Lythria
# Lythria

Lythria is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is the only genus of the monotypic tribe Lythriini described by Claude Herbulot in 1962.

## Systematics

The genus Lythria consists of five species:

* Tribe Lythriini Herbulot, 1962
   * Genus Lythria Hübner, 1823
      * Lythria cruentaria (Hufnagel, 1767)
      * Lythria plumularia (Freyer, 1831)
      * Lythria purpuraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
      * Lythria sanguinaria (Duponchel, 1842)
      * Lythria venustata Staudinger, 1882

## Phylogenics

Within the Sterrhinae, the Lythriini are probably the sister group of the Rhodometrini, as diagrammed by the cladogram below:

