Subfamily Epidesmiinae Murillo-Ramos, Brehm & Sihvonen, 2019

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• Epidesmiinae Murillo-Ramos L, Brehm G, Sihvonen P, Hausmann A, Holm S, Reza Ghanavi H, Õunap E, Truuverk A, Staude H, Friedrich E, Tammaru T, Wahlberg N. 2019. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies. PeerJ [Date published 27 August 2019] [22].
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  Type genus:

   Epidesmia Duncan & Westwood, 1841.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Murillo-Ramos L, Brehm G, Sihvonen P, Hausmann A, Holm S, Reza Ghanavi H, Õunap E, Truuverk A, Staude H, Friedrich E, Tammaru T, Wahlberg N. 2019. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies. PeerJ [Date published 27 August 2019]

Introduction

The subfamily Epidesmiinae was first erected by Murillo-Ramos et al. (2019) from genera formerly classified as "slender-bodied" taxa belonging to the unnatural subfamily, the Oenochrominae sensu lato The authors produced a more detailed revision in 2021. The subfamily has an Australasian distribution and is diagnosable by a combination of characters. It comprises 102 species in nine genera. All are found in Australia apart from Abraxaphantes. Other Australian oenochromines sensu lato are likely to belong to this sub-family. Little is known on the biology of this group but larvae have been found on Myrtaceae.

Ecological Descriptors

Larvae of some species have been found on Myrtaceae. Caterpillars of Epidesmia hypenaria have been reared on eucalypt leaves (C. Byrne pers. comm.).

Diagnosis

Male antennae unipectinate, labial palps (2nd segment) elongated; two signa (one stellate, one elongated); hindwing with one anal vein (A); fore wing with two areoles; cross-veins between M veins reduced in both wings; gnathos arms fused, granulate or dentate apically; vom Rath’s organ elliptical. From (Murillo-Ramos et al. 2021).

Diagnosis References

Murillo-Ramos, L., Friedrich, E., Williams, S., Wahlberg, N., Brehm, G., Sihvonen, P. 2021. A morphological appraisal of the new subfamily Epidesmiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with an overview of all geometrid subfamilies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlaa189 [Date published 10 March 2021]

General References

Murillo-Ramos, L., Friedrich, E., Williams, S., Wahlberg, N., Brehm, G., Sihvonen, P. 2021. A morphological appraisal of the new subfamily Epidesmiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with an overview of all geometrid subfamilies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlaa189 [Date published 10 March 2021]

Murillo-Ramos L, Brehm G, Sihvonen P, Hausmann A, Holm S, Reza Ghanavi H, Õunap E, Truuverk A, Staude H, Friedrich E, Tammaru T, Wahlberg N. 2019. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies. PeerJ [Date published 27 August 2019]

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