| Herminiinae | |
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| Herminia grisealis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae Leach, 1815 |
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The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae.[1] The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves.
Taxonomy
The subfamily was previous treated as a separate family, Herminiidae, or as a subfamily of the family Noctuidae. Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Herminiinae are most closely related to the subfamily Aganainae of the Erebidae.[2]
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Phalaenophana caught by Drosera filiformis.
Genera
- Aristaria
- Bleptina
- Carteris
- Chytolita
- Drepanopalpia
- Herminia
- Hydrillodes
- Hypenula
- Idia
- Lascoria
- Macristis
- Macrochilo
- Nodaria
- Orectis
- Palthis
- Paracolax
- Phalaenophana
- Phalaenostola
- Phlyctaina
- Physula
- Polypogon
- Reabotis
- Redectis
- Rejectaria
- Renia
- Simplicia
- Tetanolita
- Zanclognatha
Example species
Bleptina caradrinalis
Chytolita morbidalis
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Herminia grisealis
Idia americalis
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Palthis angulalis
Phalaenophana pyramusalis
Polypogon tentacularius
Renia discoloralis
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Zanclognatha protumnusalis
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References
- ^ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
External links
- Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Herminiinae. Version of 2003-MAR-28. Retrieved 2007-JUN-03.