Macariini

Macariini
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Semiothisa emersaria is sometimes placed in Chiasmia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:	Geometroidea
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Tribe:	Macariini Guenée, 1858
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Fernaldellini Hulst, 1896 Semiothisini Warren, 1894

The Macariini are a tribe of geometer moths in the Ennominae subfamily. 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 very first Ennominae more than any other living lineage in the subfamily.

Selected genera and species

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

• Aporhoptrina
• Digrammia
• Dissomorphia
• Elpiste
• Epelis
• Eumacaria
• Gnopharmia
• Godonella
• Heliomata - might belong in Abraxini (Cassymini if distinct)
• Isturgia
  • Frosted Yellow, Isturgia limbaria
• Itame
• Luxiaria
• Mellilla
• Milocera
• Monocerotesa - might belong in Boarmiini
• Narraga
• Neritodes (tentatively placed here)
• Parosteodes
• Phyle
• Plateoplia
• Platypepla
• Pygmaena
• Rectopis
• Semiothisa – includes Chiasmia and Macaria
  • Latticed Heath, Semiothisa clathrata
• Speranza
• Tephrina

In addition, "Boarmia" penthearia appears to belong to the Macariini too.

References

• Forum Herbulot (2008): Family group names in Geometridae. Retrieved 2008-JUL-22.
• Savela, Markku (2008): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Ennominae. Version of 2008-MAR-08. Retrieved 2008-JUL-21.
• 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