Caberini is a

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of geometrid moths in the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metro ...

. There are at least 50 described species in Caberini. Taxonomic note: *Molecular analyses by Sihvonen et al. (2011) supports separating the tribe

Baptini Baptini is a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Ennominae. Genera *'' Borbacha'' Moore, 887/small> *'' Bulonga'' Walker, 1859 *'' Crypsicometa'' Warren, 1894 *'' Curbia'' Warren, 1894 *'' Eurychoria'' Prout, 1916 *'' Eurytaphria'' Warren ...

from the Caberini. Research by Pitkin (2002) supports the view that Caberini and Baptini should be united, but notes that further study of immature stages is needed.

Genera

* '' Aplogompha'' Warren, 1897 * '' Apodrepanulatrix'' Rindge, 1949 * '' Aspilobapta'' Djakonov, 1952 * '' Cabera'' Treitschke, 1825 * '' Chloraspilates'' Packard, 1876 * '' Covellia'' Ferguson, 2009 * '' Drepanulatrix'' Gumppenberg, 1887 * '' Episemasia'' Hulst, 1896 * '' Erastria'' Hübner, 1813 * '' Eudrepanulatrix'' Rindge, 1949 * '' Ilexia'' Ferguson, 2009 * '' Ixala'' Hulst, 1896 * '' Numia'' Guenée, 1858 * '' Parilexia'' Ferguson, 2009 * '' Pterospoda'' Dyar, 1903 * '' Rhinodia'' Guenée, 1857 * '' Sericosema'' Warren, 1895 * '' Sphacelodes'' Guenée, 1858 * '' Stergamataea'' Hulst, 1896 * '' Thysanopyga'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

References

* Hodges, R. W., et al., eds. (1983). ''Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland'', 284. * Pitkin, Linda M. (2002). "Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'', vol. 135, no. 2-3, 121-401. * Sihvonen, Pasi, Marko Mutanen, Lauri Kaila, Gunnar Brehm, Axel Hausmann, and Herman S. Staude (2011). "Comprehensive molecular sampling yields a robust phylogeny for Geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". ''PLoS One'', vol. 6, no. 6, 11.

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