Ennominae

__NOTOC__Taxobox
name = Ennominae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Ourapteryx" sp.
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
subfamilia_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Tribes
subdivision =
Abraxini
Angeronini
Apeirini
Apochimini
Azelinini
Bistonini (disputed)
Boarmiini
Bupalini (disputed)
Caberini
Campaeini (disputed)
Cheimopteni
Colotoini
Cystidiini
Desertobiini
Ennomini
Erannini (disputed)
Gnophini (disputed)
Lithinini (disputed)
Macariini
Melanolophiini (disputed)
Nacophorini (disputed)
Ourapterygini
Phaseliini (disputed)
Sphacelodini
Theriini (disputed)
Wilemanini and see text

Ennominae is the largest subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae) with some 9,700 described species in 1,100 genera. They are usually fairly small moth species, though some (such as the Peppered Moth) grow considerably larger. This subfamily has a global distribution. It includes some species that are notorious defoliating pests.

The status of several tribes is debated. For example, the Boarmiini are sometimes massively expanded to include the Bistonini, Bupalini, Erannini, Gnophini, Melanolophini, Phaseliini and Theriini. The Nacophorini and perhaps the Campaeini might need to be merged with the Lithinini, and all three might warrant merging into the Ennomini. The group sometimes separated as Cassymini is tentatively included in the Abraxini here. The Alsophilinae, usually treated as a small subfamily in their own right, might simply be a specialized lineage of Boarmiini. [Holloway (1994), Young (2008)]

elected species

Bupalini
* Bordered White, "Bupalus piniaria"

Caberini
* Common Wave, "Cabera exanthemata"
* Common White Wave, "Cabera pusaria"

Campaeini
* Light Emerald, "Campaea margaritata"
* Pale Beauty, "Campaea perlata"

Colotoini
* Feathered Thorn, "Colotois pennaria"

Erannini
* Mottled Umber, "Erannis defoliaria"

Genera "incertae sedis"

Numerous genera have hitherto not been definitely assigned to a tribe [See references in Savela (2008)] . These include:

* "Adalbertia"
* "Anavitrinelia"
* "Bichroma"
* "Chelotephrina"
* "Chemerina"
* "Chesiadodes"
* "Compsoptera"
* "Cyclomia"
* "Declana" - Nacophorini?
* "Enconista"
* "Eubarnesia"
* "Geolyces"
* "Hoplosauris" - Ennomini?
* "Hulstina"
* "Hypochrosis"
* "Liodesina"
* "Melanochroia"
* "Mericisca"
* "Metanema"
* "Metarranthis"
* "Miantochora"
* "Nepterotaea"
* "Neritodes" - Macariini?
* "Onychora"
* "Ortaliella"
* "Orthocabera" - Abraxini (Cassymini if distinct)?
* "Orthofidonia" - Boarmiini?
* "Paraglaucina"
* "Parapheromia"
* "Prionomelia"
* "Probole"
* "Pseudocoremia" - Boarmiini?
* "Pterotaea"
* "Rhoptria"
* "Slossonia"
* "Sperrya"
* "Synglochis"
* "Toulgoetia"
* "Tracheops"
* "Tritocleis" (extinct)
* "Xenoecista"
* "Xylopteryx"
* "Zamarada" - Abraxini (Cassymini if distinct)?

Footnotes

References

* (1994): "The Moths of Borneo: Family Geometridae, Subfamily Ennominae." London.
* (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]