Lythria
Introduction '''''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:
References
External links *  "Fotoübersicht Sterrhinae". ''Lepiforum e.V.'' *  "''Lythria sanguinaria'' (Duponchel, 1842)". ''Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa''. ** Kimber, Ian  "There were 119 matches for the search term 'Sterrhinae'". ''UKMoths''. Retrieved from the  original. September 20, 2012. *  ''Fauna Europaea'', with Lythriini listed as a belonging to the subfamily Larentiinae