Sterrhinae

Sterrhinae
Idaea macilentaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:	Geometroidea
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Sterrhinae Meyrick, 1892
Tribes
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Sterrhinae is a large subfamily of geometer moths (family Geometridae) with some 2,800 described species.

Sterrhinae is in fact a junior synonym of Idaeidae (Butler, 1881). Seeing this name is hardly used in literature and Sterrhinae is widely used, this name is preferred. The Tribe Lythriini with the genus Lythria (Hübner, 1823) and the species Lythria cruentaria (Hufnagel, 1767) was transferred from Larentiinae in 2008.

The subfamily is divided into eight tribes:

Furthermore, a number of genera are unplaced to a tribe, these are:

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Former genera include:

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