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Geometroidea
Geometroidea
Translingual
Proper noun
Geometroidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – many geometrid moths.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Amphiesmenoptera - clade; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Geometridae - now the sole family; Hedylidae - family formerly included