Asthenini


Asthenini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae first described by Warren in 1893. The tribe has been combined with Eupitheciini in the past, most notably by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in his work The Moths of Borneo.

Recognized genera and species

Critical analysis by Dayong Xue and Malcolm J. Scoble indicated 18 genera that belong to the Asthenini with 1 additional, ungrouped species. The 18 genera recognized by this research are:Agnibesa Moore 1888Anydrelia Prout 1938Asthena Hübner 1825Asthenotricha Warren 1899Bihastina Prout 1916Epicyme Meyrick 1885Eschatarchia Warren 1894Euchoeca Hübner 1823Hastina Moore 1888Hydrelia Hübner 1825Leucoctenorrhoe Warren 1904Macrohastina Inoue 1982Nomenia Pearsall 1905Palpoctenidia Prout 1930Parasthena Warren 1902Poecilasthena Warren 1894Polynesia Swinhoe 1892Venusia Curtis 1839
Later research re-included the following genera:Eois Minoa Pseudostegania Butler, 1881

Disassociated genera

The following 7 genera are sometimes associated with the Asthenini, but were excluded by the work of Xue and Scoble:ChaetolophaChalyboclydonCleptocosmiaPseudopolynesiaTrichodezia
Eois and Minoa were excluded by Xue and Scoble, but later again included by Viidalepp in 2011.

Species ''incertae sedis''

Species 'Chalyboclydon' flexilinea was identified by Xue and Scoble as being part of the Asthenini. However, it has not been associated with a specific Asthenini genus.