Scopulini
Introduction '''Scopulini''' is a tribe of the geometer moth family (Geometridae), with about 900 species in seven genera. The tribe was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.
Systematics Scopulini as a family name is an old synonym of the subfamily Sterrhinae (Meyrick, 1892). The tribe Scopulini is divided into seven genera, of which only ''Scopula'' and ''Problepsis'' have species in Europe. * Scopulini Duponchel, 1845** ''Dithalama'' Meyrick, 1888 (4 species in Australia and Tasmania)** ''Isoplenodia'' Prout, 1932 (4 species in Africa)** ''Lipomelia'' Warren, 1893 (1 species from India to Taiwan)** ''Somatina'' Guenée, 1858 (44 species in Africa, East Asia and Australia)** ''Zythos'' D. S. Fletcher, 1979 (11 species from Indonesia up to Papua-New Guinea)** ''Problepsis'' Lederer, 1853 (51 species in the Palearctic, Africa, South-East Asia to Australia)** ''Scopula'' Schrank, 1802  (including ''Glossotrophia'' Prout, 1913 and ''Holarctias'' Prout, 1913) (over 800 species)
Phylogenetics The phylogenetics of Scopulini was described in detail in 2005 by Pasi Sihvonen.=== Literature ===* Hausmann, Axel ''The Geometrid Moths of Europe, 2.Sterrhinae''. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2004, * Abraham, D.; Ryrholm, N.; Wittzell, H.; Holloway, J. D.; Scoble, M. J.; Lofstedt, C.: "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamilies in Geometridae (Geometroidea: Lepidoptera)". ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution''. '''20'''(1): 65-77 (2001)*
External links *  ''Lepiforum e.V. ''*  ''Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa''* *  ''Fauna Europaea''