GEOMETRIDAE
(geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)

Interactions where GEOMETRIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Campylocheta inepta a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Some records of bred Tachinidae, Ford, T.H., 1973
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Campylocheta inepta/Campylocheta ineptaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Geometridaegeometrids, carpets, pugs and looperslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Oswaldia muscaria a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Oswaldia muscaria/Oswaldia muscariaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Geometridaegeometrids, carpets, pugs and looperslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Phorocera assimilis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phorocera assimilis/Phorocera assimilisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Geometridaegeometrids, carpets, pugs and looperslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Phorocera obscura a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phorocera obscura/Phorocera obscuraa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Geometridaegeometrids, carpets, pugs and looperslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Eurysthaea scutellaris a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Eurysthaea scutellaris/Eurysthaea scutellarisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Geometridaegeometrids, carpets, pugs and looperslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Pelatachina tibialis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Pelatachina tibialis/Pelatachina tibialisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Geometridaegeometrids, carpets, pugs and looperslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva ForeignQuestionable Entomophaga exoleta a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Entomophaga exoleta/Entomophaga exoletaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Geometridaegeometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers?larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
is taken to the nest of female UK/Ireland Eumenes coarctatus Heath Potter Wasp Hymenoptera: Vespidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Eumenes coarctatus/Eumenes coarctatusheath potter waspfemale Animal / predator / stocks nest withUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Geometridaegeometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers female stocks nest with

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ford, T.H., 1973Some records of bred TachinidaeEntomologist’s Record and journal of variation 85: 288-299.
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

GEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

GEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
ARCHIEARINAE
orange underwings
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Archiearis
orange underwings
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
ENNOMINAE
a subfamily of moths
Subfamily 34 subtaxa 68 trophisms 12 references
GEOMETRINAE
a subfamily of geometer moths
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
LARENTIINAE
a subfamily of geometrid moths
Subfamily 34 subtaxa 36 trophisms 24 references
STERRHINAE
a subfamily of wave moths
Subfamily 7 subtaxa 2 trophisms 7 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyGEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for GEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

Microscopy

Pierce, F.N. 1914 The Genitalia of the Group Geometridae of the Lepidoptera of the British Islands 84+48 Platespp, The Northern Publishing Company

GEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to GEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 1,310 images of GEOMETRIDAE (geometrids, carpets, pugs and loopers)
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