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| Lythria cruentaria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Sterrhinae |
| Tribe: | Lythriini Herbulot, 1962 |
| Genus: | Lythria Hübner, 1823 |
Lythria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is the only genus of the monotypic tribe Lythriini described by Claude Herbulot in 1962.
Systematics
The genus Lythria consists of five species:
- Tribe Lythriini Herbulot, 1962
- Genus Lythria Hübner, 1823
- Lythria cruentaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
- Lythria plumularia (Freyer, 1831)
- Lythria purpuraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lythria sanguinaria (Duponchel, 1842)
- Lythria venustata Staudinger, 1882
- Genus Lythria Hübner, 1823
Phylogenics
Within the Sterrhinae, the Lythriini are probably the sister group of the Rhodometrini, as diagrammed by the cladogram below:
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References
- ^ Viidalepp, Jaan. Checklist of the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the former U.S.S.R. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books, 1998. 12.
- Vasilenko, Sergei V. "Lythria venustata (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), a Rare Species from Kazakhstan." Entomological Review 89.3 (2009): 374-376. ISSN 0013-8738 doi:10.1134/S0013873809030166
- Sihvonen, Pasi & Lauri Kaila. "Phylogeny and tribal classification of Sterrhinae with emphasis on delimiting Scopulini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)." Systematic Entomology 29 (2004): 324–358. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.12.027
- Õunap, Erki, Jaan Viidalepp, & Urmas Saarma. "Systematic position of Lythriini revised: transferred from Larentiinae to Sterrhinae (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)." Zoologica Scripta 37.4 (2008): 405-413. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00327.x
External links
- "Fotoübersicht Sterrhinae". Lepiforum e.V. (in German)
- "Lythria sanguinaria (Duponchel, 1842)". Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa.
- Savela, Markku. "Sterrhinae". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- Kimber, Ian "There were 119 matches for the search term 'Sterrhinae'". UKMoths. Retrieved from the original. September 20, 2012.
- Fauna Europaea, with Lythriini listed as a belonging to the subfamily Larentiinae
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