Macariini

Taxobox
name = Macariini

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Semiothisa emersaria" is sometimes placed in "Chiasmia"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Macrolepidoptera
superfamilia = Geometroidea
familia = Geometridae
subfamilia = Ennominae
tribus = Macariini
tribus_authority = Guenée, 1858
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text
synonyms = [Forum Herbulot (2008)]
Fernaldellinae Hulst, 1896
Fernaldellini Hulst, 1896
Macaridae Guenée, 1858
Semiothisinae Warren, 1894
Semiothisini Warren, 1894

The Macariini are a tribe of geometer moths in the Ennominae subfamily. Though they share many traits with the Sterrhinae, this is probably plesiomorphic rather than indicative of a close relationship, and DNA sequence data points to the Boarmiini as particularly close relatives of the Macariini. All things considered, this tribe might still resemble the very first Ennominae more than any other living lineage in the subfamily.Young (2008)]

elected genera and species

As numerous ennomine genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe [See references in Savela (2008)] , the genus list should be considered preliminary.
* "Aporhoptrina"
* "Digrammia"
* "Dissomorphia"
* "Elpiste"
* "Epelis"
* "Eumacaria"
* "Gnopharmia"
* "Godonella"
* "Heliomata" - might belong in Abraxini (Cassymini if distinct)
* "Isturgia"
** Frosted Yellow, "Isturgia limbaria"
* "Itame"
* "Luxiaria"
* "Mellilla"
* "Milocera"
* "Monocerotesa" - might belong in Boarmiini
* "Narraga"
* "Neritodes" (tentatively placed here)
* "Parosteodes"
* "Phyle"
* "Plateoplia"
* "Platypepla"
* "Pygmaena"
* "Rectopis"
* "Semiothisa" – includes "Chiasmia" and "Macaria"
** Latticed Heath, "Semiothisa clathrata"
* "Tephrina"

In addition, ""Boarmia" penthearia" appears to belong to the Macariini too.

Footnotes

References

* (2008): [http://www.herbulot.de/famgroup.htm Family group names in Geometridae] . Retrieved 2008-JUL-22.
* (2008): [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/ennominae/index.html Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Ennominae] . Version of 2008-MAR-08. Retrieved 2008-JUL-21.
* (2008): Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini using adult morphology, and phylogeny of the Geometridae based on morphological characters. "Zootaxa" 1736: 1-141. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01736p141f.pdf PDF abstract and excerpt]