Scopulini
| Scopulini | |
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| Scopula imitaria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| (unranked): | Macrolepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Geometroidea |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Sterrhinae |
| Tribe: | Scopulini Duponchel, 1845 |
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Scopulini is a tribus of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with about 900 species in seven genera.
Systematics
Scopulini as a family name is an old synonym of the subfamily Sterrhinae (Meyrick, 1892). The Tribe Scopulini is divided into seven genera, of which only Scopula and Problepsis have species in Europe.
- Scopulini Duponchel, 1845
- Dithalama Meyrick, 1888 (4 species in Australia and Tasmania)
- Isoplenodia Prout, 1932 (4 species in Africa)
- Lipomelia Warren, 1893 (1 species from India to Taiwan)
- Somatina Guenée, 1858 (44 species in Africa, East Asia and Australia)
- Zythos Fletcher, 1979 (11 species from Indonesia up to Papua-New Guinea)
- Problepsis Lederer, 1853 (51 species in the palearctic, Africa, South-East Asia to Australia)
- Scopula Schrank, 1802 (including Glossotrophia Prout, 1913 and Holarctias Prout, 1913) (over 800 species)
Phylogenetics
The Phylogenetics of Scopulini was described in detail in 2005 by Pasi Sihvonen.
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Literature
- Axel Hausmann: The Geometrid moths of Europe, 2. Sterrhinae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2004, ISBN 87-88757-37-4
- D. Abraham, N. Ryrholm, H. Wittzell, J. D. Holloway, M. J. Scoble, C. Lofstedt: Molecular phylogeny of the subfamilies in Geometridae (Geometroidea: Lepidoptera). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 20(1): 65-77 (2001)
- Pasi Sihvonen: Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 143: 473–530 London 2005 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
External links
- Lepiforum e. V.
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Markku Savela: Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- Ian Kimber: Guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland
- Fauna Europaea