Kingdom Animalia Family Erebidae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Subtribe | Superfamily Noctuoidea Scientific name Phaegopterina Higher classification Arctiini Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Lower classifications Lophocampa, Halysidota, Amastus, Lophocampa caryae, Elysius | ||
Aphyle abdominalis arctiinae arctiini phaegopterina
The Phaegopterina are a subtribe of tiger moths in the Arctiini tribe, which is a part of the Erebidae family. It contains the arctiine tussock moths (a name more commonly associated with the Lymantriinae).
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Taxonomy
The subtribe was previously classified as the Phaegopterini tribe of the Arctiidae family.
Genera
The following genera are included in the subtribe. Numerous arctiine genera have not yet been assigned to a subtribe, so this genus list may be incomplete.
References
Phaegopterina Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA