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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Geometridae Sub Family   Description   loopers or inch-worms Background to Family   A family of lightly built moths, comprising more than 300 species in 6 sub-families, and characterised by caterpillars with a single pair of pro-legs on the final segment. Backgrounds to the sub-families are described.     No. taxa in DBIF   347 No. interactions   3055 % interactions with British data   94% No. records   4661 % taxa with British data   99% Notes   Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings. New material added from Waring, Townsend & Lewington, 2003. Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, UK.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   2003 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:58 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:62 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:59 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:53 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:52 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:56 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:55 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:61 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:60 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:57 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:63 Source   In ed. Emmet, A.M., Heath, J (1992) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol 7, part 2) 1-353:54