Micrarctiina
Appearance
Micrarctiina | |
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Apantesis phalerata imago | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Tribe: | Arctiini |
Subtribe: | Micrarctiina Seitz, 1910 |
The Micrarctiina are a subtribe of woolly bear moths in the family Erebidae. Many of these moths are of small or medium size and have bright-colored hindwings.
Taxonomy
The subtribe was previously classified as the tribe Micrarctiini of the former family Arctiidae.
Genera
The following genera are included in the tribe.[1]
References
- ^ Dubatolov VV, 2009: Development of a phylogenetic model for the tribe Micrarctiini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) by the SYNAP method. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 88 (4): 438-445; Entomological Review 89 (3): 306-313.