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Euchaetina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Tribe

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

The Euchaetina were a subtribe of woolly bear moths in the Erebidae family. The moths are found in North and Central America. The subtribe was reclassified as part of the Phaegopterina subtribe.

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Taxonomy

The subtribe was previously classified as the Euchaetini tribe of the Arctiinae subfamily of the former Arctiidae family.

The tribe name was proposed for the Euchaetes clade selected by Jacobson & Weller, 2002.

Genera previously in the subtribe

  • Cycnia Hübner, 1818
  • Ectypia Clemens, 1860
  • Euchaetes Harris, 1841
  • Kodiosoma Stretch, 1872
  • Lerina Walker, 1854
  • Pareuchaetes Grote, 1866
  • Pygarctia Grote, 1871
  • Pygoctenucha Grote, 1883
  • References

    Euchaetina Wikipedia


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