The Euclidiini are a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
of
moths
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
in the family
Erebidae. The tribe was erected 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 e ...
in 1852.
Genera
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Caenurgia''
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Caenurgina''
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Callistege''
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Celiptera''
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Doryodes''
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Euclidia
''Euclidia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Callistege'' was previously included as a subgenus of ''Euclidia''.
Species
* Subgenus ''Euclidia''
** ''Euclidia ardita'' Franclemont, 1957 – erebid moth
** ''Eucl ...
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Leucomelas''
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Mocis''
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Pantydia''
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Paramocis''
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Ptichodis''
Possibly belong here
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Chamyna
''Chamyna'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms also gives ''Varia'' as a species group of ''Calliteara'' Butler, 1881.
Species
*''Chamyna homalogram ...
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Ctenusa''
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Discosema
''Discosema'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many ...
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Donectusa''
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Epidromia''
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Euonychodes
''Euonychodes'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea bec ...
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Homaea
''Homaea'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected 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 ...
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Melapia
''Melapia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many o ...
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Nymbis
''Nymbis'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of ...
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Perasia
''Perasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1 ...
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Phurys
''Perasia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Species
*''Perasia helvina
''Perasia helvina'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in Mexico, Co ...
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Remigiodes
''Remigiodes'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because ma ...
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Scodionyx''
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Teratocera
''Syllectra'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Species
* ''Syllectra congemmalis'' Hubner, 1823
* ''Syllectra erycata'' Cramer, 1780
* ''Syllectra lucifer
''Syllectra'' is a genus o ...
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References
Erebinae
Moth tribes
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