''Geometridites'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''met ...
. The genus was erected by Clark et al. in 1971.
Species
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Geometridites jordani''
Kernbach, 1967 (Willershausen, Pliocene)
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Geometridites larentiiformis''
Jarzembowski, 1980
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Geometridites repens''
Kernbach, 1967
References
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Geometridae
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