Plataea

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Plataea f A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Geometroidea – superfamily; Geometridae – family; Ennominae - subfamily; Ourapterygini - tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Plataea californiaria - type species === References === Plataea (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Plataea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Plataea (moth) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Etymology === Ancient Greek Πλάταια (Plátaia) === Proper noun === Plataea (historical) An ancient Greek city-state situated in Boeotia near the frontier with Attica at the foot of Mt. Cithaeron, between the mountain and the river Asopus, which divided its territory from that of Thebes. ==== Derived terms ==== Plataean