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Drepaninae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Drepanoidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Subfamily

Lower classifications
  
Negera, Scytalopteryx

Subphylum
  
Hexapoda

Scientific name
  
Drepaninae

Higher classification
  
Drepanidae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Drepaninae are by far the largest subfamily of the Drepanidae moths. While the subfamily is usually split into two tribes Drepanini and Oretini, its internal systematics and phylogeny are not yet well resolved.

Systematics

The following list is provisional and probably incomplete.

  • Tribe Drepanini Meyrick, 1895
  • Agnidra - includes Zanclalbara
  • Argodrepana
  • Auzata - includes Gonocilix
  • Auzatellodes
  • Canucha - includes Campylopteryx
  • Drapetodes
  • Drepana
  • Euphalacra - includes Ectothyris, Neophalacra
  • Hyalospectra
  • Leucoblepsis
  • Macrocilix
  • Nordstromia - includes Allodrepana
  • Strepsigonia - includes Monurodes
  • Tridrepana - includes Konjikia
  • Tribe Nidarini
  • Nidara
  • Tribe Oretini Inoue, 1962
  • Amphitorna - includes Neoreta, Procampsis, Tomocerota
  • Astatochroa
  • Oreta - includes Dryopteris, Holoreta, Hypsomadius, Mimoreta, Oretella, Psiloreta, Rhamphoreta
  • Spectroreta
  • Urogonodes
  • Unplaced to tribe

    • References

    Drepaninae Wikipedia
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