{{short description|Tribe of moths}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Hemitheini | image = Hemistola chrysoprasaria01.jpg | image_caption = Small emerald, ''Hemistola chrysoprasaria'' | taxon = Hemitheini | authority = Bruand, 1846 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Several, see text | synonyms = *Chlorochromini <small>Duponchel, 1845</small> *Chlorochromites <small>Duponchel, 1845</small> *Comostolini <small>Inoue, 1961</small> *Hemistolini <small>Inoue, 1961</small> *Hemitheidae <small>Bruand, 1846</small> *Hemitheiti <small>Bruand, 1846</small> *Jodiini <small>Inoue, 1961 (''lapsus'')</small> *Jodini <small>Inoue, 1961</small> *Microloxiini <small>Hausmann, 1996</small> *Thalassodini <small>Inoue, 1961</small> *Thalerini <small>Herbulot, 1963</small> :(but see text) | synonyms_ref = <ref>Forum Herbulot (2008)</ref> }}
Though small in absolute diversity of genera, the '''Hemitheini''' are nonetheless the largest tribes of geometer moths in the subfamily Geometrinae. Like most Geometrinae, they are small greenish "emerald moths". The tribe was first described by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1846.
In some treatments the '''Comostolini''', '''Hemistolini''', '''Jodini''', '''Microloxiini''', '''Thalassodini''' and '''Thalerini''' are split off as independent tribes. But they are probably paraphyletic among themselves and with respect to the remaining Hemitheini.<ref>Holloway (1996), Beljaev (2007)</ref> Consequently, until more information is available they are included in the Hemitheini here.
In other systems,<ref>e.g. Holloway (1996)</ref> the Geometrinae are defined in a more inclusive way; the Hemitheini are then ranked as a subtribe '''Hemitheiti'''.
==Selected genera and species== A few Geometrinae genera are not yet assigned to a tribe with certainty; some of them might belong here too.<ref>See references in Savela (2007)</ref>
* ''Albinospila'' - formerly in ''Prasinocyma'' * ''Anoplosceles'' * ''Aoshakuna'' <small>Matsumura, 1925</small> - often included in ''Chlorissa''; includes ''Nipponogelasma''<!-- Zootaxa 1584: 55 --> * ''Aporandria'' * ''Berta'' * ''Chlorissa'' <small>Stephens, 1831</small> * ''Chloristola'' * ''Chlorochlamys'' <small>Hulst, 1896</small> * ''Chloropteryx'' <small>Hulst, 1896</small> * ''Culpinia'' <small>Prout, 1912</small> * ''Comostola'' <small>Meyrick, 1888</small> * ''Dyschloropsis'' <small>Warren, 1895</small> * ''Episothalma'' * ''Eretmopus'' * ''Gelasma'' <small>Warren, 1893</small><!-- Zootaxa 1584: 55 --> * ''Hemistola'' <small>Warren, 1893</small> * ''Hemithea'' <small>Duponchel, 1829</small> ** Common emerald, ''Hemithea aestivaria'' * ''Hethemia'' <small>Ferguson, 1969</small> * ''Idiochlora'' <small>Warren, 1896</small> * ''Jodis'' <small>Hübner, 1823</small><!-- Zootaxa 1584: 55 --> ** ''Jodis putata'' * ''Maxates'' * ''Mesothea'' <small>Warren, 1901</small> * ''Microloxia'' <small>Warren, 1893</small><!-- Zootaxa 1584: 55 --> * ''Mujiaoshakua'' <small>Inoue, 1955</small> * ''Oenospila'' * ''Olerospila'' * ''Orothalassodes'' * ''Pamphlebia'' * ''Pelagodes'' * ''Thalassodes'' * ''Thalera'' <small>Hübner, 1823</small> * ''Xerochlora'' <small>Ferguson, 1969</small>
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}
==References== {{Commons category}} * {{aut|Beljaev, Eugene A.}} (2007): Taxonomic changes in the emerald moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae) of East Asia, with notes on the systematics and phylogeny of Hemitheini. ''Zootaxa'' '''1584''': 55–68. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01584p068f.pdf PDF abstract and first page text] * {{aut|Forum Herbulot}} (2008): [http://www.herbulot.de/famgroup.htm Family group names in Geometridae]. Retrieved 22 July 2008. * {{aut|Holloway, J.D.}} (1996): The Moths of Borneo: Family Geometridae, Subfamilies Oenochrominae, Desmobathrinae and Geometrinae. ''Malayan Nature Journal'' '''49'''(3/4): 147-326. * {{aut|Savela, Markku}} (2007): [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/geometrinae/index.html Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Geometrinae]. Version of 2 February 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
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