Geometrinae

Geometrinae is the nominate subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae). It is strongly split, containing a considerable number of tribes of which most are presently very small or monotypic. These small moths are often a light bluish green, leading to the common name of emerald moths, though a few species called thus are also found in the tribe Campaeini of the Ennominae. In 2018, a phylogeny and classification based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis was published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society in which 13 tribes were accepted.[1]

Geometrinae
Little emerald, Jodis lactearia (Hemitheini)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Geometrinae Leach, 1815
Tribes
Ornithospilini Agathiini Hemitheini, (incl. Lophochoristini, Heliotheini, Hierochthoniini) Dysphaniini Pseudoterpnini Neohipparchini Aracimini Nemoriini Synchlorini Comibaenini Timandromorphini Geometrini Dichordophorini and see text

There are about 2,300 described species, mostly from the tropics.

Selected genera and species

• Blotched emerald, Comibaena bajularia
• Dysphania: the genus of 'false tiger moths' of Asia
• Large emerald, Geometra papilionaria
• Essex emerald, Thetidia smaragdaria

Genera incertae sedis

Some geometrine genera have not been definitely assigned to a tribe.[2] These include:

• Bathycolpodes
• Bustilloxia
• Chlorodontopera
• Eucrostes
• Kuchleria
• Prosomphax
• Xenochlorodes
• Xenozancla

Footnotes

1. Ban X., et al. (2018) Tribal classification and phylogeny of Geometrinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) inferred from seven gene regions. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184 (3): 653–672. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly013
2. See references in Savela (2007)

References

• Savela, Markku. "Geometrinae". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 13, 2019.

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