Abraxini

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
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:	Geometroidea
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 ennomine 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
  • The 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.

Footnotes

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

References

• Forum Herbulot (2008): Family group names in Geometridae. Retrieved 2008-JUL-22.
• 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 2008-MAR-08. Retrieved 2008-JUL-21.
• 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. PDF abstract and excerpt