Eupitheciini

Eupitheciini
Eupithecia innotata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Larentiinae
Tribe:	Eupitheciini Tutt, 1896
Synonyms
Tephroclystiini Warren, 1895 Chloroclystini Mironov, 1990

Eupitheciini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae, often referred to as pugs.[1] The tribe was described by Tutt in 1896.

Diversity

The tribe consists of about 47 genera, 15 of which are monotypic.

Recognized genera

• Aepylopha Turner, 1942
• Antimimistis Turner, 1922
• Ardonis Moore, 1888
• Axinoptera Hampson, 1893
• Bosara Walker, 1866
• Calluga Moore, [1887]
• Carbia Walker, 1866
• Casuariclystis Holloway, 1997
• Celaenaclystis Holloway, 1997
• Chloroclystis Hübner, [1825]
• Chrysoclystis Warren, 1896
• Dasimatia Warren, 1898
• Dissolophodes Warren, 1907
• Eupithecia Curtis, 1825
• Eupithystis Holloway, 1997
• Eriopithex Warren, 1896
• Eva Vojnits, 1981
• Girida Mironov & Galsworthy, 2012
• Glaucoclystis Holloway, 1997
• Gymnoscelis Mabille, 1868
• Hybridoneura Warren, 1898
• Mariaba Walker, 1866
• Mesocolpia Warren, 1901
• Mesoptila Meyrick, 1891
• Microdes Guenée, 1857
• Micromia Warren, 1906
• Micrulia Warren, 1896
• Mnesiloba Warren, 1901
• Nasusina Pearsall, 1908
• Onagrodes Warren, 1896
• Otucha Warren, 1907
• Pareupithecia Mironov & Galsworthy, 2012
• Pasiphila Warren, 1895
• Pasiphilodes Warren, 1895
• Phrissogonus Butler, 1882
• Polysphalia Warren, 1906
• Pomasia Guenee, 1857
• Prorella Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
• Pseudopolynesia Holloway, 1997
• Ptychotheca Warren, 1906
• Pycnoloma Warren, 1906
• Rhinoprora Warren, 1895
• Scintillithex Holloway, 1997
• Sigilliclystis Galsworthy, 1999
• Spiralisigna Holloway, 1997
• Symmimetis Turner, 1907
• Syncosmia Warren, 1897
• Tripteridia Warren, 1903
• Ziridava Walker, 1863

Former genera

• Collix Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857 (now in Melanthiini)
• Eois Hübner, 1818 (now in Asthenini)
• Parasthena Warren, 1902 (now in Asthenini)
• Poecilasthena Warren, 1894 (now in Asthenini)
• Polynesia Swinhoe, 1892 (now in Asthenini)
• Pseudocollix Warren, 1895 (now in Melanthiini)

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Tribe Eupitheciini". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

• Galsworthy, A.C. (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.
• Galsworthy, A. (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.
• Krogerus, Harry (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.
• Viidalepp, J. (2011). "A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zootaxa. 3136: 1–44.