Chloephorinae

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Chloephorinae
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Scarce silver-lines, Bena bicolorana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Chloephorinae
Stainton, 1859
Type genus
Pseudoips
Hübner, 1822
Tribes
Synonyms

Chlöephoridae Stainton, 1859 [1]

Chloephorinae is a subfamily of the moth family Nolidae. It includes, among others, many of the moths known as silver-lines. They are rather similar to some owlet moths (Noctuidae) in appearance and often colored a vivid green, but may also be brown, grey, or white.

Genera incertae sedis

In addition to the about 55 genera assigned to tribes, there are some additional ones of undetermined relationships:

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References

  1. ↑ Stainton, H. T. (1859). "Descriptions of Twenty-Five Species of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 2. 5: 111–126.
  2. ↑ Walker, F. (1865) List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: 912.


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