Catocalina
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| Catocalina | |
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| Red Underwing, Catocala nupta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Catocalinae |
| Tribe: | Catocalini |
| Subtribe: | Catocalina |
| Genera | |
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At least 6, see texct | |
The Catocalina are a noctuid ("owlet") moth subtribe of the Catocalinae subfamily; it contains many species called Underwing moths.
This taxon is part of the Catocalini tribe, the largest in their family, though the subtribe itself is not particularly genus-rich.
As numerous catocaline genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe, the genus list should be considered preliminary:
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