The Boletobiinae are a
subfamily
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of
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 ...
, containing about 956 species. The taxon was described by
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very ear ...
in 1858.
Taxonomy
Phylogenetic
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analysis has determined that several subfamilies of the family Erebidae that have been proposed in entomological literature since 2005, including Araeopteroninae, Aventiinae, Boletobiinae, Eublemminae, and Phytometrinae, together form a strongly supported clade as an aggregated subfamily Boletobiinae. The tribe-level groupings of genera within this expanded subfamily Boletobiinae are a topic of continued study.
Genera
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Abacena
''Abacena'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (bi ...
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Acremma''
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Aglaonice
Aglaonice (, ''Aglaoníkē'', compound of αγλαὸς (''aglaòs'') "luminous" and νίκη (''nikē'') "victory") was an ancient Thessalian witch, known from a scholion on the ''Argonautica'' and two references in Plutarch's ''Moralia''. She wa ...
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Allerastria''
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Araeopteron''
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Autoba
''Autoba'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Eustrotiinae of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as ...
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Bandelia
''Bandelia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as o ...
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Calymma
''Calymma'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its single species, ''Calymma communimacula'', was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.Cecharismena
''Cecharismena'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Möschler in 1890.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Calpinae of the family ...
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Cerynea
''Cerynea'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.
Etymology
''Cerynea'' is possibly derived from the hills of Cerynea, where Hercules
Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero He ...
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Condate''
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Corgatha
''Corgatha'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.
Description
Its palpi are porrect (extending forw ...
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Enispa
''Enispa'' is a genus of moths of 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 ...
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Enispodes
''Enispodes'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Warren in 1913. Its only species, ''Enispodes purpurea'', was first described by George Hampson in 1910. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo.
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Euaontia
''Euaontia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as o ...
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Eublemma
''Eublemma'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1829.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Eublemminae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Eustrotiinae of the family Noctuidae.
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Eublemmoides''
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Glympis''
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Hemeroplanis''
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Hiccoda
''Hiccoda'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' an ...
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Homocerynea''
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Homodes
''Homodes'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.
Description
Palpi uptur ...
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Honeyania''
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Hormoschista''
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Hypenagonia''
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Hypersophtha''
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Hyperstrotia
''Hyperstrotia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1910.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the ...
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Hyposada''
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Isogona''
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Janseodes
''Janseodes'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Pierre Viette in 1967. Its only species, ''Janseodes melanospila'', was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in India, South Africa and the US state of F ...
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Laspeyria''
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Lopharthrum''
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Mataeomera''
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Metachrostis''
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Metaemene''
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Metalectra
''Metalectra'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Catocalinae within the families Erebidae and Noctuidae.
Species
* ''Metalectra albi ...
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Micraeschus''
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Mursa
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Mycterophora''
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Nychioptera
''Nychioptera'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by John G. Franclemont in 1966.
Species
* ''Nychioptera accola'' Franclemont, 1966
* ''Nychioptera noctuidalis'' Dyar, 1907
* ''Nychioptera opada'' Franclemont, 196 ...
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Odice
''Odice'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Eublemminae of Erebidae or the subfamily Eustrotiinae of the family Noctui ...
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Ommatochila
''Ommatochila'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1894.
Taxonomy
''Ommatochila'' has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Aconti ...
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Oruza''
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Parascotia''
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Parolulis''
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Phytometra''
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Prolophota''
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Proroblemma''
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Prosoparia''
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Pseudcraspedia''
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Raparna''
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Rhypagla''
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Sophta''
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Spargaloma
''Spargaloma'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species is ''Spargaloma sexpunctata'', the six-spotted gray. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found from coast to ...
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Tamba''
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Taraconica''
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Trisateles
''Trisateles'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Tams in 1939. Its only species, ''Trisateles emortualis'', the olive crescent, was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in mo ...
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Zurobata''
References
Moth subfamilies
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