Geometridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
FAMILY: Published in
Stephens J. F., 1829a, The nomenclature of British Insects; being a compendious list of such species as are contained in the systematic catalogue of British insects, and forming a guide to their classification. vol issue pages 1–84

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Insecta: order
Lepidoptera: family
Geometridae

Name

Synonyms: Anisodes congruaria Walker, 1869; Boarmia reissi Maassen, 1890; Boarmia vidriadaria Oberthür, 1883; Macaria spilosaria Walker, 1863
Homonyms: Geometridae
Common names: Cankerworms in English; Cankerworms in English; Geometer Moth in English; Geometer Moth in English; Geometer Moths in English; Geometer Moths in English; Geometers in English; Geometers in English; Géomètres [n. f.], Phalènes in French; Measuringworms in English; Measuringworms in English; Målere in Danish; arpenteuses in French; cankerworms in English; chenilles arpenteuses in French; chenilles géométrales in French; geometer moth in English; geometer moths in English; geometers in English; géomètres in French; measuringworms in English; mittarit in Finnish; spanners in Dutch; mätare in Swedish; målarar in Nynorsk, Norwegian; målere in Norwegian Bokmål; geometer moths in English; spanners in Dutch

Bibliographic References

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Hodges, R. W., et al., eds., 1983: null. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. 284.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 450 Suppression under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Phalaena Linnaeus, 1758, and validation as of subgeneric status (a) as from 1758, of the Terms Bombyx, Noctua, Geometra, Tortrix, Pyralis, Tinea, and Alucita as used by Linnaeus for Groups of species of the genus Phalaena and (B) as from 1767 of the Term Attacus similarly published by Linnaeus and matters incidental thereto (class Insecta, order Lepidoptera).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15(15), 251-328 (1957)
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Sihvonen, Pasi, Marko Mutanen, Lauri Kaila, Gunnar Brehm, Axel Hausmann, and Herman S. Staude, 2011: Comprehensive molecular sampling yields a robust phylogeny for Geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). PLoS One, vol. 6, no. 6. 11.
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van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148: 212-221.
van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148: 212-221.
van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148: 212-221.
van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. 3148: 212-221.