Checklist of Superfamily Geometroidea Leach, 1815 (Geometrid)
for Peru (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 580
9390
28804 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 577
9384
28798 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 552
9245
28393 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 356
7215
23110 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 70
2308
8112 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 70
2308
8112 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 69
2303
8101 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 29
1647
6275 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 25
1524
5940 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths | 4
268
729 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Peru
4 Families width 729 Species and 17 Subspecies
Subnodes of Geometroidea with occurrences in Peru | Family | Callidulidae
Moore, 1877
Old World Butterfly Moths, Old World butterfly-moths | 2
2 | 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 | 259
720 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sematuridae
Guenée, 1858
American Swallowtail Moths, Sematurid Moths | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Uraniidae
Blanchard, 1845
Swallowtail Moths | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information
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