Chloephorinae
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| Chloephorinae | |
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| Scarce silver-lines, Bena bicolorana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Subfamily: | Chloephorinae Stainton, 1859 |
| Type genus | |
| Pseudoips Hübner, 1822 | |
| Tribes | |
| Synonyms | |
| Chlöephoridae Stainton, 1859[1] | |
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, but may also be brown, grey, or white.
Genera incertae sedis
[edit]In addition to the about 55 genera assigned to tribes, there are some additional ones of undetermined relationships:
- Acachmena Turner, 1908
- Apothriguna Berio, 1962
- Armactica Walker, 1865
- Austrocarea Holloway, 1977
- Autanthema Warren, 1912
- Beara Walker, 1866
- Chlorozada Hampson, 1912
- Clethrophora Hampson, 1894
- Clytophylla Turner, 1929
- Dilophothripoides Strand, 1917
- Erizada Walker, 1865
- Gabala Walker, [1866]
- Gelastocera Butler, 1877
- Hylophilodes Hampson, 1912
- Iscadia Walker, 1857
- Labanda Walker, 1859
- Lobocraspis Hampson, 1895
- Lophocrama Hampson, 1912
- Maceda Walker, 1857
- Macrobarasa Hampson, 1912
- Macrochthonia Butler, 1881
- Metaleptina Holland, 1893
- Microthripa Hampson, 1912
- Microzada Hampson, 1912
- Negeta Walker, 1862
- Neonegeta Hampson, 1912
- Paraxestis Hampson, 1902
- Pardoxia Vives Moreno & González Prada, 1981
- Plagerepne Tams, 1926
- Plectothripa Hampson, 1918
- Plusiocalpe Holland, 1894
- Pterogonia C. Swinhoe, 1891
- Ptisciana Walker, 1865[2]
- Thriponea Hulstaert, 1924
- Titulcia Walker, 1864
- Tornoconia Berio, 1966
- Tortriciforma Hampson, 1894
- Tyana Walker, 1866
- Tympanistes Moore, 1867
- Urbona Walker, 1862
- Vizaga C. Swinhoe, 1901
- Xanthodes Guenée, 1852
- Xenochroa Felder, 1874
References
[edit]- ^ Stainton, H. T. (1859). "Descriptions of Twenty-Five Species of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 2. 5: 111–126.
- ^ Walker, F. (1865) List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: 912.
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