Lythria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is the only genus of the monotypic tribe Lythriini described by Claude Herbulot in 1962.

Systematics

The genus Lythria consists of five species:

  • Tribe Lythriini Herbulot, 1962 Genus Lythria Hübner, 1823 Lythria cruentaria (Hufnagel, 1767) Lythria plumularia (Freyer, 1831) Lythria purpuraria (Linnaeus, 1758) Lythria sanguinaria (Duponchel, 1842) Lythria venustata Staudinger, 1882

Phylogenics

Within the Sterrhinae, the Lythriini are probably the sister group of the Rhodometrini, as diagrammed by the cladogram below:

SterrhinaeCosymbiini Rhodometrini Lythriini Timandrini Rhodostrophiini unsure Cyllopodini unsure Sterrhini Scopulini
Cosymbiini Rhodometrini Lythriini Timandrini
Cosymbiini
Rhodometrini Lythriini Timandrini
Rhodometrini Lythriini
Rhodometrini
Lythriini
Timandrini
Rhodostrophiini unsure Cyllopodini unsure Sterrhini Scopulini
Rhodostrophiini unsure Cyllopodini unsure Sterrhini Scopulini
Rhodostrophiini
unsure Cyllopodini unsure Sterrhini Scopulini
unsure
Cyllopodini unsure Sterrhini Scopulini
Cyllopodini
unsure Sterrhini Scopulini
unsure
Sterrhini Scopulini
Sterrhini
Scopulini

External links

  • . Lepiforum e.V. (in German)
  • . Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa.
  • Savela, Markku. . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  • Kimber, Ian . UKMoths. Retrieved from the . September 20, 2012.