Phyllodini

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Phyllodini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Tribe: Phyllodini
Guenée, 1852

The Phyllodini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.

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Taxonomy

The Phyllodini are thought to be one of the two clades comprising the Calpinae, with the other clade containing the tribes Calpini and Ophiderini. [1]

Genera

The following genera are included in the tribe. [1]

Related Research Articles

Catocalinae

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Catocalini Tribe of moths

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Ophiusini Tribe of moths

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Calpinae

The Calpinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. This subfamily includes many species of moths that have a pointed and barbed proboscis adapted to piercing the skins of fruit to feed on juice, and in the case of the several Calyptra species of vampire moths, to piercing the skins of mammals to feed on blood. The subfamily contains some large moths with wingspans longer than 5 cm (2 in).

Ctenuchina Subtribe of moths

The Ctenuchina are a subtribe of moths in the family Erebidae.

Lithosiini Tribe of moths

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Erebidae Family of moths

The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (Catocala); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth ; piercing moths ; micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae. Some of the erebid moths are called owlets.

The Micronoctuini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae that includes about 400 described species. Typical species in the tribe have bifine hindwing venation and are smaller than those in other noctuoid moths. Micronoctua karsholti is the smallest of all species in the superfamily Noctuoidea.

Lymantriini Tribe of moths

Lymantriini is a tribe of moths of the family Erebidae. This tribe is a group of polyphagous moths that reside mostly in the tropical regions of Afro-Eurasia but also North America.

The Catephiini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.

The Boletobiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae, containing about 956 species. The taxon was described by Achille Guenée in 1858.

The Hypenodinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. Adult moths of most species of this subfamily lack small, simple eyes near the large, compound eyes and have quadrifine (four-veined) hindwing cells. The micronoctuid moths are an exception because they possess simple eyes and bifine (two-veined) hindwing cells.

Syntomini Tribe of moths

The Syntomini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. The tribe was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1846.

Acantholipini Tribe of moths

The Acantholipini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.

The Cocytiini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Adults of some members of the subfamily, especially in the genus Serrodes, have a proboscis capable of piercing fruit skins, allowing the moth to drink the fruit juice.

Euclidiini Tribe of moths

The Euclidiini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. The tribe was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.

The Hulodini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.

Melipotini Tribe of moths

The Melipotini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.

The Omopterini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.

Poaphilini Tribe of moths

The Poaphilini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.

References

  1. 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.