The Angeronini are a small
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
of
geometer moths in the
subfamily Ennominae
Ennominae is the largest subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae) with some 9,700 described species in 1,100 genera. They are usually a fairly small moths, though some (such as the peppered moth) grow to be considerably large. This s ...
. The tribe was first described by
William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes
William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (April 23, 1885 Westborough – April 12, 1968 Worcester) was an American entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superor ...
in 1948. As numerous ennomine genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe,
[See references in Savela (2008)] the genus list is preliminary.
Genera
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Angerona''
Duponchel, 1829
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Lytrosis''
Hulst, 1896
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Euchlaena''
Hübner, 1823
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Xanthotype''
Warren, 1894
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Cymatophora''
Hübner, 1812
Footnotes
References
* (2008)
Family group names in Geometridae Retrieved July 22, 2008.
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Taxa named by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes
Moth tribes
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