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Taxon: Genus Geometra Linnaeus, 1758 (moth)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 519.
Subsequent rank: 

Gender

Feminine Ref: ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450: 255.

Attributes

Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450: Ruling (2)(c) (p. 255: "Name No. 1058"). [new]

Types

Type of: Geometrinae (Subfamily)
Type of: Geometroidea (Superfamily) Leach, 1815
Type, by designation under the plenary power, of: Geometridae (Family) Leach, 1815 Ref: ICZN, 1957: Ruling (1)(b)(3)(3) (p. 254; p. 258). [new]
Type, by designation under the plenary power: Geometra papilionaria (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: ICZN, 1957: Ruling (1)(b)(3)(2) (p. 254: "genus"; p. 255). [implicit]
Type, by designation under the plenary power: Phalaena papilionaria Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: ICZN, 1957: Ruling (1)(b)(3)(2) (p. 254: "genus"; p. 255). [new]

Variants

Basionym: Geometra (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758

Homonyms

Junior homonym (unavailable): Geometra (Genus) Paetel, 1875, orth. inval. Ref: ICZN, 1957: 257.
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