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Rhodometrini is a
tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
of the
geometer moth 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 ...
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(Geometridae) described by Ramón Agenjo Cecilia in 1952. It has about sixteen species in two genera and one genus with a single species tentatively associated with the tribe.Phylogeny and tribal classification of Sterrhinae with emphasis on delimiting Scopulini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
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Genera

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Rhodometra ''Rhodometra'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1892. These moths have bipectinated antennae for the males; apically simple. They have relatively narrow-elongated to relatively broad forewings and a wing ...
'' Meyrick, 1892


Uncertain association

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Ochodontia ''Ochodontia'' is a genus of 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 '' ...
'' Lederer, 1853


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