A morphological appraisal of the new subfamily Epidesmiinae (Lepidoptera : Geometridae) with an overview of all geometrid subfamilies
Our study revises Epidesmiinae, the first new Geometridae subfamily that has been described in 127 years. We studied the morphological characters of representatives from all genera currently classified into Epidesmiinae, and compared those with all other geometrid subfamilies. Epidesmiinae were found to have an Australasian distribution, with one species occurring in the Indo-Malayan realm. They c
