Asthenini

Tribe of moths

Asthenini

Waved carpet (Hydrelia sylvata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Geometridae
Subfamily:  | Larentiinae
Tribe:  | Asthenini
Warren, 1893
Genera

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Synonyms

* Astheninae

Asthenini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae first described by Warren in 1893. The tribe has been combined with Eupitheciini in the past, most notably by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in his work The Moths of Borneo.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Diversity
* 3 Recognized genera and species
* 4 Disassociated genera
* 5 Species incertae sedis
* 6 References

## Distribution[edit]

The tribe is represented in all the major biogeographical regions, but is most diverse in eastern Asia and is poorly represented in the Afrotropics. It is also poorly represented in the Neotropics if the genus Eois is excluded.

## Diversity[edit]

227 species group taxa (species and subspecies) were included in the tribe in 2002. Later research re-included two genera, including the large genus Eois (about 250 species), more than doubling the number of species.

## Recognized genera and species[edit]

Critical analysis by Dayong Xue and Malcolm J. Scoble [2] indicated 18 genera that belong to the Asthenini with 1 additional, ungrouped species. The 18 genera recognized by this research are:

* Agnibesa Moore 1888
* Anydrelia Prout 1938
* Asthena Hübner 1825
* Asthenotricha Warren 1899
* Bihastina Prout 1916
* Epicyme Meyrick 1885
* Eschatarchia Warren 1894
* Euchoeca Hübner 1823
* Hastina Moore 1888
* Hydrelia Hübner 1825
* Leucoctenorrhoe Warren 1904
* Macrohastina Inoue 1982
* Nomenia Pearsall 1905
* Palpoctenidia Prout 1930
* Parasthena Warren 1902
* Poecilasthena Warren 1894
* Polynesia Swinhoe 1892
* Venusia Curtis 1839

Later research re-included the following genera:

* Eois (but see below)
* Minoa (but see below)
* Pseudostegania Butler, 1881

## Disassociated genera[edit]

The following 7 genera are sometimes associated with the Asthenini, but were excluded by the work of Xue and Scoble:

* Chaetolopha
* Chalyboclydon
* Cleptocosmia
* Pseudopolynesia
* Trichodezia

Eois and Minoa were excluded by Xue and Scoble, but later again included by Viidalepp in 2011.

## Species incertae sedis[edit]

Species 'Chalyboclydon' flexilinea was identified by Xue and Scoble as being part of the Asthenini. However, it has not been associated with a specific Asthenini genus.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Part 10 Family Geometridae, Subfamilies Sterrhinae and Larentiinae". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
2. ^ Xue, Dayong; Scoble, Malcolm J. (June 27, 2002). "A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. 71 (1): 77–133. doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044.

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Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q4810832
* Wikispecies: Asthenini
* AFD: Asthenini
* BioLib: 760960
* BugGuide: 14764
* Fauna Europaea: 444453
* Fauna Europaea (new): 20ad7ab4-489f-45be-80d4-60c165342677
* iNaturalist: 123062
* ITIS: 694174
* NBN: NHMSYS0021144017

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