Drepaninae are by far the largest
subfamily
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of the
Drepanidae moth
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s. While it is usually split into two
tribes, Drepanini and Oretini, its internal
systematics
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and
phylogeny
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are not well resolved.
Systematics
The following list is provisional and probably incomplete.
*Tribe Drepanini
Meyrick, 1895
** ''
Agnidra'' - includes ''Zanclalbara''
** ''
Argodrepana''
** ''
Auzata'' - includes ''Gonocilix''
** ''
Auzatellodes''
** ''
Canucha'' - includes ''Campylopteryx''
** ''
Drapetodes''
** ''
Drepana''
** ''
Euphalacra'' - includes ''Ectothyris, Neophalacra''
** ''
Hyalospectra''
** ''
Leucoblepsis''
** ''
Macrocilix''
** ''
Nordstromia'' - includes ''Allodrepana''
** ''
Strepsigonia'' - includes ''Monurodes''
** ''
Tridrepana'' - includes ''Konjikia''
*Tribe Nidarini
** ''
Nidara''
*Tribe Oretini
Inoue, 1962
** ''
Amphitorna'' - includes ''Neoreta, Procampsis, Tomocerota''
** ''
Astatochroa''
** ''
Oreta'' - includes ''Dryopteris, Holoreta, Hypsomadius, Mimoreta, Oretella, Psiloreta, Rhamphoreta''
** ''
Spectroreta''
** ''
Urogonodes''
*Unplaced to tribe
References
*
* , 2011: Description of ''Sabra harpagula euroista'' Park, ssp. n. from Korea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). ''Shilap Revista de Entomologia'' 39 (156): 345-350.
* , 1960: One new species and one new subspecies of ''Macrauzata'' from Japan and China (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). ''Tinea'' 5 (2): 314-316.
* , 2014: A new species of ''Callidrepana'' Felder, 1861 (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) from Hainan, China. ''Tinea'' 22(5): 316-317.
* , 2002: ''Cilix hispanica'' sp. n., a new species of ''Drepanidae'' from the Ibero-balearic fauna (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae). ''Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa'' 30: 33-36. Full article
* , 2011: A review of the genus ''Oreta'' Walker in Korea, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). ''Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology'' 14 (3): 311-316.
* , 2012: An annotated list of Drepaninae of the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). ''Tinea'' 22 (2): 107-119.
Drepaninae,
Moth subfamilies
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