Pseudoterpnini

Pseudoterpnini
Jersey Emerald (Pseudoterpna coronillaria)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Subfamily:Geometrinae
Tribe:Pseudoterpnini
Warren, 1893
Synonyms
  • Pseudoterpninae
  • Terpnini Inoue, 1961
  • Archaeobalbini Viidalepp, 1981
  • Pingasini Heppner & Inoue, 1992

The Pseudoterpnini are a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Geometrinae. The tribe is alternatively treated as subtribe Pseudoterpniti by Holloway in 1996.

Distribution

Pseudoterpnini are widely distributed in the Old World, from western Europe to the western Pacific, in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions.

Diversity

The tribe consists of over 300 species, in 34 genera:

References

Data related to Pseudoterpnini at Wikispecies

  • Hausmann, A.; M. Sommerer; R. Rougerie & P. Hebert, 2009: Hypobapta tachyhalotaria spec. nov. from Tasmania- an example of a new species revealed by DNA barcoding (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Spixiana 32 (2): 161–166.
  • Herbulot, C., 1999: New Geometridae from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 16 (2): 147–153.
  • Herbulot, C., 1999: Nouveaux Géométrides de Madagascar (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 16 (4): 303–309.
  • Pitkin, Linda M.; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (2): 343–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x.


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