Checklist of Superfamily Geometroidea Leach, 1815 (Geometrid)
for Afrotropical (Ecozones)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 223
6836
56836 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 223
6836
56836 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 209
6731
56399 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 185
6589
56067 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 83
4302
27836 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 82
4295
27811 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 79
4286
27718 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 27
2443
17860 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 23
2132
16193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 4
396
4247 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Afrotropical
4 Families width 4247 Species
Subnodes of Geometroidea with occurrences in Afrotropical | Family | Callidulidae
Moore, 1877
Old World Butterfly Moths, Old World butterfly-moths | 2
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Geometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Geometer Moth, Geometer Moths, Geometers, Geometrid Moths, Inch-worm moths, Inchworm Moths, Inchworms, Looper Caterpillars, Looper Moths, Looper-caterpillar moths, Measuring-worm moths, Measuringworms, Waves | 373
4147 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sematuridae
Guenée, 1858
American Swallowtail Moths, Sematurid Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Uraniidae
Blanchard, 1845
Swallowtail Moths | 20
95 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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