Caberini

Caberini is a tribe of geometrid moths in the family Geometridae. There are at least 50 described species in Caberini.[1][2]

Caberini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Tribe:
Caberini
Synonyms
  • Sphacelodini Forbes, 1948

Taxonomic note:

  • Molecular analyses by Sihvonen et al. (2011) supports separating the tribe Baptini from the Caberini. Research by Pitkin (2002) supports the view that Caberini and Baptini should be united, but notes that further study of immature stages is needed.[2][3]

Genera
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References
  1. "Caberini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. "Caberini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. "North American Moth Photographers Group". Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  • Hodges, R. W., et al., eds. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland, 284.
  • Pitkin, Linda M. (2002). "Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 135, no. 2-3, 121-401.
  • Sihvonen, Pasi, Marko Mutanen, Lauri Kaila, Gunnar Brehm, Axel Hausmann, and Herman S. Staude (2011). "Comprehensive molecular sampling yields a robust phylogeny for Geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". PLoS One, vol. 6, no. 6, 11.

Further reading
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.


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