Cidariini

Cidariini
Blue-bordered Carpet (Plemyria rubiginata)
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily: Geometroidea
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Tribe: Cidariini
Duponchel, 1845
Genera

About 35; see text

Synonyms

[1]
Cidarites Duponchel, 1845
Therinae Pierce, 1914
Therini Pierce, 1914

The Cidariini are the largest tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Larentiinae (possibly a distinct family[2]). The Cidariini include many of the species known as "carpets" or, ambiguously, "carpet moths" (most other "carpets" are in the Xanthorhoini), and are among the few geometer moths that have been subject to fairly comprehensive cladistic study of their phylogeny.[2]

Genera

As several larentiine genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe, the genus list is still preliminary; for example the genus Almeria may well belong in the Cidariini.[3] Several well-known species are also listed:

Footnotes

  1. Forum Herbulot (2008)
  2. 1 2 Young (2008)
  3. See references in Savela (2007)

References

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