Tinthiinae | |
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Illustration of Tinthia ruficollaris | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Subfamily: | Tinthiinae Le Cerf, 1917 |
Type genus | |
Tinthia Walker [1865] [1] |
The Tinthiinae are a subfamily of clearwing moths, first established in 1917 by Ferdinand Le Cerf. [2]
Tinthiinae consists of twenty-four genera across four tribes: [1]
Tinthiini
Pennisetiini
Paraglosseciini
Similipepsini
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