Geometrinae is the nominate subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It is strongly split, containing a considerable number of tribess of which most are presently very small or monotypic. These small moths are often a light bluish green, leading to the common name of emerald moths, though a few species called thus are also found in the tribe Campaeini of the Ennominae. In 2018, a phylogeny and classification based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis was published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society in which 13 tribes were accepted.

There are about 2,300 described species, mostly from the tropics.

Selected genera and species

• Blotched emerald, Comibaena bajularia

• Dysphania: the genus of 'false tiger moths' of Asia

• Large emerald, Geometra papilionaria

• Essex emerald, Thetidia smaragdaria

Genera incertae sedis

Some geometrine genera have not been definitely assigned to a tribe. These include:

• Bathycolpodes

• Bustilloxia

• Chlorodontopera

• Eucrostes

• Kuchleria

• Prosomphax

• Xenochlorodes

• Xenozancla

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