Ennominae is the largest subfamily of the geometer moth

Geometer moth

The geometer moths or Geometridae are a family of the order Lepidoptera...

 family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 (Geometridae) with some 9,700 described species in 1,100 genera. They are usually fairly small moth species, though some (such as the Peppered Moth

Peppered moth

The peppered moth is a temperate species of night-flying moth. Peppered moth evolution is often used by educators as an example of natural selection.- Distribution :...

) grow considerably larger. This subfamily has a global distribution. It includes some species that are notorious defoliating pests.

The status of several tribes

Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...

 is debated. For example, the Boarmiini

Boarmiini

The Boarmiini are a large tribe of geometer moths in the Ennominae subfamily.-Description and systematics:...

 are sometimes massively expanded to include the Bistonini

Bistonini

The Bistonini are a tribe of geometer moths in subfamily the Ennominae. As numerous ennomine genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe, the genus list is preliminary. In addition, the entire tribe is sometimes merged into a much-expanded Boarmiini...

, Bupalini, Erannini, Gnophini, Melanolophini, Phaseliini and Theriini. The Nacophorini

Nacophorini

The Nacophorini are one of the smaller tribes of geometer moths in the subfamily Ennominae. They are the most diverse Ennominae of Australia and are widespread in the Americas...

 and perhaps the Campaeini might need to be merged with the Lithinini, and all three might warrant merging into the Ennomini

Ennomini

The Ennomini are a tribe of geometer moths in the Ennominae subfamily. They are large-bodied and rather nondescript Ennominae, overall showing many similarities to the closely related Azelinini and Nacophorini....

. The group sometimes separated as Cassymini is tentatively included in the Abraxini

Abraxini

The Abraxini are a tribe of geometer moths in the subfamily Ennominae. Here, the Cassymini are considered a specialized offshoot of the Abraxini and merged therein; some authors consider them a distinct tribe however.-Genera:...

 here. The Alsophilinae

Alsophilinae

Alsophilinae is a subfamily of the moth family Geometridae, consisting of two genera, Alsophila and Inurois....

, usually treated as a small subfamily in their own right, might simply be a specialized lineage of Boarmiini. 

Selected genera

Tribe Baptini

• Lomographa
  Lomographa
  Lomographa is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.Species include:* Lomographa araeophragma * Lomographa buraetica * Lomographa bimaculata – White-pinion Spotted...
  
  

Tribe Bupalini

• Bupalus
  Bupalus (moth)
  Bupalus is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.-Selected species:* Bupalus piniaria – Bordered White* Bupalus vestalis Staudinger, 1897-References:* *...
  
  

Tribe Caberini

• Cabera
  Cabera
  Cabera is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.-Selected species:* Cabera borealis – Boreal Cream * Cabera candidaria * Cabera erythemaria – Yellow-Dusted Cream Guenée, 1857...
  
  

Tribe Campaeini

• Campaea
  Campaea
  Campaea is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.-Selected species:* Campaea honoraria – Embellished Thorn * Campaea margaritata – Light Emerald...
  
  

Tribe Colotoini

• Colotois
  Colotois
  Colotois is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.-Selected species:* Colotois pennaria – Feathered Thorn -References:* *...
  
  

Tribe Erannini

• Erannis
  Erannis
  Erannis is a geometer moth genus of the subfamily Ennominae. It is placed by some entomologists in the tribe Erannini as the type genus, but others merge this group into the tribe Boarmiini or Bistonini....
  
  

Tribe Gnophini

• Charissa
  Charissa
  Charissa is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.-Species:* Charissa adjectaria Staudinger, 1897* Charissa ambiguata * Charissa annubilata Christoph, 1885* Charissa anthina Wehrli, 1953...
  
  
• Gnophos
  Gnophos
  Gnophos is a genus in the geometer moth family . A mostly Old World lineage, it is abundant in the Palearctic, with some North American species as well; in Europe 6 species are recorded...
  
  

Tribe Gonodontini

• Aethiopodes
  Aethiopodes
  Aethiopodes is a genus in the geometer moth family . Sometimes included in Odontopera, other authors treat it as distinct...
  
  (sometimes in Odontopera)
• Odontopera
  Odontopera
  Odontopera is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.Aethiopodes is sometimes also included here.-References:*...
  
  

Genera incertae sedis

Numerous genera

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 have hitherto not been definitely assigned to a tribe

Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...

. These include: