Family GEOMETRIDAE
DRAFT RECORD
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Introduction
[After McQuillan & Edwards 1996: 200]
The Geometridae are a very large family in Australia. They have been traditionally divided into six subfamilies, the Archiearinae, Ennominae, Oenochroinae, Geometrinae, Sterrhinae and the Laurentiinae. Some of these may be monophyletic groups but the Oenochrominae in particular contain several unrelated groups. The literature is listed under the subfamilies but Common (1990) illustrated all the groups mentioned and provided biological information. McFarland (1988) published a lavishly illustrated account of the early stages of a wide selection of Australian species.
General References
Common, I.F.B. 1990. Moths of Australia. Carlton : Melbourne University Press vi+535 pp., 32 pls
McFarland, N. 1988. Portraits of South Australian geometrid moths. Kansas : Allen Press, Lawrence iv+400 pp., frontispiece
McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM