The Apameini are a mid-sized
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the
Noctuinae
The Noctuinae are a subfamily of the family Noctuidae, and is composed of moths. The larvae of many species feed on roots or stems of various grasses. Some are generalist feeders which makes them potential pests.
Noctuid systematics is in a ...
subfamily (formerly in the
Hadeninae
Hadeninae was formerly a subfamily of the moth family Noctuidae, but was merged into the subfamily Noctuinae. The tribes Apameini, Caradrinini, Elaphriini, Episemini, Eriopygini, Hadenini
Hadenini is a tribe of cutworm or dart moths in ...
subfamily).
Selected genera
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Achatodes
''Achatodes'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many o ...
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Guenée, 1852
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Agroperina
''Apamea'' is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Some ''Apamea'' species are pest insects. The larval ''Apamea niveivenosa'' is a cutworm known as a pest of grain crops in North America ...
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Hampson, 1908
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Apamea''
Ochsenheimer, 1816
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Archanara''
Walker, 1866
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Cherokeea
''Cherokeea attakullakulla'' is a moth in the family Noctuidae and the only species in the genus ''Cherokeea''. It is found in North Carolina (Swain and Macon Counties in the mountains and Rutherford County in the foothills) and Georgia (Rabun C ...
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Quinter & Sullivan, 2014
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Crymodes
''Apamea'' is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Some ''Apamea'' species are pest insects. The larval ''Apamea niveivenosa'' is a cutworm known as a pest of grain crops in North America ...
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Guenée, 1841
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Eremobina''
McDunnough, 1937
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Helotropha
''Helotropha'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many ...
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Lederer, 1857
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Hydraecia
''Hydraecia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many ...
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Guenée, 1841
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Hypocoena''
Hampson, 1908
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Luperina
''Luperina'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species
* '' Luperina dayensis'' Oberthür, 1891
* '' Luperina diversa'' (Staudinger, 1891)
* '' Luperina dumerilii'' (Duponchel, 1826)
* '' Luperina farsiensis'' Fibiger & Zahiri, 2005 ...
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Boisduval, 1829
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Macronoctua''
Grote, 1874
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Minigrapta''
Kononenko & Matov, 2012
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Oligia
''Oligia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Species
* '' Oligia agelasta'' (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
* '' Oligia albilinea'' Laporte, 1973
* '' Oligia albirivula'' Hampson, 1908
* '' Oligia ambigua'' ( ...
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Hübner, 1821
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Papaipema
''Papaipema'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by John B. Smith in 1899.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Parastichtis
''Parastichtis'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species
* '' Parastichtis suspecta'' (Hübner, 817
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Hübner, 1821
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Trichoplexia''
Hampson, 1908
References
ITIS standard report page
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