The Catocalini are a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

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

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 ...

. Adults of many

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in the tribe are called underwing moths due to their vividly colored hindwings that are often covered by contrastingly dark, drab forewings.

Taxonomy

The tribe is most closely related to the tribe Audeini, also within the

Erebinae The Erebinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Erebine moths are found on all continents except Antarctica, but reach their greatest diversity in the tropics. While the exact number of specie ...

Genera

*'' Archaeopilocornus'' Kühne, 2005 *''

Catocala ''Catocala'' is a generally Holarctic genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. The moths are commonly known as underwing moths or simply underwings. These terms are sometimes used for a fe ...

'' *'' Spiloloma'' *'' Tachosa'' *''

Ulotrichopus ''Ulotrichopus'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Wallengren in 1860. Species * '' Ulotrichopus catocala'' (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874) * '' Ulotrichopus dinawa'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 * '' Ulotrichopus eugen ...

Former genera

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Artena Artena is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy. It is situated in the northwest of Monti Lepini, in the upper valley of the Sacco River. It is approximately southeast by rail, and direct from Rome. The economy is based ...

'' * '' Audea'' * ''

Crypsotidia ''Crypsotidia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species *''Crypsotidia bibrachiata'' Kühne, 2005 *''Crypsotidia bullula'' Kühne, 2005 *''Crypsotidia clytieformis'' Kühne, 2005 *''Crypsotidia digitata'' Kühne, 2005 *''Crypsotidia ...

'' * '' Hypotacha'' * '' Mecodina''

References

Erebinae Moth tribes {{Catocalini-stub