Pseudoterpnini

Pseudoterpnini
Jersey emerald ( Pseudoterpna coronillaria )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Geometrinae
Tribe:	Pseudoterpnini Warren, 1893
Synonyms
Pseudoterpninae Terpnini Inoue, 1961 Archaeobalbini Viidalepp, 1981 Pingasini Heppner & Inoue, 1992

The Pseudoterpnini are a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Geometrinae. The tribe was described by Warren in 1893. It was alternatively treated as subtribe Pseudoterpniti by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1996.

Distribution

Pseudoterpnini are widely distributed in the Old World, from western Europe to the western Pacific, in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions.

Diversity

The tribe consists of over 300 species in 34 genera:

• Absala Swinhoe, 1893
• Actenochroma Warren, 1893
• Aeolochroma Prout, 1912
• Aplasta Hübner, [1823] 1816
• Austroterpna Goldfinch, 1929
• Calleremites Warren, 1894
• Crypsiphona Meyrick, 1888
• Cyneoterpna Prout, 1912 (=AutanepsiaTurner, 1910)
• Dindica Moore, 1888 (=PerissolophiaWarren, 1893)
• Dindicodes Prout, 1912
• Epipristis Meyrick, 1888 (=TerpnidiaButler, 1892, PingarmiaSterneck, 1927)
• Heliomystis Meyrick, 1888
• Herochroma Swinhoe, 1893 (=ChloroclydonWarren, 1894, ArchaeobalbisProut, 1912, NeobalbisProut, 1912)
• Holoterpna Püngeler, 1900
• Hypobapta Prout, 1912 (=HypochromaGuenée, [1858])
• Hypodoxa Prout, 1912
• Limbatochlamys Rothschild, 1894
• Lophophelma Prout, 1912
• Lophothorax Turner, 1939
• Metallolophia Warren, 1895
• Metaterpna Yazaki, 1992
• Mictoschema Prout, 1922
• Mimandria Warren, 1895
• Orthorisma Prout, 1912 (=OrthocraspedaProut, 1912)
• Pachista Prout, 1912
• Pachyodes Guenée, [1858] (=ArchaeopseustesWarren, 1894)
• Paraterpna Goldfinch, 1929
• Pingasa Moore, [1887] (=SkorpisthesLucas, 1900)
• Protophyta Turner, 1910
• Pseudoterpna Hübner, [1823]
• Psilotagma Warren, 1894
• Pullichroma Holloway, 1996
• Rhuma Walker, 1860 (=SterictopsisWarren, 1898, OxyphanesTurner, 1936)
• Sundadoxa Holloway, 1996

References

• Data related to Pseudoterpnini at Wikispecies
• Hausmann, A.; Sommerer, M.; Rougerie, R. & Hebert, P. (2009). "Hypobapta tachyhalotaria spec. nov. from Tasmania- an example of a new species revealed by DNA barcoding (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Spixiana. 32 (2): 161–166.
• Herbulot, C. (1999). "New Geometridae from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)". Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie. 16 (2): 147–153.
• Herbulot, C. (1999). "Nouveaux Géométrides de Madagascar (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie. 16 (4): 303–309.
• Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x . Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.