Checklist for Superfamily Geometroidea Leach, 1815 (Geometrid)
and region Melrose (Clark County, Illinois, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 56
170
216 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 56
170
216 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 53
166
211 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 49
158
206 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 22
97
134 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 22
97
134 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 22
97
134 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 12
74
106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 10
70
102 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 1
9
12 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Melrose (Illinois)
1 Family width 12 Species
Genera for Melrose (Illinois)
9 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Melrose (Illinois)
12 Species | Heliomata cycladata Grote & Robi..., 1866 | Common Spring Moth | | Horisme intestinata Guenée, 1858 | Brown Bark Carpet | | Hypagyrtis unipunctata Haworth, 1809 | One Spotted Variant | | Lycia ursaria Walker, 1860 | Bear | | Macaria bisignata Walker, 1866 | Red-headed Angle | | Macaria granitata Guenée, 1857 | Granite Angle | | Macaria minorata Packard, 1873 | Minor Angle | | Macaria transitaria Walker, 1861 | Blurry Chocolate Angle | | Nepytia canosaria Walker, 1862 | False Hemlock Looper | | Petrophora subaequaria Walker, 1860 | Northern Petrophora | | Protitame virginalis Hulst, 1900 | The Virgin Moth | | Speranza pustularia Guenée, 1857 | Lesser Maple Spanworm |
Subnodes of Geometroidea with occurrences in Melrose (Illinois) | 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 | 9
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Geometroidea at artfakta.se
Geometroidea at dyntaxa.se
Geometroidea at itis.gov
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