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Lythria
Lythria cruentaria
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Lythriini

Herbulot, 1962
Genus:
Lythria

Lythria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is the only genus of the monotypic tribe Lythriini described by Claude Herbulot in 1962.[1]

Systematics

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The genus Lythria consists of five species:

Phylogenics

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Within the Sterrhinae, the Lythriini are probably the sister group of the Rhodometrini, as diagrammed by the cladogram below:[3][4]

 Sterrhinae 

 Cosymbiini

 Rhodometrini

 Lythriini

 Timandrini

 Rhodostrophiini

 unsure

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Viidalepp, Jaan. Checklist of the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the former U.S.S.R. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books, 1998. 12.
  2. ^ Vasilenko, Sergei V. "Lythria venustata (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), a Rare Species from Kazakhstan." Entomological Review 89.3 (2009): 374-376. ISSN 0013-8738 doi:10.1134/S0013873809030166
  3. ^ Sihvonen, Pasi & Lauri Kaila. "Phylogeny and tribal classification of Sterrhinae with emphasis on delimiting Scopulini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)." Systematic Entomology 29 (2004): 324–358. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.12.027
  4. ^ Õunap, Erki, Jaan Viidalepp, & Urmas Saarma. "Systematic position of Lythriini revised: transferred from Larentiinae to Sterrhinae (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)." Zoologica Scripta 37.4 (2008): 405-413. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00327.x
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