| Callimorphini | |
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| Utetheisa pulchelloides imago | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Callimorphini |
| Genera | |
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Presently 21; see text |
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The Callimorphini are a tribe of woolly bear moths (Arctiidae) in the subfamily Arctiinae. They are sometimes (e.g. in the "Erebidae" scheme) merged into the Arctiini as a subtribe Callimorphina. Nyctemerini and Amerilini are closely related tribes.
Many of these moths are easily confused with butterflies, being quite brightly-colored and somewhat diurnal. Their antennae are not thickened into "clubs" as typical for butterflies.
List of genera of the tribe were outlined by Da Costa & Weller[1] and by Dubatolov[2].
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