Abraxini

Short description: Tribe of moths

Abraxini

The Dorset cream wave (Stegania trimaculata) is placed in the Cassymini by authors recognizing them as separate tribe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Geometridae
Subfamily:  | Ennominae
Tribe:  | Abraxini
Warren, 1893
Genera

Several, but see text

Synonyms[1]

* Abraxinae Warren, 1893
* Cassymini Holloway, 1994 (but see text)
* Pantheridae Moore, 1887
* Pantherini Moore, 1887
* Zerenini Duponchel, 1845
* Zerenites Duponchel, 1845

The Abraxini are a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Ennominae. Here, the Cassymini are considered a specialized offshoot of the Abraxini and merged therein; some authors consider them a distinct tribe however.[2]

## Genera

As numerous ennominae genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe,[3] the genus list is preliminary. Most of the genera listed here would be placed in the Cassymini if these are considered separate.[4]

* Abraxas
* Magpie, Abraxas grossulariata
* Clouded magpie, Abraxas sylvata
* Auzeodes
* Ballantiophora
* Berberodes
* Cassyma
* Danala
* Gyostega
* Heterostegane
* Hydatocapnia
* Leuciris
* Ligdia
* Scorched carpet, Ligdia adustata
* Lomaspilis
* Clouded border, Lomaspilis marginata
* Ninodes
* Orthocabera (tentatively placed here)
* Peratophyga
* Pristostegania
* Protitame
* Pycnostega
* Stegania
* Syngonorthus
* Xenostega
* Zamarada (tentatively placed here)

Heliomata, otherwise placed in the Macariini, might also belong here.

## References

1. ↑ Forum Herbulot (2008)
2. ↑ Holloway (1994), Young (2008)
3. ↑ See references in Savela (2008)
4. ↑ Holloway (1994)

## External links

* Forum Herbulot (2008): Family group names in Geometridae. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
* Holloway, J.D. (1994): The Moths of Borneo: Family Geometridae, Subfamily Ennominae. London.
* Savela, Markku (2008): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Ennominae. Version of March 8, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
* Young, Catherine J. (2008): Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini using adult morphology, and phylogeny of the Geometridae based on morphological characters. Zootaxa 1736: 1-141.

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