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Parent Taxon

• Geometridae

Sibling Taxa

• Acanthotoca
• Acrodontis
• Acronyctodes
• Acrosemia
• Aethiopodes
• Antepione
• Anthyperythra
• Apeira
• Astyochia
• Bassania
• Besma
• Bonatea
• Campatonema
• Caripeta
• Carpella
• Cartellodes
• Cepphis
• Cingilia
• Costalobata
• Crocallis
• Destutia
• Digonis
• Drymoea
• Dyschoroneura
• Ectephrina
• Ellopia
• Emplocia
• Ennomos
• Erastria
• Eucaterva
• Eugonobapta
• Eusarca
• Eutrapela
• Evita
• Fulgurodes
• Gonora
• Hasodima
• Hyalostenele
• Hydatoscia
• Hygrochroma
• Isochromodes
• Lambdina
• Leptomiza
• Leucula
• Leuculopsis
• Lychnosea
• Melemaea
• Meris
• Metrica
• Microgonia
• Mimosema
• Neoselenia
• Neoterpes
• Neotherina
• Nepheloleuca
• Nephodia
• Nepytia
• Neuromelia
• Ourapteryx
• Oxydia
• Pantherodes
• Paragonia
• Parallage
• Patalene
• Perusia
• Pherne
• Philtraea
• Phyle
• Pionenta
• Plataea
• Polla
• Proaethiopodes
• Prochoerodes
• Psilocerea
• Psilosetia
• Scoriopsis
• Selenia
• Seleniopsis
• Sicya
• Simena
• Simopteryx
• Snowia
• Somatolophia
• Stenele
• Synnomos
• Tarma
• Tetracis
• Tmetomorpha
• Urepione
• Xanthisthisa

Child Taxa

• Plataea aristidesi
• Plataea blanchardaria
• Plataea calcaria
• Plataea californiaria
• Plataea diva
• Plataea mexicana
• Plataea pausaniasi
• Plataea personaria
• Plataea polychroma
• Plataea trilinearia
• Plataea ursaria

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