Abraxini | |
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The Dorset cream wave (Stegania trimaculata) is placed in the Cassymini by authors recognizing them as separate tribe | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Subfamily: | Ennominae |
Tribe: | Abraxini Warren, 1893 |
Genera | |
Several, but see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The Abraxini are a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Ennominae. Here, the Cassymini are considered a specialized offshoot of the Abraxini and merged therein; some authors consider them a distinct tribe however.[2]