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Nyctemerina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Subtribe

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Nyctemerina

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Nyctemera, Argina, Amphicallia, Arctiini

The Nyctemerina are a subtribe of woolly bear moths in the Erebidae family.

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Taxonomy

The subtribe was previously classified as the Nyctemerini tribe of the former Arctiidae family. Some authors merge the subtribe into the related Callimorphina, but Nyctemerini is an elder name.

Genera

  • Afrocoscinia
  • Agaltara
  • Caryatis
  • Diota
  • Galtara
  • Ischnarctia
  • Karschiola
  • Neuroxena
  • Pseudogaltara
  • Xylecata
    • Argina generic group
  • Alytarchia
  • Argina
  • Mangina
    • Afrotropical genera of the Nyctemera group, that were separated from the Oriental stem
  • Afronyctemera
  • Chiromachla
  • Podomachla
    • Oriental and Australian taxa of generic level that are traditionally considered as subgenera of
  • Nyctemera :
  • Nyctemera (Arctata)
  • Nyctemera (Coleta)
  • Nyctemera (Deilemera)
  • Nyctemera (Luctuosana)
  • Nyctemera (Nyctemera)
  • Nyctemera (Orphanos)
  • Nyctemera (Tritomera)

    • Utetheisa is sometimes placed in Nyctemerina, sometimes in the Callimorphina (if these are treated as distinct subtribe).

    References

    Nyctemerina Wikipedia
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