Eupitheciini

Eupitheciini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae, often referred to as pugs. The tribe was described by Tutt in 1896.

Diversity

The tribe consists of about 47 genera, 15 of which are monotypic.

Recognized genera

• Aepylopha <small>Turner, 1942</small>
• Antimimistis <small>Turner, 1922</small>
• Ardonis <small>Moore, 1888</small>
• Axinoptera <small>Hampson, 1893</small>
• Bosara <small>Walker, 1866</small>
• Calluga <small>Moore, [1887]</small>
• Carbia <small>Walker, 1866</small>
• Casuariclystis <small>Holloway, 1997</small>
• Celaenaclystis <small>Holloway, 1997</small>
• Chloroclystis <small>Hübner, [1825]</small>
• Chrysoclystis <small>Warren, 1896</small>
• Dasimatia <small>Warren, 1898</small>
• Dissolophodes <small>Warren, 1907</small>
• Eupithecia <small>Curtis, 1825</small>
• Eupithystis <small>Holloway, 1997</small>
• Eriopithex <small>Warren, 1896</small>
• Eva <small>Vojnits, 1981</small>
• Girida <small>Mironov & Galsworthy, 2012</small>
• Glaucoclystis <small>Holloway, 1997</small>
• Gymnoscelis <small>Mabille, 1868</small>
• Hybridoneura <small>Warren, 1898</small>
• Mariaba <small>Walker, 1866</small>
• Mesocolpia <small>Warren, 1901</small>
• Mesoptila <small>Meyrick, 1891</small>
• Microdes <small> Guenée, 1857</small>
• Micromia <small>Warren, 1906</small>
• Micrulia <small>Warren, 1896</small>
• Mnesiloba <small>Warren, 1901</small>
• Nasusina <small>Pearsall, 1908</small>
• Onagrodes <small>Warren, 1896</small>
• Otucha <small>Warren, 1907</small>
• Pareupithecia <small>Mironov & Galsworthy, 2012</small>
• Pasiphila <small>Warren, 1895</small>
• Pasiphilodes <small>Warren, 1895</small>
• Phrissogonus <small>Butler, 1882</small>
• Polysphalia <small>Warren, 1906</small>
• Pomasia <small>Guenee, 1857</small>
• Prorella <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1918</small>
• Pseudopolynesia <small>Holloway, 1997</small>
• Ptychotheca <small>Warren, 1906</small>
• Pycnoloma <small>Warren, 1906</small>
• Rhinoprora <small>Warren, 1895</small>
• Scintillithex <small>Holloway, 1997</small>
• Sigilliclystis <small>Galsworthy, 1999</small>
• Spiralisigna <small>Holloway, 1997</small>
• Symmimetis <small>Turner, 1907</small>
• Syncosmia <small>Warren, 1897</small>
• Tripteridia <small>Warren, 1903</small>
• Ziridava <small>Walker, 1863</small>

Former genera

• Collix <small>Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1857</small> (now in Melanthiini)
• Eois <small>Hübner, 1818</small> (now in Asthenini)
• Parasthena <small>Warren, 1902</small> (now in Asthenini)
• Poecilasthena <small>Warren, 1894</small> (now in Asthenini)
• Polynesia <small>Swinhoe, 1892</small> (now in Asthenini)
• Pseudocollix <small>Warren, 1895</small> (now in Melanthiini)

References

• (1999). "New and revised eupitheciine species (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong and South East Asia". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 50 (3): 223-234.
• (2002). "Bosara Walker: revisional notes on the Bosara refusaria group of species (Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 54 (3): 147-155.
• (1996). "Chloroclystis v-ata relicta ssp. n. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a new taxon from SW Finland, doomed to go extinct?" Entomologica Fennica. 7 (2): 63-66.
• (2011). "A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)". Zootaxa. 3136: 1–44.