Chrysopolominae

Chrysopolominae
	Chrysopoloma rudis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Subfamily:	Chrysopolominae
Binomial name
	Chrysopolominae; (Aurivillius, 1895)
Type genus
	Chrysopoloma; Druce, 1886
Synonyms
	Ectropinae;

Chrysopolominae is a subfamily of moths in the family Limacodidae.^[1]^[2] The type genus of this subfamily is Chrysopoloma. Chrysopolominae was originally a family (Chrysopolomidae) under the superfamily Zygaenoidea, consisting of two subfamilies, including about 30 species distributed in Africa, but in other newer documents, this family was downgraded and became It is a subfamily under Limacodidae, which belongs to the superfamily of Zygaenoidea, and the two subfamilies originally under Chrysopolominae were merged to become the synonym of Chrysopolominae called Ectropinae.

List of genera

According to Afromoths.org, this taxon includes the following genera

Achrocerides Hering, 1937
Chrysectropa Bethune-Baker, 1911
Chrysopoloma Druce, 1886
Chrysopolomides Hering, 1937
Diquishia Kurshakov & Zolotuhin, 2016
Ectropa Wallengren, 1863
Ectropona Kurshakov & Zolotuhin, 2013
Erythropteryx Hering, 1937
Hamartia Hering, 1937
Scotinocerides Hering, 1937
Strigivenifera Hering, 1937
Vietteopoloma Hering, 1961

References

^ Zolotuhin, V. V.; Kurshakov, P. A.; Solovyev, A. V. (2014-04-01). "The use of muscle morphology of Chrysopolomidae (Lepidoptera) genitalic appendages in developing a family system". Entomological Review. 94 (2): 181–189. doi:10.1134/S0013873814020043. ISSN 1555-6689.
^ Mey, Wolfram (2018-03-16). "Vansoniella chirindensis gen. n., sp. n. – an unusual taxon with translucent wings from Zimbabwe (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 65 (1): 75–80. doi:10.3897/dez.65.23538. ISSN 1860-1324.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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[1] Zolotuhin, V. V.; Kurshakov, P. A.; Solovyev, A. V. (2014-04-01). "The use of muscle morphology of Chrysopolomidae (Lepidoptera) genitalic appendages in developing a family system". Entomological Review. 94 (2): 181–189. doi:10.1134/S0013873814020043. ISSN 1555-6689.

[2] Mey, Wolfram (2018-03-16). "Vansoniella chirindensis gen. n., sp. n. – an unusual taxon with translucent wings from Zimbabwe (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 65 (1): 75–80. doi:10.3897/dez.65.23538. ISSN 1860-1324.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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