Larentiinae

Taxobox
name = Larentiinae


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Purple-barred Yellow, "Lythria cruentaria" (Lythriini)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Macrolepidoptera
superfamilia = Geometroidea
familia = Geometridae (but see text)
subfamilia = Larentiinae
subfamilia_authority = Duponchel, 1845
subdivision_ranks = Tribes
subdivision =
Asthenini
Cataclysmiini
Chesiadini
Cidariini
Eudulini
Eupitheciini
Hydriomenini
Larentiini
Lythriini
Melanthiini
Operophtherini
Perizomini
Phileremini
Rheumapterini
Solitaneini
Stamnodini
Trichopterygini
Xanthorhoini
synonyms =Larentites Duponchel, 1845 [Forum Herbulot (2008)]

Larentiinae moths contain roughly 5,700 species and occur mostly in the temperate regions of the world. They are generally considered a subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae) and divided into a few large or good-sized tribes, and numerous very small or even monotypic ones which might not always be valid. Well-known members are the "pug moths" of the Eupitheciini and the "carpets", mainly of the Cidariini and Xanthorhoini.

Morphological and DNA sequence data indicate that they are a very ancient lineage of geometer moths; in fact, they might even be distinct enough to warrant elevation to full family status in the superfamily Geometroidea. They share numerous plesiomorphic traits – for example at least one areola in the forewing, a hammer-shaped ansa of the tympanal organ and the lack of a gnathos – with the Sterrhinae which appear to be somewhat less distant from other geometer moths. But the Larentiinae characteristically tend to have much longer foreleg tarsi and hindleg tibiae than their relatives, and also have hairy or toothed extensions on the upper side sections of the transtilla. [Young (2008)]

elected species

Asthenini
* Blomer's Rivulet, "Discoloxia blomeri"

Chesiadini
* Treble-bar, "Aplocera plagiata"
* The Streak, "Chesias legatella"

Eupitheciini
* Green Pug, "Chloroclystis rectangulata" (sometimes in "Pasiphila")
* V-Pug, "Chloroclystis v-ata"
* Brindled Pug, "Eupithecia abbreviata"
* Wormwood Pug, "Eupithecia absinthiata"
* Currant Pug, "Eupithecia assimilata"
* Lime-speck Pug, "Eupithecia centaureata"
* Mottled Pug, "Eupithecia exiguata"
* Tawny Speckled Pug, "Eupithecia icterata"
* Ash Pug, "Eupithecia innotata fraxinata" (formerly "E. fraxinata")
* Angle-barred Pug, "Eupithecia innotata innotata" (formerly "E. innotata")
* Foxglove Pug, "Eupithecia pulchellata"
* Juniper Pug, "Eupithecia pusillata"
* Grey Pug, "Eupithecia subfuscata"
* Bordered Pug, "Eupithecia succenturiata"
* Slender Pug, "Eupithecia tenuiata"
* Golden-rod Pug, "Eupithecia virgaureata"
* Common Pug, "Eupithecia vulgata"
* Double-striped Pug, "Gymnoscelis rufifasciata"

Hydriomenini
* May Highflyer, "Hydriomena impluviata"

Operophtherini
* Autumnal Moth, "Epirrita autumnata"
* Pale November Moth, "Epirrita christyi"
* November Moth, "Epirrita dilutata"
* Winter Moth, "Operophtera brumata"
* Northern Winter Moth, "Operophtera fagata"

Perizomini
* Grass Rivulet, "Perizoma albulata"
* Small Rivulet, "Perizoma alchemillata"
* Sandy Carpet, "Perizoma flavofasciata"

Rheumapterini
* Scarce Tissue, "Rheumaptera cervinalis"
* Argent and Sable Moth, "Rheumaptera hastata"

Xanthorhoini
* Yellow Shell, "Camptogramma bilineata"
* Common Carpet, "Epirrhoe alternata"
* Wood Carpet, "Epirrhoe rivata"
* Small Argent and Sable, "Epirrhoe tristata"
* Balsam Carpet, "Xanthorhoe biriviata"
* Flame Carpet, "Xanthorhoe designata"
* Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet, "Xanthorhoe ferrugata"
* Garden Carpet, "Xanthorhoe fluctuata"
* Silver-ground Carpet, "Xanthorhoe montanata"
* Red Twin-spot Carpet, "Xanthorhoe spadicearia"

Genera "incertae sedis"

Several genera have hitherto not been definitely assigned to a tribe [See references in Savela (2007)] . These are:

* "Almeria"
* "Amygdaloptera"
* "Archirhoe"
* "Carptima" - Hydriomenini?
* "Celonoptera"
* "Ceratodalia"
* "Coryphista"
* "Cyclica" - Hydriomenini?
* "Dyspteris"
* "Ersephila" - Hydriomenini?
* "Eurhinosea"
* "Eutrepsia" - Hydriomenini?
* "Grossbeckia" - Hydriomenini?
* "Gypsochroa"
* "Hammaptera"
* "Hospitalia"
* "Hymenodria" - Hydriomenini?
* "Monostoechia"
* "Obila"
* "Ochodontia"
* "Psaliodes"
* "Pterocypha"
* "Scelidacantha"

Footnotes

References

* (2008): [http://www.herbulot.de/famgroup.htm Family group names in Geometridae] . Retrieved 2008-JUL-22.
* (2007): [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/larentiinae/index.html Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Larentiinae] . Version of 2007-DEC-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]