Dioptinae

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Dioptinae
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Dioptis cyma , the type species of the tribe Dioptini
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Josia ligula , the type species of the tribe Josiini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Walker, 1862
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Dioptinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae.

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The Dioptinae are an almost exclusively neotropical group of day-flying moths. [1] Many of these exhibit bright wing coloration and are involved in mimicry rings with butterflies (especially Ithomiini) and moths of the subfamilies Sterrhinae and Arctiinae. Unusually for the Notodontidae, the Dioptinae adults are largely diurnal. [2]

Taxonomy

The subfamily was formerly placed in a separate family (Dioptidae). Furthermore, the tribe Josiini has been treated as a family (Josiidae) by Piepers & Snellen in 1900 and as a subfamily (Josiinae) by Kiriakoff in 1950.

Genera

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<i>Notascea</i> Genus of moths

Notascea is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae. It consists of the following species:

Scotura abstracta is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Guyana.

Oricia truncata is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from Mexico south to Panama.

Erbessa alea is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Ecuador.

Erbessa cuneiplaga is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1918. It is found in Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.

Erbessa projecta is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Warren in 1909. It is found in Brazil.

Xenorma australis is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Brazil.

Xenorma biorbiculata is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is endemic to the Upper Amazon of Brazil.

Phryganidia naxa is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico.

Phanoptis vitrina is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1886. It is found in Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.

Polypoetes prodromus is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Bolivia.

Polypoetes luteivena is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

Brachyglene crocearia is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala.

"Brachyglene" thirmida is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Hering in 1925. It is found in Bolivia.

Chrysoglossa maxima is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala.

Dolophrosyne elongata is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Hering in 1925. It is found in Peru and Bolivia.

Xenomigia fassli is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Colombia.

Tithraustes quinquepunctata is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Panama.

"Thirmida" venusta is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Paul Dognin in 1900. It is found in Ecuador.

Euchlaenidia albilinea is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Schaus in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica.

References

  1. ↑ Miller, James S (2009-06-30). "Generic Revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321: 1–674. doi:10.1206/321.1. ISSN   0003-0090. S2CID   86824329.
  2. ↑ S, Miller J. (1991). "Cladistics and classification of the Notodontidae (Lepidoptera : Noctuoidea) based on larval and adult morphology". Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 204: 1–230.


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