Scopulini is a
tribe of the
geometer moth family (Geometridae), with about 900 species in seven genera. The tribe was described by
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.
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
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Dithalama
''Dithalama'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae
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 ' ...
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Meyrick, 1888 (4 species in Australia and Tasmania)
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Isoplenodia
''Isoplenodia'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It formerly consisted of only one species, '' Isoplenodia arrogans'', found on Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repob ...
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Prout, 1932 (4 species in Africa)
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Lipomelia
''Lipomelia'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, ''Lipomelia subusta'', which is found in India and Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the j ...
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Warren, 1893 (1 species from India to Taiwan)
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Somatina
''Somatina'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858.
Description
The genus is similar to ''Problepsis'', but differs in that the antennae of the male usually being ciliated. Forewings with vein 1 ...
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Guenée, 1858 (44 species in Africa, East Asia and Australia)
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Zythos
''Zythos'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae
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 ''ge ...
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D. S. Fletcher, 1979 (11 species from Indonesia up to Papua-New Guinea)
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Problepsis
''Problepsis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Description
Palpi thick scaled and reaching just beyond the frons. Hindleg of male small, tibia dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair, where the first joint of tarsus dil ...
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Lederer, 1853 (51 species in the Palearctic, Africa, South-East Asia to Australia)
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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.
Literature
* Hausmann, Axel ''The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 2. Sterrhinae''. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2004,
* Abraham, D.; Ryrholm, N.; Wittzell, H.; Holloway, J. D.; Scoble, M. J.; Lofstedt, C.: "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamilies in Geometridae (Geometroidea: Lepidoptera)". ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution''. 20(1): 65-77 (2001)
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External links
''Lepiforum e.V.''''Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa''*
''Fauna Europaea''
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