Abraxini Explained

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.^[1]

Genera

As numerous ennominae genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe,^[2] the genus list is preliminary. Most of the genera listed here would be placed in the Cassymini if these are considered separate.^[3]

• Abraxas
  • 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.

External links

• (2008): Family group names in Geometridae. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
• (1994): The Moths of Borneo: Family Geometridae, Subfamily Ennominae. London.
• (2008): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Ennominae. Version of March 8, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
• (2008): Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini using adult morphology, and phylogeny of the Geometridae based on morphological characters. Zootaxa 1736: 1-141.

Notes and References

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