Meris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Tribus: Ourapterygini
Genus: Meris
Species: M. alticola – M. cultrata – M. paradoxa – M. patula – M. suffusaria

Name

Meris Hulst, 1896

Type species: Meris alticola George Duryea Hulst, 1896

References

Primary references

• Hulst, G.D. 1896. A classification of the Geometrina of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 245–386. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Garzón-Orduña, I.J. & Matson, T.A. 2021. First report of Meris paradoxa Rindge (Geometridae: Ennominae) in the central mountains of Mexico, description of its female and a comparison of caterpillar variation among kin. Zootaxa 5032(1): 104–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.1.5. . Reference page. 
• Rindge, F.H. 1971. A Revision of the Moth Genera Meris and Nemeris (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum Novitates 2710: 1–28. Reference page.