The Omopterini 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 was split from the tribe
Ophiusini
The Ophiusini are a tribe (biology), tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The tribe is one of the most successful of the major Evolutionary radiation, radiations of the subfamily Erebinae. The tribe was previously classified as the s ...
(also in the subfamily
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 ...
) after phylogenetic analysis showed that the
New World
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: ...
genera were not the closest relatives of the other genera in the Ophiusini.
Genera
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Acritogramma''
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Amolita''
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Bendisodes''
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Coenipeta''
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Coxina''
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Elousa''
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Epidromia''
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Eubolina''
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Euclystis''
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Euparthenos''
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Helia''
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Heteranassa
''Heteranassa'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by J. B. Smith in 1899. Its only species, ''Heteranassa mima'', was first described by Leon F. Harvey in 1876. It is found in warm, arid habitats in North America from C ...
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Itomia''
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Kakopoda''
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Lesmone
''Lesmone'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Species
*'' Lesmone aemylis'' (Druce, 1890) Panama, Costa Rica
*'' Lesmone aenaria'' (Druce, 1890) Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Texas
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Matigramma
''Matigramma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who Species description, described over ...
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Metria
''Metria'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was 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 Schmetterling ...
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Pseudanthracia
''Pseudanthracia'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. Its only species, ''Pseudanthracia coracias'', the pseudanthracia moth, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found ...
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Selenisa
''Selenisa'' is a genus of moths 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 wel ...
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Toxonprucha
''Toxonprucha'' is a genus of moths 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 ...
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Tyrissa
''Tyrissa'' is a genus of moths 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 ...
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Zale''
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Zaleops
''Zaleops'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, ''Zaleops umbrina'', was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883. It is found in the US state of Arizona.
The MONA or ...
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References
Moth tribes
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