The Xylenini are a mid-sized
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
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
Hadeninae
Hadeninae was formerly a subfamily of the moth family Noctuidae, but was merged into the subfamily Noctuinae. The tribes Apameini, Caradrinini, Elaphriini, Episemini, Eriopygini
The Eriopygini are a small-sized tribe of moths in the Noctui ...
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 ...
. There is some dispute about this tribe. Some resources
have these genera listed under subfamily
Cuculliinae
Cuculliinae is one of the larger subfamilies of moths 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 controvers ...
instead, or upranked them to a distinct subfamily Xyleninae.
Genera
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Agrochola
''Agrochola'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Species
* ''Agrochola agnorista'' Charles Boursin, Boursin, 1955
* ''Agrochola albimacula'' Kononenko, 1978
* ''Agrochola albirena'' Bour ...
''
Hübner, 1821
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Bombycia''
Stephens, 1829
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Epiglaea''
Grote, 1878
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Fishia''
Grote, 1877
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Hillia''
Grote, 1883
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Lithophane
A lithophane is a thin plaque of translucent material, normally porcelain, which has been moulded to varying thickness, such that when lit from behind the different thicknesses show as different shades, forming an image. Only when lit from b ...
''
Hübner, 1821
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Mniotype''
Franclemont, 1941
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Mormo''
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Platypolia''
Grote, 1895
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Sunira
''Sunira'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. ''Sunira'' was treated as a subgenus of ''Agrochola'' by Ronkay et al. in 2001, but is still treated as a valid genus by Brian Pitkin et al. at ''Butterflies and Moths of the World'' (as of ...
''
Franclemont, 1950
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Sutyna''
Todd, 1958
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Xanthia''
Ochsenheimer, 1816
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Xylena''
Ochsenheimer, 1816
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Xylotype''
Hampson, 1906
References
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Hadeninae
Moth tribes