Scopulini

Short description: Tribe of moths

Scopulini

Scopula imitaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Geometridae
Subfamily:  | Sterrhinae
Tribe:  | Scopulini
Duponchel, 1845
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. The tribe was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.

## Contents

* 1 Systematics
* 2 Phylogenetics
* 2.1 Literature
* 3 External links

## 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.

* Scopulini Duponchel, 1845
* Dithalama Meyrick, 1888 (4 species in Australia and Tasmania)
* Isoplenodia Prout, 1932 (4 species in Africa)
* Lipomelia Warren, 1893 (1 species from India to Taiwan)
* Somatina Guenée, 1858 (44 species in Africa, East Asia and Australia)
* Zythos D. S. Fletcher, 1979 (11 species from Indonesia up to Papua-New Guinea)
* Problepsis Lederer, 1853 (51 species in the Palearctic, Africa, South-East Asia to Australia)
* Scopula Schrank, 1802 (including Glossotrophia Prout, 1913 and Holarctias Prout, 1913) (over 800 species)

## Phylogenetics

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

Sterrhinae |  |  |

Outgroup (Idaea)

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Scopulini |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

incertae sedis

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Isoplenodia

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Dithalama

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Zythos

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Somatina

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Lipomelia

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Problepsis

incertae sedis

Scopula

### Literature

* Hausmann, Axel The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 2. Sterrhinae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2004, ISBN 87-88757-37-4
* Abraham, D.; Ryrholm, N.; Wittzell, H.; Holloway, J. D.; Scoble, M. J.; Lofstedt, C.: "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamilies in Geometridae (Geometroidea: Lepidoptera)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 20(1): 65-77 (2001)
* Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.

## External links

* Lepiforum e.V.
* Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
* Savela, Markku. "Tribe Scopulini". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/sterrhinae/#Scopulini. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
* Fauna Europaea

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