Scopulini

Scopulini
Scopula imitaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Sterrhinae
Tribe: Scopulini
Duponchel, 1845
Genus

see text

Synonyms
  • Aletinae Hampson, 1918
  • Aletini
  • Problepsini Wiltshire, 1990

Scopulini is a tribe of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with about 900 species in seven genera.

Systematics

Scopulini as a family name is an old synonym of the subfamily Sterrhinae (Meyrick, 1892). The Tribe Scopulini is divided into seven genera, of which only Scopula and Problepsis have species in Europe.

Phylogenetics

The Phylogenetics of Scopulini was described in detail in 2005 by Pasi Sihvonen.

 Sterrhinae 

 Outgroup (Idaea)


   Scopulini 




 incertae sedis




 Isoplenodia



 Dithalama






 Zythos



 Somatina







 Lipomelia



 Problepsis




 incertae sedis



 Scopula






Literature


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