer moths
Geometridae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyGeometridae
Chiasma species from Ennominae Selenia tetralunaria species from Ennominae Scopula sp. Tetracis cachexiata (Ohio) 尺蛾科（學名：Geometridae），又名尺蠖蛾科，是鱗翅目尺蛾總科之下的其中一個有龐大成員的科，下計有3.5萬個品種。幼蟲叫尺蠖，又名蝍𧑙（音同“即蹴”）。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16,389
- With media
- 9,138
- Family
- Geometridae
- Collections
- LACM, UAM
- Recorded in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
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 γεω (geo) (derivative form of γῆ or γαῖα "the earth"), and μέτρον (métron) "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to measure the earth as they move along in a looping fashion. Geometridae is a very large family, containing around 23,000 described species; over 1400 species from six subfamilies are indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, Biston betularia, which has been the subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests.
Caterpillars
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geometridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.