Scopulini

Scopulini is a tribe of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with about 900 species in seven genera. The tribe was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.

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.
 * Scopulini Duponchel, 1845
 * Dithalama Meyrick, 1888 (4 species in Australia and Tasmania)
 * Isoplenodia Prout, 1932 (4 species in Africa)
 * Lipomelia Warren, 1893 (1 species from India to Taiwan)
 * Somatina Guenée, 1858 (44 species in Africa, East Asia and Australia)
 * Zythos D. S. Fletcher, 1979 (11 species from Indonesia up to Papua-New Guinea)
 * Problepsis Lederer, 1853 (51 species in the Palearctic, Africa, South-East Asia to Australia)
 * Scopula Schrank, 1802 (including Glossotrophia Prout, 1913 and Holarctias Prout, 1913 ) (over 800 species)

Phylogenetics
The phylogenetics of Scopulini was described in detail in 2005 by Pasi Sihvonen.

Literature

 * Hausmann, Axel The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 2. Sterrhinae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2004, ISBN 87-88757-37-4
 * Abraham, D.; Ryrholm, N.; Wittzell, H.; Holloway, J. D.; Scoble, M. J.; Lofstedt, C.: "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamilies in Geometridae (Geometroidea: Lepidoptera)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 20(1): 65-77 (2001)