Peribatodes Wehrli, 1943
(beauty moths)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty					Species		15 images	1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Peribatodes (beauty moths)
Tribe	Boarmiini (a tribe of moths)
Subfamily	ENNOMINAE (a subfamily of moths)
Family	GEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)
Superfamily	GEOMETROIDEA (butterfly moths)
Clade	Macrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
Clade	Obtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Peribatodes is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Apoditrysia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Townsend, M.C., Clifton, J. & Goodey, B.	2010	British and Irish moths: an illustrated guide to selected difficult species (covering the use of genitalia and other features)	91pp, Butterfly Conservation

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

GEOMETRIDAE
(geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)

GEOMETROIDEA
(butterfly moths)

Macrolepidoptera
(macro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Peribatodes (beauty moths)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Peribatodes (beauty moths)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Peribatodes is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)