Chalcosiinae

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Chalcosiinae
Eterusia repleta
Eterusia repleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Apoditrysia
Superfamily: Zygaenoidea
Family: Zygaenidae
Subfamily: Chalcosiinae
Genera

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Chalcosiinae is a subfamily of the Zygaenidae. They contain very many species, which are however usually little known. Prominent sexual dimorphism, bright aposematic coloration and mimicry complexes are widespread.

This subfamily contains the following genera [1]:

  • Achelura
  • Agalope
  • Aglaope
  • Allocyclosia
  • Amesia
  • Anarbudas
  • Aphantocephala
  • Arbudas
  • Atelesia
  • Barbaroscia
  • Birtina
  • Boradiopsis
  • Cadphises
  • Campylotes
  • Canerkes
  • Caprima
  • Chalcophaedra
  • Chalcosia
  • Chalcosiopsis
  • Clematoessa
  • Cleoda
  • Codane
  • Corma
  • Cryptophysophilus
  • Cyanidia
  • Cyclosia
  • Devanica
  • Didina
  • Docleomorpha
  • Docleopsis
  • Elcysma
  • Epyrgis
  • Erasmia
  • Erasmiphlebohecta
  • Eterusia
  • Eucorma
  • Eucormopsis
  • Eumorphiopais
  • Eusphalera
  • Euxanthopyge
  • Gynautocera
  • Hadrionella
  • Hampsonia
  • Hemichrysoptera
  • Hemiscia
  • Herpidia
  • Herpolasia
  • Heteropan
  • Heteropanula
  • Heterusinula
  • Histia
  • Isbarta
  • Isocrambia
  • Klaboana
  • Laurion
  • Milleria
  • Mimascaptesyle
  • Mimeuploea
  • Neoherpa
  • Opisoplatia
  • Panherpina
  • Philopator
  • Phlebohecta
  • Pidorus
  • Pintia
  • Pompelon
  • Prosopandrophila
  • Psaphis
  • Pseudarbudas
  • Pseudonyctemera
  • Pseudoscaptesyle
  • Retina
  • Rhodopsona
  • Sciodoclea
  • Scotopais
  • Soritia
  • Thaumastophleps
  • Trypanophora

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wikispecies: Chalcosiinae. Version of 14:15, 7 November 2006. Wikispecies is not overly reliable for Lepidoptera and should be replaced by a scientific source.


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