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Family
Geometridae
Leach, 1815
- geometer moths
(moth)
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Entity:
Geometroidea (Superfamily)
..[Cymatophoridae] (Family)
..Epicopeiidae (Family) - Oriental swallowtail moths
..[Geometrida] (Family)
..[Geometrites] (Family)
..Sematuridae (Family) - American swallowtail moths
..Uraniidae (Family) - swallowtail moths
..Geometridae (Family) - geometer moths
....[Acidalia] (Genus)
....Alsophilinae (Subfamily)
....Archiearinae (Subfamily)
....[Belciana] (Genus)
....[Cheimatobia] (Genus)
....[Chloroclystia] (Genus)
....Desmobathrinae (Subfamily)
....Ennominae (Subfamily)
....[Euchrostes] (Genus)
....Geometridites (Genus)
....Geometrinae (Subfamily)
....[Hydriomeninae] (Subfamily)
....Larentiinae (Subfamily)
....[Meliaba] (Genus)
....[Metrocampa] (Genus)
....[Nalca] (Genus)
....Oenochrominae (Subfamily)
....[Oporina] (Genus)
....Orthostixinae (Subfamily)
....[Psodos] (Genus)
....Sterrhinae (Subfamily)
....[Tephroclystia] (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
[Leach, 1815], orth. corr.
Original name
:
[Leach, 1815].
In
Brewster's
Edinburgh Ency.
9
(1): 134.
Subsequent spelling
:
Attributes
Justified emendation of suffix ("orth. corr.") [ICZN, 1999: Art. 34.1 (family)]
Ref:
ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450
: 258 ("correction").
Name placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]
Ref:
ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450
: Ruling (5)(c) (p. 258: "Name No. 137").
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Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Geometrinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
N.P. Kristensen et al., 2007
: 746.
[implicit]
Type, by designation under the plenary power
:
Geometra
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: Ruling (1)(b)(3)(3) (p. 254; p. 258).
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Variants
Original spelling
:
Geometrida
(Family)
Leach, 1815, orth. inval.
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: 258, 260.
Incorrect spelling
:
Geometrida
(Family)
Leach, 1815, orth. inval.
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: 258, 260.
Incorrect spelling
:
Geometrites
(Family)
Newman, 1835, orth. inval.
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: 260.
Synonyms
Including
:
Cymatophoridae
(Family)
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
spanners
:
landmeters
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
geometer moths
Ref:
J.B. Heppner, 1998b
: 59.
:
measuring worm moths and cankerworm moths
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1 Feb 2024