Geometroidea

Geometroidea

Geometroidea

Superfamily of moths

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.

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References

  1. [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.
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    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.

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