Melanthiini is a tribe of
geometer moths
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 ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metro ...
under subfamily
Larentiinae. The
tribe
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was described by
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774 – 10 January 1846) was a French soldier and entomologist.
Life and career
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel was born in 1774 in Valenciennes, Nord, and died on 10 January 1846 in Paris. After studies ...
in 1845.
Recognized genera
* ''
Anticollix''
Prout, 1938
* ''
Bundelia''
Viidalepp, 1988
* ''
Coenocalpe''
Hübner, 1825
* ''
Collix''
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857
* ''
Echthrocollix''
Inoue, 1953
* ''
Herbulotia''
Inoue, 1953
* ''
Horisme''
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* '' Kauria'' Viidalepp, 1988
* '' Melanthia'' Duponchel, 1829
* ''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
...
'' Warren, 1895
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Plac ...
'' Warren, 1894
References
*
"Tribus Melanthiini" ''BioLib.cz''.
External links
*
Larentiinae
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