Geometroidea | |
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Large Emerald Moth (Geometra papilionaria) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
(unranked): | Macrolepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Geometroidea |
Families | |
Diversity | |
over 20,500 species |
Geometridae
Uraniidae
Sematuridae
The Geometroidea are the superfamily of geometrid moths in the Lepidoptera. It includes the families Geometridae, Uraniidae, and Sematuridae. The monotypic Apoprogones was considered a separate geometroid family of the Apoprogonidae by a minority, but is now subsumed under the Sematuridae.