GEOMETROIDEA
(butterfly moths)

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Family 154 subtaxa 1,310 images 40 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyGEOMETROIDEA (butterfly moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. Geometridae part 2 (vol 8(2)) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 8 (Part 2), Harley Books
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. Geometridae part 1 (vol 8(1)) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 8 (Part 1), Harley Books

GEOMETROIDEA (butterfly moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for GEOMETROIDEA (butterfly moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 117 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for GEOMETROIDEA (butterfly moths)
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