Sterrhinae
Idaea macilentaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:	Geometroidea
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Sterrhinae Meyrick, 1892
Tribes
see text

Sterrhinae is a large subfamily of geometer moths (family Geometridae) with some 2,800 described species.

Systematics[edit]

Sterrhinae is in fact a junior synonym of Idaeidae (Butler, 1881). Seeing this name is hardly used in literature and Sterrhinae is widely used, this name is preferred. The Tribe Lythriini with the genus Lythria (Hübner, 1823) and the species Lythria cruentaria (Hufnagel, 1767) was transferred from Larentiinae in 2008.^[1]

The subfamily is divided into eight tribes:

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  Cosymbiini Prout, 1911


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  Cyllopodini Kirby, 1892


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  Lythriini Herbulot, 1962


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  Rhodometrini Agenjo, 1952


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  Rhodostrophiini Prout, 1935


• 
  Scopulini Duponchel, 1845^[2]


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  Sterrhini Meyrick, 1892


• 
  Timandrini Stephens, 1850

Furthermore, a number of genera are unplaced to a tribe, these are:

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  Chorizomena Turner, 1939 (Sterrhini?)


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  Crypsityla Warren, 1900
  


• 
  Dualana Strand, 1914 (Rhodostrophiini?)


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  Haemalea Hubner, 1823
  


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  Leptostales Moschler, 1890 (Sterrhini?, Scopulini?)


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  Neothysanis Dognin, 1916 (Sterrhini?)


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  Proutoscia Schaus, 1912
  


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  Pseudasellodes Warren, 1904
  

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  Saffron playboy Xanthiris flaveolata
  

  
  

  
  


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  puddling, Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil
  

  
  

  
  

Former genera[edit]

Former genera include:

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  Paraptychodes Warren, 1894 (now in Diptychinae)

References[edit]

Literature[edit]

• Günter Ebert (Hrsg.): Die Schmetterlinge Baden-Württembergs Band 8, Nachtfalter VI (Spanner (Geometridae) 1. Teil), Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart 2001. .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
  ISBN 3-8001-3497-7
  


• Walter Forster & Theodor Wohlfahrt: Die Schmetterlinge Mitteleuropas Band V Spanner (Geometridae). 312 S., Frankh´sche Verlagshandlung Stuttgart 1973.


• M. J. Scoble: Geometrid moths of the world, a catalogue. CSIRO, Collingwood & Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999,
  ISBN 87-88757-29-3
  


• Axel Hausmann: The Geometrid moths of Europe, 2. Sterrhinae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2004,
  ISBN 87-88757-37-4
  


• D. Abraham, N. Ryrholm, H. Wittzell, J. D. Holloway, M. J. Scoble, C. Lofstedt: Molecular phylogeny of the subfamilies in Geometridae (Geometroidea: Lepidoptera). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 20(1): 65-77 (2001)


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  Sihvonen, Pasi (April 1, 2005). "Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 473–530. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00153.x.
  

External links[edit]

• 
  Lepiforum e. V. Fotoübersicht Sterrhinae


• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa


• Markku Savela: Lepidoptera and some other life forms


• Ian Kimber: Guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland


• Fauna Europaea

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