Chloephorinae
Appearance
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Scarce silver-lines, Bena bicolorana | |
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Subfamily: | Chloephorinae
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Chloephorinae is a subfamily of the moth family Nolidae. It includes, among others, many of the moths known as silver-lines. They are rather similar to some owlet moths (Noctuidae) in appearance and often colored a vivid green.
Genera incertae sedis
In addition to the about 55 genera assigned to tribes, there are some additional ones of undetermined relationships:
- Acachmena
- Apothriguna
- Armactica
- Austrocarea
- Autanthema
- Chlorozada
- Clytophylla
- Dilophothripoides
- Gabala
- Lobocraspis
- Lophocrama
- Macrobarasa
- Macrochthonia
- Metaleptina
- Microthripa
- Neonegeta
- Paraxestis
- Pardoxia
- Plagerepne
- Plectothripa
- Pterogonia
- Ptisciana Walker, 1865[1]
- Ptisciana lilacina Moore 1888
- Ptisciana seminivea Walker, 1865 - type species (locality Borneo)
- Thriponea
- Tornoconia
- Tortriciforma
- Urbona
- Vizaga
- Xenochroa
References
- ^ Walker F (1865) List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.: 912.