Cidariini

Cidariini

Cidariini

Tribe of moths

The Cidariini are the largest tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Larentiinae (possibly a distinct family[2]). The Cidariini include many of the species known as "carpets" or, ambiguously, "carpet moths" (most other "carpets" are in the Xanthorhoini), and are among the few geometer moths that have been subject to fairly comprehensive cladistic study of their phylogeny.[2] The tribe was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.

Quick Facts Scientific classification, Genera ...

Genera

As several larentiine genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe, the genus list is still preliminary; for example the genus Almeria may well belong in the Cidariini.[3] Several well-known species are also listed:

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Forum Herbulot (2008)
  2. [2]
    Young (2008)
  3. [3]
    See references in Savela (2007)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cidariini.
  • Forum Herbulot (2008): Family group names in Geometridae. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
  • Savela, Markku. "Tribe Cidariini". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  • Young, Catherine J. (2008): Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini using adult morphology, and phylogeny of the Geometridae based on morphological characters. Zootaxa 1736: 1-141. PDF abstract and excerpt
  • Viidalepp J. & Kostjuk I. (2005): Pljushtchia prima, new moth genus and species from Tadjikistan (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). abstract


This Cidariini moth related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Cidariini, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.