Chloephorinae

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Chloephorinae
Scarce Silver-lines, Bena bicolorana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: Nolidae Subfamily: Chloephorinae
Tribes
Sarrothripini Chloephorini Camptolomini Careini Ariolicini

The 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.

[edit] Genera incertae sedis

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

• Acachmena
• Apothriguna
• Armactica
• Austrocarea
• Autanthema
• Chlorozada
• Clytophylla
• Dilophothripoides
• Gabala
• Lobocraspis
• Lophocrama
• Macrochthonia
• Microthripa
• Pardoxia
• Plagerepne
• Thriponea
• Tornoconia
• Vizaga