The Cisthenina 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
lichen moths 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 ...
, currently containing 428 described species.
Taxonomy
The subtribe used to be classified as the tribe Cisthenini of the subfamily
Lithosiinae
The Lithosiini are a tribe of lichen moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was described by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820.
Systematics
The tribe was previously treated as a higher-level taxon, the subfamily Lithosiinae, within the lichen a ...
of the 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 ...
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Genera
The following genera are included in the subtribe.
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Aemene''
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Bruceia
''Bruceia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Species
* ''Bruceia hubbardi
''Bruceia hubbardi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1898. It is found in the US states of California and Nev ...
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Byrsia''
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Cisthene''
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Clemensia''
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Cyclosiella''
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Cyclosodes''
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Damias''
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Eugoa''
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Garudinia''
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Garudinistis''
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Haematomis''
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Holocraspedon''
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Hypoprepia''
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Katmeteugoa''
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Lobobasis''
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Lycomorpha''
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Lycomorphodes''
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Macaduma
''Macaduma'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.
Distribution
The genus has its greatest diversity in the Australian tropics, extending weakly east to New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa and west to the Himalaya.
Species
*'' Macaduma alba ...
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Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
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Meteugoa''
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Neoscaptia''
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Oxacme''
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Omiosia''
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Padenia''
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Parascaptia''
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Propyria''
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Pseudoblabes''
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Ptychoglene''
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Rhabdatomis''
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Scaptesyle''
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Tortricosia''
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Utriculofera''
Lepidoptera subtribes
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