Macariini

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: Ennominae
Tribus: Macariini
Genera: Acanthovalva – Aporhoptrina – Chiasmia – Digrammia – Dissomorphia – Epelis – Eumacaria – Fernaldella – Gnopharmia – Godonela – Heliomata – Hypephyra – Hypotephrina – Iridoplecta – Isturgia – Itame – Lampadopteryx – Letispe – Macaria – Mellilla – Narraga – Neognopharmia – Ortaliella – Oxymacaria – Paramelora – Parosteodes – Platypepla – Psamatodes – Psilosticha – Pygmaena – Rhoptria – Rindgea – Semiothisa – Speranza – Trigrammia
Name

Macariini Guenée, 1857

Type genus: Macaria Curtis, 1826
Synonyms

Macaridae Guenée, 1857
Semiothisini Warren, 1894
Fernaldellinae Hulst, 1896, in part

References

Ferguson, D.C., 2008: The Moths of North America: Geometroidea, Geometridae (Part), Ennominae (Part), : Abraxini , Casymini , Macariini fasc. 17.2: 1–431.
Krüger, M., 1995: The Macariini (sensu lato) of Africa, Madagascar and Arabia, their systematics, phylogeny and habitat associations (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae).
Scoble, M.J. & Krüger, M., 2002: A review of the genera of Macariini with a revised classification of the tribe (Geometridae: Ennominae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134 (3): 257–315. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00008.x

The Macariini are a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Ennominae. Though they share many traits with the Sterrhinae, this is probably plesiomorphic rather than indicative of a close relationship, and DNA sequence data points to the Boarmiini as particularly close relatives of the Macariini. All things considered, this tribe might still resemble the first Ennominae more than any other living lineage in the subfamily.[2]
Selected genera and species

As numerous ennominae genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe,[3] the genus list should be considered preliminary.

Acanthovalva
Aporhoptrina
Chiasmia
Digrammia
Dissomorphia
Elpiste
Epelis
Eumacaria
Fernaldella[4]
Gnopharmia
Godonela
Heliomata - might belong in Abraxini (Cassymini if distinct)
Heterocallia
Hypephyra
Isturgia
Frosted yellow, Isturgia limbaria
Itame
Letispe[4]
Luxiaria
Macaria[4]
Mellilla
Milocera
Monocerotesa - might belong in Boarmiini
Narraga
Neritodes (tentatively placed here)
Oxymacaria
Parosteodes
Phyle
Plateoplia
Platypepla
Psamatodes[4]
Pygmaena
Rectopis
Rindgea[4]
Rhoptria
Semiothisa – includes Chiasmia and Macaria
Latticed heath, Semiothisa clathrata
Speranza
Tephrina
Trigrammia[4]

In addition, "Boarmia" penthearia appears to belong to the Macariini too.[2]
Footnotes

Forum Herbulot (2008)
Young (2008)
See references in Savela (2008)

Douglas C. Ferguson (2008). The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2: Geometridae, Ennominae (Abaxini, Cassymini, Macariini). Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 978-0-933003-13-2.

References
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Forum Herbulot (2008): Family group names in Geometridae. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
Savela, Markku (2008): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Ennominae. Version of 8 March 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
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. PDF abstract and excerpt