Abraxini

Taxobox
name = Abraxini

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image_caption = The Dorset Cream Wave ("Stegania trimaculata") is placed in the Cassymini by authors recognizing them as separate tribe
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Macrolepidoptera
superfamilia = Geometroidea
familia = Geometridae
subfamilia = Ennominae
tribus = Abraxini
tribus_authority = Warren, 1893
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = Several, but see text
synonyms = [Forum Herbulot (2008)]
Abraxinae Warren, 1893
Cassymini Holloway, 1994 (but see text)
Pantheridae Moore, 1887
Pantherini Moore, 1887
Zerenini Duponchel, 1845
Zerenites Duponchel, 1845

The Abraxini are a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Ennominae. Here, the Cassymini are considered a specialized offshoot of the Abraxini and merged therein; some authors consider them a distinct tribe however. [Holloway (1994), Young (2008)]

Genera

As numerous ennomine genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe [See references in Savela (2008)] , the genus list is preliminary. Most of the genera listed here would be placed in the Cassymini if these are considered separate [Holloway (1994)] .
* "Abraxas"
** The Magpie, "Abraxas grossulariata"
** Clouded Magpie, "Abraxas sylvata"
* "Auzeodes"
* "Ballantiophora"
* "Berberodes"
* "Cassyma"
* "Danala"
* "Gyostega"
* "Heterostegane"
* "Hydatocapnia"
* "Leuciris"
* "Ligdia"
** Scorched Carpet, "Ligdia adustata"
* "Lomaspilis"
** Clouded Border, "Lomaspilis marginata"
* "Ninodes"
* "Orthocabera" (tentatively placed here)
* "Peratophyga"
* "Pristostegania"
* "Protitame"
* "Pycnostega"
* "Stegania"
* "Syngonorthus"
* "Xenostega"
* "Zamarada" (tentatively placed here)

"Heliomata", otherwise placed in the Macariini, might also belong here.

Footnotes

References

* (2008): [http://www.herbulot.de/famgroup.htm Family group names in Geometridae] . Retrieved 2008-JUL-22.
* (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]