The Ercheiini 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 ...
of
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 ...
.
Taxonomy
The tribe may be most closely related to the tribe
Hulodini
The Hulodini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The tribe may be most closely related to the tribe Ercheiini, also within the Erebinae.
Genera
*''Ericeia''
*'' Hulodes''
*''Lacera''
*''Speiredonia
''Speiredonia'' is a ge ...
, 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
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Anophiodes''
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Ercheia
''Ercheia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Description
Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long in both sexes. Antennae minutely ciliated i ...
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References
Erebinae
Moth tribes
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