The Callimorphina are a

subtribe Subtribe is a taxonomic category ranking which is below the rank of tribe and above genus. The standard suffix for a subtribe is -ina (in animals) or -inae (in plants). The first use of this word dates back to the late 19th century. An example of ...

of woolly bear

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 1865. Many of these moths are easily confused with

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

, being quite brightly colored and somewhat diurnal. Their antennae are not thickened into "clubs", which is a typical characteristic of butterflies.

Taxonomy

The subtribe was previously classified as a

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of the former family

Arctiidae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

Genera

This list of genera in the subtribe were outlined by Michelle A. DaCosta and Susan J. WellerDaCosta MA, Weller SJ (2005) Phylogeny and classification of Callimorphini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae). ''Zootaxa'' 1025:1-94 and by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov.Dubatolov VV (2006): Cladogenesis of tiger-moths of the subfamily Arctiinae: development of a cladogenetic model of the tribe Callimorphini (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) by the SYNAP method. ''Euroasian Entomological Journal'' 5(2):95-104 (in Russian) *'' Aglaomorpha'' *'' Axiopoena'' *'' Callimorpha'' *'' Callindra'' *'' Calpenia'' *'' Carcinopyga'' *'' Coscinia'' *''

Cymbalophora ''Cymbalophora'' is a genus of Arctiinae (moth), tiger moths in the family Erebidae described by Rambur in 1866. Species *''Cymbalophora haroldi'' *''Cymbalophora oertzeni'' *''Cymbalophora powelli'' *''Cymbalophora pudica'' *''Cymbalophora rivu ...

'' *'' Dodia'' *'' Epimydia'' *'' Euleechia'' *'' Euplagia'' *'' Haploa'' *'' Kishidaria'' *'' Lacydes'' *'' Nikaea'' *'' Sebastia'' *'' Spiris'' *'' Taicallimorpha'' *'' Tinoliodes'' *'' Tyria'' *'' Utetheisa'' (often in Nyctemerini)

References

Lepidoptera subtribes {{Callimorphina-stub