Lythria Explained

Lythria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is the only genus of the monotypic tribe Lythriini described by Claude Herbulot in 1962.

Systematics

The genus Lythria consists of five species:

• Tribe Lythriini Herbulot, 1962
  • Genus Lythria Hübner, 1823
    • Lythria cruentaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
    • Lythria plumularia (Freyer, 1831)
    • Lythria purpuraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Lythria sanguinaria (Duponchel, 1842)
    • Lythria venustata Staudinger, 1882^[1]

Phylogenics

Within the Sterrhinae, the Lythriini are probably the sister group of the Rhodometrini, as diagrammed by the cladogram below:^{[2] [3]}

External links

• "Fotoübersicht Sterrhinae". Lepiforum e.V.
• "Lythria sanguinaria (Duponchel, 1842)". Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa.
• Web site: Savela . Markku . Sterrhinae . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . May 28, 2019.
• Kimber, Ian "There were 119 matches for the search term 'Sterrhinae'". UKMoths. Retrieved from the original. September 20, 2012.
• Fauna Europaea, with Lythriini listed as a belonging to the subfamily Larentiinae

Notes and References

1. Vasilenko, Sergei V. "Lythria venustata (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), a Rare Species from Kazakhstan." Entomological Review 89.3 (2009): 374-376.
2. Sihvonen, Pasi & Lauri Kaila. "Phylogeny and tribal classification of Sterrhinae with emphasis on delimiting Scopulini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)." Systematic Entomology 29 (2004): 324–358.
3. Õunap, Erki, Jaan Viidalepp, & Urmas Saarma. "Systematic position of Lythriini revised: transferred from Larentiinae to Sterrhinae (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)." Zoologica Scripta 37.4 (2008): 405-413.