''Idaea'', sometimes called ''Hyriogona'' (among other synonyms), is a large

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

geometer moth The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek (derivative form of or "the earth"), and "measure" in referen ...

s. It was erected by

Georg Friedrich Treitschke Georg Friedrich Treitschke (; 29 August 1776 – 4 June 1842) was a German librettist, translator and lepidopterist. In 1800, he came to the Vienna Hofoper. From 1809 to 1814, he was principal of the Viennese Theater an der Wien. He wrote mo ...

in 1825. They are found nearly worldwide, with many native to the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...

, the African

savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach th ...

s, and the deserts of western Asia.Choi, S. W. & Kim, S. S. (2013)
"Six new records of ''Idaea'' Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae) from Korea"
''Entomological Research''. 43 (1): 27-33. As of 2013, there were about 680 species in the genus.

Selected species

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q142552 Sterrhini Geometridae genera Taxa named by Georg Friedrich Treitschke