Lythria

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.^[1]

Lythria
Lythria cruentaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Sterrhinae
Tribe:	Lythriini Herbulot, 1962
Genus:	Lythria Hübner, 1823[1]

Systematics

The genus Lythria consists of five species:

• Tribe Lythriini Herbulot, 1962
  • Genus Lythria Hübner, 1823^[1]
    • Lythria cruentaria (Hufnagel, 1767)^[1]
    • Lythria plumularia (Freyer, 1831)
    • Lythria purpuraria (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]
    • Lythria sanguinaria (Duponchel, 1842)
    • Lythria venustata Staudinger, 1882^[1][2]

Phylogenics

Within the Sterrhinae, the Lythriini are probably the sister group of the Rhodometrini, as diagrammed by the cladogram below:^[3][4]

Sterrhinae	Cosymbiini Rhodometrini Lythriini Timandrini Rhodostrophiini unsure Cyllopodini unsure Sterrhini Scopulini