Catephiini

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Catephiini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Tribe: Catephiini
Guenée, 1854
Synonyms
  • Catephidae Guenée, 1854

The Catephiini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. [1] [2]

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Taxonomy

The tribe is most closely related to the tribe Omopterini, also within Erebinae, though the genera belonging to each tribe are not well determined. [2]

Genera

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Orgyiini Tribe of moths

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Nygmiini Tribe of moths

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Leucomini Tribe of moths

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Cocytiini Tribe of moths

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Hypopyrini Tribe of moths

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Ommatophorini Tribe of moths

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References

  1. Holloway, Jeremy D. "The Moths of Borneo Parts 15 & 16: Family Noctuidae, Subfamily Catocalinae". The Moths of Borneo. Southdene Sdn. Bhd. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.