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Tribe Caberini

6672  - Sericosema juturnaria - female Pink-striped Willow Spanworm - Ontario - Cabera variolaria - male Unknown Moth - Drepanulatrix bifilata - female Erastria cruentaria - female Cabera variolaria Apodrepanulatrix liberaria Episemasia cervinaria Stergamataea delicatum
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Caberini
Explanation of Names
Caberini from the type genus Cabera (Treitschke), from Greek mythology. Cabera is the daughter of Proteus. (1)
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.