Eupitheciini is a
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 moth
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family (biology), family Geometridae of the insect order (biology), order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative for ...
s under subfamily
Larentiinae
Larentiinae is a subfamily of moths containing roughly 5,800 species that occur mostly in the temperate regions of the world. They are generally considered a subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae) and are divided into a few large o ...
, often referred to as pugs.
The tribe was described by Tutt in 1896.
Diversity
The tribe consists of about 47 genera, 15 of which are monotypic.
Recognized genera
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Aepylopha
''Aepylopha'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, ''Aepylopha thalassia'', which is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign count ...
''
Turner, 1942
* ''
Antimimistis
''Antimimistis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Species
* '' Antimimistis attenuata'' (Moore, 1887)
* '' Antimimistis cuprina'' Prout, 1958
* '' Antimimistis illaudata'' Turner, 1922
* '' Antimimistis subteracta'' Prout, 1925
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Turner, 1922
* ''
Ardonis''
Moore, 1888
* ''
Axinoptera
''Axinoptera'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Species
*'' Axinoptera anticostalis'' Galsworthy, 1999
*'' Axinoptera curviscapulis'' (Prout, 1958)
*'' Axinoptera fasciata'' (Warren, 1906)
*'' Axinoptera infusata'' (Walker, 1866) ...
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Hampson, 1893
* ''
Bosara
''Bosara'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Species
*'' Bosara agassizi'' Galsworthy, 2002
*'' Bosara albitornalis'' (L. B. Prout, 1958)
*'' Bosara atypha'' (Prout, 1958)
*'' Bosara brevipecten'' Holloway, 1997
*'' Bosara bursacrist ...
''
Walker, 1866
* ''
Calluga''
Moore, 887
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Events
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* '' Carbia'' Walker, 1866
* '' Casuariclystis'' Holloway, 1997
* '' Celaenaclystis'' Holloway, 1997
* '' Chloroclystis'' Hübner, 825/small>
* '' Chrysoclystis'' Warren, 1896
* '' Dasimatia'' Warren, 1898
* '' Dissolophodes'' Warren, 1907
* '' Eupithecia'' Curtis, 1825
* ''Eupithystis
''Eupithystis'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, ''Eupithystis infuscata'' which is found on Borneo and Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest i ...
'' Holloway, 1997
* ''Eriopithex
''Eriopithex'' is a genus of moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximatel ...
'' Warren, 1896
* '' Eva'' Vojnits, 1981
* '' Girida'' Mironov & Galsworthy, 2012
* ''Glaucoclystis
''Glaucoclystis'' 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 Gree ...
'' Holloway, 1997
* ''Gymnoscelis
''Gymnoscelis'', the pugs, is a large genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Paul Mabille in 1868.
Description
Palpi porrect (extending forward), where the second joint clothed with hair and reaching beyond the frontal tuft. Th ...
'' Mabille, 1868
* ''Hybridoneura
''Hybridoneura'' 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 Gree ...
'' Warren, 1898
* ''Mariaba
''Mariaba'' 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 ''g ...
'' Walker, 1866
* '' Mesocolpia'' Warren, 1901
* ''Mesoptila
''Mesoptila'' 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 '' ...
'' Meyrick, 1891
* '' Microdes'' Guenée, 1857
* ''Micromia
''Micromia'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, ''Micromia fulvipuncta'', which is found in New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hi ...
'' Warren, 1906
* ''Micrulia
''Micrulia'' 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 ''g ...
'' Warren, 1896
* ''Mnesiloba
''Mnesiloba'' is a genus of moth 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 ''g ...
'' Warren, 1901
* '' Nasusina'' Pearsall, 1908
* ''Onagrodes
''Onagrodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Species
*''Onagrodes barbarula'' Prout, 1958
*''Onagrodes eucineta'' Prout, 1958
*''Onagrodes obscurata'' Warren, 1896
*''Onagrodes oosyndica'' Prout, 1958
*''Onagrodes recurva'' Warre ...
'' Warren, 1896
* ''Otucha
''Otucha'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, ''Otucha adminiculata'', which is found on New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-la ...
'' Warren, 1907
* '' Pareupithecia'' Mironov & Galsworthy, 2012
* '' Pasiphila'' Warren, 1895
* '' Pasiphilodes'' Warren, 1895
* ''Phrissogonus
''Phrissogonus'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. Its only species, ''Phrissogonus laticostata'', the apple looper, was first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Aust ...
'' Butler, 1882
* ''Polysphalia
''Polysphalia'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, ''Polysphalia cristigera'', is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren in 1906.
References
Moths des ...
'' Warren, 1906
* '' Pomasia'' Guenee, 1857
* '' Prorella'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
* '' Pseudopolynesia'' Holloway, 1997
* '' Ptychotheca'' Warren, 1906
* '' Pycnoloma'' Warren, 1906
* ''Rhinoprora
''Rhinoprora'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Warren in 1895. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index lists this genus as a junior subjective synonym of ''Pasiphila
''Pasiphila'' is a genus of moths in the family ...
'' Warren, 1895
* '' Scintillithex'' Holloway, 1997
* '' Sigilliclystis'' Galsworthy, 1999
* '' Spiralisigna'' Holloway, 1997
* '' Symmimetis'' Turner, 1907
* ''Syncosmia
''Syncosmia'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Warren in 1897.
Species
*'' Syncosmia craspedozona'' (Prout, 1958)
*'' Syncosmia discisuffusa'' (Holloway, 1976)
*'' Syncosmia dissographa'' (Prout, 1958)
*'' Sync ...
'' Warren, 1897
* '' Tripteridia'' Warren, 1903
* '' Ziridava'' Walker, 1863
Former genera
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Collix
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''Collix'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Species
* ''Collix adamata''
* ''Collix angustipennis''
* ''Collix astathes''
* ''Collix basicristata''
* ''Collix biokoensis''
* ''Collix bl ...
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Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857 (now in
Melanthiini
Melanthiini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae. The tribe was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.
Recognized genera
* '' Anticollix'' Prout, 1938
* '' Bundelia'' Viidalepp, 1988
* '' Coenocalpe'' Hüb ...
)
* ''
Eois''
Hübner, 1818 (now in
Asthenini
Asthenini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae first described by Warren in 1893. The tribe has been combined with Eupitheciini in the past, most notably by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in his work The Moths of Borneo.
Distributio ...
)
* ''
Parasthena''
Warren, 1902 (now in
Asthenini
Asthenini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae first described by Warren in 1893. The tribe has been combined with Eupitheciini in the past, most notably by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in his work The Moths of Borneo.
Distributio ...
)
* ''
Poecilasthena
''Poecilasthena'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Species
*unnamed group
** '' Poecilasthena aedaea'' Turner, 1926
** '' Poecilasthena balioloma'' (Turner, 1907)
** '' Poecilasthena burmensis'' Prout, 1926
** '' Poecilasthena cha ...
''
Warren, 1894 (now in
Asthenini
Asthenini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae first described by Warren in 1893. The tribe has been combined with Eupitheciini in the past, most notably by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in his work The Moths of Borneo.
Distributio ...
)
* ''
Polynesia
Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...
''
Swinhoe, 1892 (now in
Asthenini
Asthenini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae first described by Warren in 1893. The tribe has been combined with Eupitheciini in the past, most notably by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in his work The Moths of Borneo.
Distributio ...
)
* ''
Pseudocollix
''Pseudocollix'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Species
*'' Pseudocollix hyperythra'' (Hampson, 1895)
*'' Pseudocollix kawamurai'' (Inoue, 1972)
References
External linksNatural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Warren, 1895 (now in
Melanthiini
Melanthiini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae. The tribe was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.
Recognized genera
* '' Anticollix'' Prout, 1938
* '' Bundelia'' Viidalepp, 1988
* '' Coenocalpe'' Hüb ...
)
References
* (1999)
"New and revised eupitheciine species (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong and South East Asia" ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan''. 50 (3): 223-234.
* (2002). "''Bosara'' Walker: revisional notes on the ''Bosara refusaria'' group of species (Geometridae: Larentiinae)". ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan''. 54 (3): 147-155.
* (1996). "''Chloroclystis v-ata relicta'' ssp. n. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a new taxon from SW Finland, doomed to go extinct?" ''Entomologica Fennica''. 7 (2): 63-66.
* (2011)
"A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)" ''Zootaxa''. 3136: 1–44.
Larentiinae
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