Psaphidini is a tribe of owlet
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
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...
. There are at least 40 genera and at least 90 described species in Psaphidini.
Genera
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Acopa''
Harvey, 1875
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Airamia''
Barnes & Benjamin, 1926
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Aleptina''
Dyar, 1902
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Anycteola''
Barnes & Benjamin, 1929
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Apsaphida
''Apsaphida'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, ''Apsaphida eremna'', is found in the US state of Arizona
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Franclemont, 1973
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Brachionycha''
Hübner, 1819
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Copibryophila''
Smith, 1900
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Copivaleria''
Grote, 1883 (sallow moths)
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Crimona''
Smith, 1902
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Cropia''
Walker, 1858
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Emarginea
''Emarginea'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.<
Species
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Guenée, 1852
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Euamiana''
Barnes & Benjamin, 1927
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Eviridemas''
Barnes & Benjamin, 1929
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Feralia
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Grote, 1874
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Fota''
Grote, 1882
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Gloanna''
Nye, 1975
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Leucocnemis''
Hampson, 1908
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Lythrodes''
Smith, 1903
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Metaponpneumata''
Möschler, 1890
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Miracavira
''Miracavira'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the su ...
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Franclemont, 1937
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Nacopa''
Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
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Nocloa
''Nocloa'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by John Bernhardt Smith in 1906.
Species
*''Nocloa alcandra'' (H. Druce, 1890) Mexico
*''Nocloa aliaga'' (Barnes, 1905) Arizona, New Mexico
*''Nocloa beata'' Dyar, 191 ...
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Smith, 1906
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Oslaria''
Dyar, 1904
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Oxycnemis
''Oxycnemis'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1882.
Species
* ''Oxycnemis acuna'' Barnes, 1907
* ''Oxycnemis advena'' Grote, 1882
* ''Oxycnemis franclemonti'' Blanchard, 1968
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Grote, 1882
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Paramiana''
Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
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Paratrachea
''Paratrachea'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson
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Hampson, 1908
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Petalumaria''
Buckett & Bauer, 1968
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Pleromella''
Dyar, 1921
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Policocnemis''
Benjamin, 1932
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Prothrinax
''Prothrinax'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.
Hampson studied at Charterhouse S ...
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Hampson, 1908
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Provia
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Barnes & McDunnough, 1910
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Psaphida''
Walker, 1865
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Pseudocopivaleria''
Buckett & Bauer, 1966
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Redingtonia
''Redingtonia'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, ''Redingtonia alba'', is found in the US state of Arizona. Both the genus and species were first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough
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Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
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Ruacodes''
Hampson, 1908
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Sexserrata
''Sexserrata'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, ''Sexserrata hampsoni'', is found in the US state of California. Both the genus and species were first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin ...
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Barnes & Benjamin, 1922
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Supralathosea''
Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
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Triocnemis''
Grote, 1881
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Unciella''
Troubridge, 2008
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Viridemas''
Smith, 1908
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Walterella''
Dyar, 1921
References
* Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys'', vol. 40, 1-239.
Further reading
* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
External links
''Butterflies and Moths of North America''
Amphipyrinae
Moth tribes
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