Phaegopterina
| Phaegopterina | |
|---|---|
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| Banded tussock moth (Halysidota tessellaris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Phaegopterina Kirby, 1892 |
The Phaegopterina are the largest subtribe of tiger moths in the Arctiini tribe, which is a part of the Erebidae family. It contains the arctiine tussock moths (a name more commonly associated with the Lymantriinae).
Taxonomy
The subtribe was previously classified as the Phaegopterini tribe of the Arctiidae family.
Genera
The following genera are included in the subtribe. Numerous arctiine genera have not yet been assigned to a subtribe, so this genus list may be incomplete.
- Aemilia
- Agaraea
- Amastus
- Amaxia
- Ammalo
- Anaxita
- Amphelarctia
- Aphyarctia
- Aphyle
- Apiconoma
- Apocrisias
- Apyre
- Araeomolis
- Arctagyrta
- Arctiarpia
- Astralarctia
- Azatrephes
- Baritius
- Bernathonomus
- Bertholdia
- Biturix
- Calidota
- Carales
- Carathis
- Castrica
- Cissura
- Coiffaitarctia
- Cratoplastis
- Cresera
- Cycnia
- Demolis
- Dialeucias
- Disconeura
- Echeta
- Ectypia
- Elysius
- Emurena
- Ennomomima
- Epicrisias
- Epimolis
- Eriostepta
- Ernassa
- Euchaetes
- Eucyrta
- Euerythra (formerly in Arctiina)
- Eupseudosoma
- Evius
- Fasslia
- Glaucostola
- Gonotrephes
- Gorgonidia
- Graphea
- Haemanota
- Haemaphlebiella
- Halysidota
- Haplonerita
- Hemihyalea (may belong in Amastus)
- Himearctia
- Hyalarctia
- Hyperandra
- Hyperthaema
- Hypidalia
- Hypidota
- Hypocrisias
- Hyponerita
- Idalus
- Ischnocampa
- Ischnognatha
- Kodiosoma (formerly in Arctiina)
- Laguerreia (tentatively placed here)
- Lalanneia (tentatively placed here)
- Lampruna
- Lepidojulia
- Lepidokirbyia
- Lepidolutzia
- Lepidozikania
- Lepypiranga
- Lerina (tentatively placed here)
- Leucanopsis
- Lophocampa
- Machadoia
- Machaeraptenus
- Mazaeras
- Melanarctia
- Melese
- Mellamastus
- Metacrisia
- Metaxanthia
- Munona
- Nannodota
- Neidalia
- Neonerita
- Neoplynes
- Neozatrephes
- Nezula
- Nyearctia
- Ochrodota
- Onythes
- Opharus
- Ordishia
- Ormetica
- Pachydota
- Pagara
- Paranerita
- Parathyris
- Pareuchaetes
- Parevia
- Pelochyta
- Phaegoptera
- Phaeomolis
- Pitane
- Pithea
- Premolis
- Pryteria
- Pseudamastus
- Pseudapistosia
- Pseudischnocampa
- Pseudohemihyalea (formerly in Hemihyalea)
- Pseudopharus
- Pseudotessellarctia
- Psychophasma
- Purius
- Pydnaodes
- Pygarctia
- Pygoctenucha
- Regobarrosia
- Rhipha
- Robinsonia
- Romualdia
- Scaptius
- Schalotomis
- Selenarctia
- Senecauxia (tentatively placed here)
- Soritena
- Stidzaeras
- Sutonocrea
- Sychesia
- Symphlebia
- Syntomostola
- Tessella
- Tessellarctia
- Tessellota
- Thyromolis
- Trichromia
- Tricypha
- Trocodima
- Turuptiana
- Viviennea
- Wanderbiltia
- Watsonidia
- Xanthoarctia
- Xanthophaeina
- Zaevius
- Zatrephes
References
- Lafontaine, J.D.; Fibiger, M. 2006: Revised higher classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). Canadian entomologist, 138: 610-635. abstract
- Lafontaine, J.D.; Schmidt, B.C. 2010: Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414
- Schmidt, B.C.; Opler, P.A. 2008: Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada. Zootaxa, 1677: 1-23. Abstract & excerpt PDF.
- Witt, T.J. & L.Ronkay, 2011: Lymantriinae and Arctiinae - Including Phylogeny and Check List of the Quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe. Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 13: 1-448.