Lythria
| Lythria | |
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| Lythria cruentaria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Sterrhinae |
| Tribe: | Lythriini Herbulot, 1962 |
| Genus: | Lythria Hübner, 1823[1] |
Lythria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae and only genus of the tribe Lythriini.[1]
Systematics
The genus Lythria consists of five species:
- Tribe Lythriini Herbulot, 1962
- Genus Lythria Hübner, 1823[1]
- Lythria cruentaria (Hufnagel, 1767)[1]
- Lythria plumularia (Freyer, 1831)
- Lythria purpuraria (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
- Lythria sanguinaria (Duponchel, 1842)
- Lythria venustata Staudinger, 1882[1][2]
- Genus Lythria Hübner, 1823[1]
Phylogenics
Within the Sterrhinae, the Lythriini are probably the sistergroup of the Rhodometrini, as diagrammed by the cladogram below:[3][4]
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References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Viidalepp, Jaan. Checklist of the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the former U.S.S.R. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books, 1998. 12.
- ↑ Vasilenko, Sergei V. "Lythria venustata (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), a Rare Species from Kazakhstan." Entomological Review 89.3 (2009): 374-376. ISSN 0013-8738 doi:10.1134/S0013873809030166
- ↑ Sihvonen, Pasi & Lauri Kaila. "Phylogeny and tribal classification of Sterrhinae with emphasis on delimiting Scopulini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)." Systematic Entomology 29 (2004): 324–358. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.12.027
- ↑ Õunap, Erki, Jaan Viidalepp, & Urmas Saarma. "Systematic position of Lythriini revised: transferred from Larentiinae to Sterrhinae (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)." Zoologica Scripta 37.4 (2008): 405-413. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00327.x
External links
- Lepiforum e. V.
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Markku Savela: Lepidoptera and some other life forms (englisch)
- Ian Kimber: Guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland
- Fauna Europaea, with Lythriini listed as a belonging to the subfamily Larentiinae
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