Asthenini
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| Waved Carpet (Hydrelia sylvata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Subfamily: | Larentiinae |
| Tribe: | Asthenini Warren, 1893 |
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Asthenini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae. The tribe has been combined with Eupitheciini in the past, most notably by Holloway in his work 'The Moths of Borneo'.[1]
Distribution
The tribe is represented in all the major biogeographical regions, but is most diverse in eastern Asia and is poorly represented in the Afrotropics. It is also poorly represented in the Neotropics if the genus Eois is excluded.
Diversity
227 species group taxa (species and subspecies) were included in the tribe in 2002. Later research re-included two genera, including the large genus Eois (about 250 species), more than doubling the number of species.
Recognized genera and species
Critical analysis by Xue and Scoble [2] indicated 18 genera that belong to the Asthenini with 1 additional, ungrouped species. The 18 genera recognized by this research are:
- Agnibesa Moore 1888
- Anydrelia Prout 1938
- Asthena Hübner 1825
- Asthenotricha Warren 1899
- Bihastina Prout 1916
- Epicyme Meyrick 1885
- Eschatarchia Warren 1894
- Euchoeca Hübner 1823
- Hastina Moore 1888
- Hydrelia Hübner 1825
- Leucoctenorrhoe Warren 1904
- Macrohastina Inoue 1982
- Nomenia Pearsall 1905
- Palpoctenidia Prout 1930
- Parasthena Warren 1902
- Poecilasthena Warren 1894
- Polynesia Swinhoe 1892
- Venusia Curtis 1839
Later research re-included the following genera:
- Eois (but see below)
- Minoa (but see below)
- Pseudostegania Butler, 1881
Disassociated genera
The following 7 genera are sometimes associated with the Asthenini, but were excluded by the work of Xue and Scoble:
Eois and Minoa were excluded by Xue and Scoble, but later again included by Viidalepp in 2011.
Species incertae sedis
Species ‘Chalyboclydon’ flexilinea was identified by Xue and Scoble as being part of the Asthenini. However, it has not been associated with a specific Asthenini genus.
References
- ^ The Moths of Borneo; Part 10 - Geometridae (Sterrhinae and Larentiinae)
- ^ DAYONG XUE and MALCOLM J. SCOBLE (2002). A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series, 71 , pp 77-133 doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044
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