Scopulini

Scopulini is a tribe of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with about 900 species in seven genera. The tribe was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.

Scopulini
Scopula imitaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Sterrhinae
Tribe:	Scopulini Duponchel, 1845
Synonyms
Aletinae Hampson, 1918 Aletini Problepsini Wiltshire, 1990

Systematics

Scopulini as a family name is an old synonym of the subfamily Sterrhinae (Meyrick, 1892). The tribe Scopulini is divided into seven genera, of which only Scopula and Problepsis have species in Europe.

• Scopulini Duponchel, 1845
  • Dithalama Meyrick, 1888 (4 species in Australia and Tasmania)
  • Isoplenodia Prout, 1932 (4 species in Africa)
  • Lipomelia Warren, 1893 (1 species from India to Taiwan)
  • Somatina Guenée, 1858 (44 species in Africa, East Asia and Australia)
  • Zythos D. S. Fletcher, 1979 (11 species from Indonesia up to Papua-New Guinea)
  • Problepsis Lederer, 1853 (51 species in the Palearctic, Africa, South-East Asia to Australia)
  • Scopula Schrank, 1802 (including Glossotrophia Prout, 1913 and Holarctias Prout, 1913) (over 800 species)

Phylogenetics

The phylogenetics of Scopulini was described in detail in 2005 by Pasi Sihvonen.

Sterrhinae	Outgroup (Idaea)    Scopulini   incertae sedis  Isoplenodia  Dithalama  Zythos  Somatina  Lipomelia  Problepsis  incertae sedis  Scopula

Literature

• Hausmann, Axel The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 2. Sterrhinae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2004, ISBN 87-88757-37-4
• Abraham, D.; Ryrholm, N.; Wittzell, H.; Holloway, J. D.; Scoble, M. J.; Lofstedt, C.: "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamilies in Geometridae (Geometroidea: Lepidoptera)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 20(1): 65-77 (2001)
• Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.

External links

• Lepiforum e.V.
• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Savela, Markku. "Tribe Scopulini". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
• Fauna Europaea