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Looper Moths - Family Geometridae (587 words) |
 | Most of the Caterpillars in family GEOMETRIDAE only have one or two pair of prolegs. |
| The GEOMETRIDAE caterpillars are usually hairless and with slender body. |
| The GEOMETRIDAE usually pupate in plant materials or in the soil in a flimsy cocoon. |
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Geometridae (121 words) |
| Of these 62 families, the Geometridae, with over 1,400 species in the United States and Canada, represent the second largest family of Lepidoptera. |
| The Geometridae are well known as "inchworm moths" for their distinctive larval form. |
| US and Canadian Geometridae are further divided among 6 sub-families, the Alsophilinae, Archiearinae, Oenochrominae, Ennominae, Geometrinae, Sterrhinae, and Larentiinae. |
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