Operophterini

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: Operophterini
Genera: Epirrita – Malacodea – Operophtera – Tescalsia

Name

Operophterini Packard, 1896
References

Powell, J.A. & D.C. Ferguson, 1994: A new genus of winter moths (Geometridae) from eastern California and Western Nevada. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 48 (1): 8–23. Full article: [1].
Viidalepp, J. 2011: A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zootaxa, 3136: 1–44. Preview

Operophterini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae.
Species

Epirrita Hübner, 1822
Malacodea Tengström, 1869
Operophtera Hübner, 1825
Tescalsia Ferguson, 1994

References
Savela, Markku. "Tribe Operophterini". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 9, 2019.