The Magnina 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
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 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-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
described by Michael Fibiger in 2008.
Taxonomy
The subtribe was originally described as the subfamily Magninae of the family Micronoctuidae.
Clades (former tribes) and genera
*''Magna'' clade
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Magna''
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Basalia''
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Palnissa''
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Bilinea''
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Brevis''
Fibiger, 2008
*''Faeculoides'' clade
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Rustica''
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Indieditum''
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Faeculoides''
Fibiger, 2008
References
*
Micronoctuini
Lepidoptera subtribes
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