The Toxocampinae are a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

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 ...

. Moths in the subfamily typically have a primitive form of genital claspers similar to those of some subfamilies of the

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 ...

Taxonomy

Morphological analysis previously classified the subfamily as the tribe Toxocampini of the former subfamily

Catocalinae The Catocalinae are a subfamily of noctuoid moths, placed in family Noctuidae. In the alternative arrangement, where the Noctuidae are reduced to the core group around the Noctuinae, the present lineage is abolished, the upranked Catocalini be ...

within

Phylogenetic In biology, phylogenetics () is the study of the evolutionary history of life using observable characteristics of organisms (or genes), which is known as phylogenetic inference. It infers the relationship among organisms based on empirical dat ...

analysis supports the subfamily as a clade within

but outside the Catocalinae (now called the

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 ...

Genera

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Anumeta ''Anumeta'' 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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Apopestes ''Apopestes'' 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 we ...

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Autophila ''Autophila'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species * '' Autophila afghana'' Ronkay, 1986 * '' Autophila anaphanes'' Boursin, 1940 * '' Autophila asiatica'' (Staudinger, 1888) * '' Autophila banghaasi'' Boursin, 1940 * '' Autophil ...

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Lygephila ''Lygephila'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. Species * '' Lygephila alaica'' Remm, 1983 * '' Lygephila alikanga'' Strand, 1920 * '' Lygephila amasina'' (Staudinger, 1878) * '' ...

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Tathorhynchus ''Tathorhynchus'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1894. Its only species, ''Tathorhynchus exsiccata'', the Levant blackneck or double-spotted snout, was first described by Julius Lederer in 1855. Th ...

References

Moth subfamilies {{Toxocampinae-stub