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 γῆ or γαῖα “the earth”), and metron μέτρον “measure” in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to measure the earth as they move along in a looping fashion. Geometridae is a very large family, containing around 23,000 described species.

Subfamily : Desmobathrinae

Celerena signata

Grey-bordered-Yellow-Looper

Bukit Lawang, Sumatra, Indonesia

Eumelea florinata

Sabah, Malaysia

Eumelea sp.

Sabah, Malaysia

Ozola submontana

Sabah, Malaysia

Subfamily : Ennominae

Subfamily : Geometrinae (Emerald Moths)

Subfamily : Larentiinae (Carpet Moths)

Acolutha sp.

Sabah, Malaysia

Acolutha sp.

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Ecliptopera rectilinea

Sabah, Malaysia

Ecliptopera rectilinea

Sabah, Malaysia

Polynesia truncapex

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Pomasia sp.

Sabah, Malaysia

Subfamily : Oenochrominae

Sarcinodes reductatus

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Sarcinodes sp.

Sabah, Malaysia

Subfamily : Sterrhinae

Tribe : Cosymbiini

Bytharia lucida

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Bytharia lucida

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda abhadraca

Sabah, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda convergens

Bukit Lawang, Sumatra, Indonesia

Chrysocraspeda croceomarginata

Sabah, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda dracontias

Sabah, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda sp.

Sabah, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda faganaria

Sabah, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda faganaria

Sabah, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda faganaria

Sabah, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda juriae

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda lunulata

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda sp.

Sabah, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda mitigata

Sabah, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda sp.

Sabah, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda mitigata

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda sp.

Sabah, Malaysia

Chrysocraspeda plumbeofusa

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Perixera flavirubra

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Perixera illepidaria

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Trygodes sp.

Sabah, Malaysia

Trygodes sp.

Sabah, Malaysia

Tribe : Cyllopodini

Organopoda acmaea

Sabah, Malaysia

Tribe : Scopulini

Problepsis achlyobathra

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Problepsis plenorbis

Sabah, Malaysia

Problepsis plenorbis

Sabah, Malaysia

Scopula divisaria

Sabah, Malaysia

Zythos avellanea

Balikpapan, Kalimantan, Indonesia

Zythos strigata

Bukit Lawang, Sumatra, Indonesia

Zythos turbata

Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

Tribe : Sterrhini

Idaea craspedota

Bukit Lawang, Sumatra, Indonesia