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Geometrinae
Sign in to saveGeometrinae is the nominate subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It is strongly split, containing a considerable number of tribes of which most are presently very small or monotypic. These small moths are often a light bluish green, leading to the common name of emerald moths, though a few species called thus are also found in the tribe Campaeini of the Ennominae. In 2018, a phylogeny and classification based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis was published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society in which 13 tribes were accepted.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Geometridae
- Collections
- UNM, UMNH, NMMNHS, VPI
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Selected genera and species
- Genera ''incertae sedis''
- Footnotes
- References
Geometrinae is the nominate subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It is strongly split, containing a considerable number of tribes of which most are presently very small or monotypic. These small moths are often a light bluish green, leading to the common name of emerald moths, though a few species called thus are also found in the tribe Campaeini of the Ennominae. In 2018, a phylogeny and classification based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis was published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society in which 13 tribes were accepted.
There are about 2,300 described species, mostly from the tropics.
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