Larentiinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Larentiinae
Tribus: Asthenini - Cataclysmiini - Chesiadini - Cidariini - Dyspteridini - Erateinini - Eudulini - Euphyiini - Eupitheciini - Hydriomenini - Larentiini - Lythriini - Melanthiini - Operophterini - Perizomini - Phileremini - Rheumapterini - Scotopterygini - Solitaneini - Stamnodini - Trichopterygini - Triphosini - Xanthorhoini - Incertae Sedis

Overview of genera

Amoebotricha – Anachloris – Arctesthes – Chartographa – Chrioloba – Cophocerotis – Crasilogia – Dystypoptila – Eubolia – Gingidiobora – Graphidipus – Gymnocelis – Haplolabida – Helastia – Heterusia – Hypocometa – Kuldscha – Leiocera – Odezia – Operophtera – Pachrophylla – Parasynneuria – Pena – Polythrena – Scordylia – Scotosia – Synneuria – Syzeuxis – Tephroclystia

Name

Larentiinae Duponchel, 1845
References

Beccaloni, G.W., Scoble, M.J., Robinson, G.S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex).[1] (accessed 02/06/2006)
Han, H.X. , D. Stüning & D.Y. Xue, 2010: Taxonomic review of the genus Pseudostegania Butler, 1881, with description of four new species and comments on its tribal placement in the Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Entomological Science 13 (2): 234–249. DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00379.x
Hausmann, A., 2011: An integrative taxonomic approach to resolving some difficult questions in the Larentiinae of the Mediterranean region (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 101: 73–97.
Hermosa, A. Expósito, 1998: Description of Aplocera vivesi Expósito, n. sp. and Aplocera plagiata hausmanni Expósito, n. ssp., from Spain (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 26 (102): 95–99.
Inoue, H. 1989: Notes on some Geometridae from Taiwan, with descriptions of one new species and one new subspecies (Lepidoptera). Tinea 12(19): 177–184. Reference page.
Schmidt, O., 2002: A revision of the genus Chaetolopha Warren (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Larentiinae) with a description of Parachaetolopha, gen. nov. Invertebrate Systematics, 16 (5): 703–733. Abstract: DOI: 10.1071/IT01013
Schmidt, O. 2015: One century after: a reappraisal of the gnathos (sensu Pierce, 1914) in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zootaxa 3974(3): 328–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.3.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Viidalepp, J., 2006, Cladistic analyses of the subfamily Larentiinae Spixiana 29 (3): 202–203. [2]
Viidalepp, J. 2011: A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zootaxa, 3136: 1–44. Preview
Viidalepp, J. & I. Kostjuk, 2005: Pljushtchia prima, new moth genus and species from Tadjikistan (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). European Journal of Entomology 102 (4): 777–785. Full article: [3].
Vojnits, A.M., 1986: Data to the geometrid (Lepidoptera) fauna of Iran: Larentiinae and Sterrhinae. Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 78: 219–223. Full article: [4].

Additional references

Parra, L.E., Alvear, C.A. & Benitez, H.A. 2018. Parasynneuria anae Parra gen. et sp. nov. (Geometridae) and Distributional Wing Shape Variation. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 72(3): 233-240. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.v72i3.a9. Paywall. Reference page.
Schmidt, O. 2016. Records of larentiine moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) collected at the Station Linné in Sweden. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7304. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7304. Reference page.
Schmidt, O. 2017. Comparison of the structure and musculature of male terminalia in the tribes Operophterini, Phileremini and Triphosini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Zootaxa 4237(2): 347–358. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2.8. Reference page.
Schmidt, O. 2017. Myths and facts about the absence of socii in the male genitalia of Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zootaxa 4286(2): 254–266. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.2.8. Reference page.

Larentiinae is a subfamily of moths containing roughly 5,800 species[2] that occur mostly in the temperate regions of the world. They are generally considered a subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae) and are 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. The subfamily was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.

Systematics and description

Morphological and DNA sequence data indicate that they are a very ancient lineage of geometer moths; 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 are either somewhat less distant from other geometer moths or are part of the same distinct lineage; the Lythriini were until recently placed in the Larentiinae but are apparently Sterrhinae.[3]

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 upperside sections of the transtilla; their caterpillars often have the abdominal prolegs reduced already (as is typical for the more advanced geometer moths), and the Larentiinae's tympanal organs have a unique and characteristic structure.[3]
Selected genera and species
See also: List of Larentiinae genera
Asthenini

Euchoeca
Hydrelia
Poecilasthena
Venusia

Cataclysmiini

Phibalapteryx
Phibalapteryx virgata – oblique striped

Chesiadini

Aplocera
Chesias
Odezia

Erateinini

Erateina

Eupitheciini

Chloroclystis
Eupithecia – typical pugs
Gymnoscelis
Microdes

Hydriomenini

Anachloris
Hydriomena

Larentiini

Anticlea
Larentia
Mesoleuca
Pelurga
Spargania

Melanthiini

Horisme
Melanthia

Operophterini

Epirrita
Operophtera

Perizomini

Martania
Mesotype
Perizoma
Pseudobaptria

Rheumapterini

Rheumaptera
Triphosa

Solitaneini

Baptria

Trichopterygini

Lobophora
Lobophora halterata – seraphim
Pterapherapteryx

Xanthorhoini

Camptogramma
Chrysolarentia
Epirrhoe
Epyaxa
Euphyia
Glaucorhoe
Orthonama
Scotopteryx
Xanthorhoe

Genera incertae sedis

Several genera have hitherto not been definitely assigned to a tribe.[4] These include:

Anemplocia
Archirhoe
Arctesthes
Arrayanaria
Carptima (Hydriomenini?)
Celonoptera (Trichopterygini?)
Ceratodalia
Coryphista
Cyclica (Hydriomenini?)
Daniela
Dyspteris
Epiphryne
Ersephila (Hydriomenini?)
Eurhinosea
Eutrepsia (Hydriomenini?)
Grossbeckia (Hydriomenini?)
Gypsochroa
Hagnagora
Hammaptera
Hospitalia (Rheumapterini?)
Hymenodria (Hydriomenini?)
Monostoechia D. S. Fletcher, 1978
Obila
Ochodontia
Phoenissa
Piercia
Psaliodes
Pseudomennis
Pterocypha
Scelidacantha

Footnotes

Forum Herbulot (2008)
Õunap et al. (2008)
Õunap et al. (2008), Young (2008)

See references in Savela (2008)

References

Forum Herbulot (2008). "Family group names in Geometridae". Retrieved 22 July 2008.
Õunap, E.; Viidalepp, J. & Saarma, U. (2008). "Systematic position of Lythriini revised: transferred from Larentiinae to Sterrhinae (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (4): 405–413. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00327.x
Savela, Markku. "Larentiinae". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
Young, Catherine J. (2008). "Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini using adult morphology, and phylogeny of the Geometridae based on morphological characters". Zootaxa. 1736: 1–141.