Pseudoterpnini Explained

The Pseudoterpnini are a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Geometrinae. The tribe was described by Warren in 1893. It was alternatively treated as subtribe Pseudoterpniti by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1996.

Distribution

Pseudoterpnini are widely distributed in the Old World, from western Europe to the western Pacific, in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions.

Diversity

The tribe consists of over 300 species in 34 genera:

• Absala Swinhoe, 1893
• Actenochroma Warren, 1893
• Aeolochroma Prout, 1912
• Aplasta Hübner, [1823] 1816
• Austroterpna Goldfinch, 1929
• Calleremites Warren, 1894
• Crypsiphona Meyrick, 1888
• Cyneoterpna Prout, 1912 (=Autanepsia Turner, 1910)
• Dindica Moore, 1888 (=Perissolophia Warren, 1893)
• Dindicodes Prout, 1912
• Epipristis Meyrick, 1888 (=Terpnidia Butler, 1892, Pingarmia Sterneck, 1927)
• Heliomystis Meyrick, 1888
• Herochroma Swinhoe, 1893 (=Chloroclydon Warren, 1894, Archaeobalbis Prout, 1912, Neobalbis Prout, 1912)
• Holoterpna Püngeler, 1900
• Hypobapta Prout, 1912 (=Hypochroma Guenée, [1858])
• Hypodoxa Prout, 1912
• Limbatochlamys Rothschild, 1894
• Lophophelma Prout, 1912
• Lophothorax Turner, 1939
• Metallolophia Warren, 1895
• Metaterpna Yazaki, 1992
• Mictoschema Prout, 1922
• Mimandria Warren, 1895
• Orthorisma Prout, 1912 (=Orthocraspeda Prout, 1912)
• Pachista Prout, 1912
• Pachyodes Guenée, [1858] (=Archaeopseustes Warren, 1894)
• Paraterpna Goldfinch, 1929
• Pingasa Moore, [1887] (=Skorpisthes Lucas, 1900)
• Protophyta Turner, 1910
• Pseudoterpna Hübner, [1823]
• Psilotagma Warren, 1894
• Pullichroma Holloway, 1996
• Rhuma Walker, 1860 (=Sterictopsis Warren, 1898, Oxyphanes Turner, 1936)
• Sundadoxa Holloway, 1996

References

• • Hausmann, A.; Sommerer, M.; Rougerie, R. & Hebert, P. (2009). "Hypobapta tachyhalotaria spec. nov. from Tasmania- an example of a new species revealed by DNA barcoding (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Spixiana. 32 (2): 161–166.
• Herbulot, C. (1999). "New Geometridae from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)". Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie. 16 (2): 147–153.
• Herbulot, C. (1999). "Nouveaux Géométrides de Madagascar (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie. 16 (4): 303–309.
• Pitkin . Linda M. . Han . Hongxiang . James . Shayleen . June 11, 2007 . Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 150 . 2 . 334–412 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425082610/http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/51012319.pdf . April 25, 2012 . usurped. free .