The Nyctemerina 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 woolly bear

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 ...

Taxonomy

The subtribe was previously classified as the tribe Nyctemerini of the former family

Arctiidae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

. Some authors merge the subtribe into the related

Callimorphina The Callimorphina are a subtribe of woolly bear moths in the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 1865. Many of these moths are easily confused with butterflies, being quite brightly colored and somewhat diurnal. Th ...

Genera

*'' Afrocoscinia'' *'' Agaltara'' *''

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'' *'' Diota'' *'' Galtara'' *''

Ischnarctia ''Ischnarctia'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by German entomologist Max Bartel Max Bartel (1879 – 2 July 1914, Nürnberg) was a German entomologist, who erected the Ischnarctia genus in 1903. Bartel was an insec ...

'' *'' Karschiola'' *'' Neuroxena'' *'' Pseudogaltara'' *'' Xylecata'' ;''Argina'' generic group *'' Alytarchia'' *'' Argina'' *'' Mangina'' ;Afrotropical genera of the ''Nyctemera'' group, that were separated from the Oriental stemDubatolov VV 2006: On the generic status of the Afrotropical ''Nyctemera'' species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). ''Atalanta'' 37 (1/2): 191-205 *''

Afronyctemera ''Afronyctemera'' is a genus of moths erected by Vladimir Dubatolov in 2006. Its treatment varies by source, from being recognized as a valid genus to a valid subgenus of ''Nyctemera ''Nyctemera'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebi ...

'' *''

Chiromachla ''Chiromachla'' is a genus of Arctiinae (erebid moths), tiger moths in the family Erebidae. Species *''Chiromachla chalcosidia'' Hampson, 1910 *''Chiromachla gracilis'' *''Chiromachla insulare'' *''Chiromachla leuconoe'' *''Chiromachla pallescen ...

'' *'' Podomachla'' ;Oriental and Australian taxa of generic level that are traditionally considered as subgenera of: *''

Nyctemera ''Nyctemera'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The genus includes the species ''Nyctemera annulata'' and '' Nyctemera amica'', which are closely related and are able to interbreed. Descr ...

'': *''Nyctemera'' (''Arctata'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Coleta'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Deilemera'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Luctuosana'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Nyctemera'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Orphanos'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Tritomera'') ''

Utetheisa __NOTOC__ ''Utetheisa'' is a genus of Arctiinae (moth), tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Description Palpi porrect (extending forward), extending beyond the frons. Antennae ciliated. For ...

'' is sometimes placed in Nyctemerina, sometimes in the

(if these are treated as distinct subtribe).

References

Main articles on Oriental and Australian ''Nyctemera''

* de Vos, R. 1994

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''Nyctemera groenendaeli'' spec. nov. from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerina). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 15 (4): 481-489. * de Vos, R. 1995: A revision of ''Nyctemera consobrina'' (Hopffer, 1874) with redescription of three subspecies (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 16 (1): 81-93. * de Vos, R. 1996: ''Nyctemera pseudokala'' sp. nov. and ''N. mastrigti'' sp. nov., two new species from Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 17 (3): 301-311. * de Vos, R. 1997: A revision of ''Nyctemera kebeae'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) (with descriptions of two new subspecies) and ''N. warmasina'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 18 (1): 1-12. * de Vos, R. 1997: The identity of ''Nyctemera simulatrix'' Walker, 1864 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 18 (2-3): 205-210. * de Vos, R. 2002: Revision of the ''Nyctemera evergista'' group (=subgenus ''Deilemera'' Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae, Nyctemerini). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 23 (1/2): 7-32. * de Vos, R. 2007: Revision of the ''Nyctemera clathratum'' complex (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 150: 39-54. * de Vos, R. 2007: The ''Utetheisa'' species of the subgenera ''Pitasila, Atasca'' and ''Raanya'' subgen. n. (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Aldrovandia'' 3: 31-120. * * de Vos, R., Dubatolov, V. V. 2010: Nyctemerini. ''In'': V. V. Dubatolov, Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). ''Neue Entomologische Nachrichten'' 65: 11-18. Lepidoptera subtribes Taxa named by William Kirby (entomologist) {{Nyctemerina-stub