The Poaphilini 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.
Taxonomy
Phylogenetic studies have shown that the tribe is most closely related to the tribe
Ophiusini. Those studies indicate that the genera ''
Achaea
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. T ...
'', ''
Mimophisma'', and ''
Ophisma'' belong in the Poaphilini despite formerly being classified in the
Ophiusini.
Genera
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Achaea
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. T ...
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Allotria''
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Argyrostrotis''
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Bastilla''
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Chalciope
Chalciope (; grc, Χαλκιόπη, Khalkiópē means "bronze-face"), in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to several characters.
* Chalciope, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife of Phrixus, by whom she had four ...
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Cutina''
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Focillidia''
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Gondysia''
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Mimophisma''
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Ophisma''
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Parallelia''
References
Erebinae
Moth tribes
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