Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Superfamily Geometroidea Scientific name Scopulini Rank Tribe | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Geometridae Higher classification Sterrhinae | |
Similar Sterrhinae, Geometer moth, Scopula, Butterflies and moths, Insect |
Scopulini is a tribe of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with about 900 species in seven genera.
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Systematics
Scopulini as a family name is an old synonym of the subfamily Sterrhinae (Meyrick, 1892). The Tribe Scopulini is divided into seven genera, of which only Scopula and Problepsis have species in Europe.
Phylogenetics
The Phylogenetics of Scopulini was described in detail in 2005 by Pasi Sihvonen.
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