Geometrinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of moths}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Jodis lactearia01.jpg | image_caption = Little emerald, ''Jodis lactearia'' (Hemitheini) | taxon = Geometrinae | authority = Leach, 1815 | subdivision_ranks = Tribes | subdivision = *Ornithospilini *Agathiini *Hemitheini, <small>(incl. Lophochoristini, Heliotheini, Hierochthoniini)</small> *Dysphaniini *Pseudoterpnini *Neohipparchini *Aracimini *Nemoriini *Synchlorini *Comibaenini *Timandromorphini *Geometrini *Dichordophorini :and see text }}

'''Geometrinae''' is the nominate subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It is strongly split, containing a considerable number of tribes of which most are presently very small or monotypic. These small moths are often a light bluish green, leading to the common name of '''emerald moths''', though a few species called thus are also found in the tribe Campaeini of the Ennominae. In 2018, a phylogeny and classification based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis was published in the ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' in which 13 tribes were accepted.<ref>Ban X., ''et al.'' (2018) Tribal classification and phylogeny of Geometrinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) inferred from seven gene regions. ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 184 (3): 653–672. {{doi|10.1093/zoolinnean/zly013}}</ref>

There are about 2,300 described species, mostly from the tropics.

==Selected genera and species== * Blotched emerald, ''Comibaena bajularia'' * ''Dysphania'': the genus of 'false tiger moths' of Asia * Large emerald, ''Geometra papilionaria'' * Essex emerald, ''Thetidia smaragdaria''

==Genera ''incertae sedis''== Some geometrine genera have not been definitely assigned to a tribe.<ref>See references in Savela (2007)</ref> These include: * ''Bathycolpodes'' * ''Bustilloxia'' * ''Chlorodontopera'' * ''Eucrostes'' * ''Kuchleria'' * ''Prosomphax'' * ''Xenochlorodes'' * ''Xenozancla''

==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}

==References== {{Commons category}} *{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/geometrinae/ |title=Geometrinae |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=April 13, 2019}}

Category:Geometrinae Category:Moth subfamilies