Eupitheciini

Eupitheciini
Eupithecia innotata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Larentiinae
Tribe:	Eupitheciini Tutt, 1896
Synonyms
Tephroclystiini Warren, 1895 Chloroclystini Mironov, 1990

Eupitheciini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae, often referred to as pugs. The tribe was described by Tutt in 1896.

Diversity

The tribe consists of about 47 genera, 15 of which are monotypic.

Recognized genera

• Aepylopha Turner, 1942
• Antimimistis Turner, 1922
• Ardonis Moore, 1888
• Axinoptera Hampson, 1893
• Bosara Walker, 1866
• Calluga Moore, [1887]
• Carbia Walker, 1866
• Casuariclystis Holloway, 1997
• Celaenaclystis Holloway, 1997
• Chloroclystis Hübner, [1825]
• Chrysoclystis Warren, 1896
• Dasimatia Warren, 1898
• Dissolophodes Warren, 1907
• Eupithecia Curtis, 1825
• Eupithystis Holloway, 1997
• Eriopithex Warren, 1896
• Eva Vojnits, 1981
• Girida Mironov & Galsworthy, 2012
• Glaucoclystis Holloway, 1997
• Gymnoscelis Mabille, 1868
• Hybridoneura Warren, 1898
• Mariaba Walker, 1866
• Mesocolpia Warren, 1901
• Mesoptila Meyrick, 1891
• Microdes Guenée, 1857
• Micromia Warren, 1906
• Micrulia Warren, 1896
• Mnesiloba Warren, 1901
• Nasusina Pearsall, 1908
• Onagrodes Warren, 1896
• Otucha Warren, 1907
• Pareupithecia Mironov & Galsworthy, 2012
• Pasiphila Warren, 1895
• Pasiphilodes Warren, 1895
• Phrissogonus Butler, 1882
• Polysphalia Warren, 1906
• Pomasia Guenee, 1857
• Prorella Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
• Pseudopolynesia Holloway, 1997
• Ptychotheca Warren, 1906
• Pycnoloma Warren, 1906
• Rhinoprora Warren, 1895
• Scintillithex Holloway, 1997
• Sigilliclystis Galsworthy, 1999
• Spiralisigna Holloway, 1997
• Symmimetis Turner, 1907
• Syncosmia Warren, 1897
• Tripteridia Warren, 1903
• Ziridava Walker, 1863

Former genera

• Collix Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857 (now in Melanthiini)
• Eois Hübner, 1818 (now in Asthenini)
• Parasthena Warren, 1902 (now in Asthenini)
• Poecilasthena Warren, 1894 (now in Asthenini)
• Polynesia Swinhoe, 1892 (now in Asthenini)
• Pseudocollix Warren, 1895 (now in Melanthiini)

References

• Galsworthy, A.C. (1999). "New and revised eupitheciine species (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong and South East Asia". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 50 (3): 223-234.
• Galsworthy, A. (2002). "Bosara Walker: revisional notes on the Bosara refusaria group of species (Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 54 (3): 147-155.
• Krogerus, Harry (1996). "Chloroclystis v-ata relicta ssp. n. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a new taxon from SW Finland, doomed to go extinct?" Entomologica Fennica. 7 (2): 63-66.
• Viidalepp, J. (2011). "A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zootaxa. 3136: 1–44.