Chloephorinae
| Chloephorinae | |
|---|---|
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| Scarce Silver-lines, Bena bicolorana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Subfamily: | Chloephorinae |
| Tribes | |
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Sarrothripini | |
The 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 c.55 genera assigned to tribes, there are some additional ones of undetermined relationships:
- Acachmena
- Apothriguna
- Armactica
- Austrocarea
- Autanthema
- Chlorozada
- Clytophylla
- Dilophothripoides
- Gabala
- Lobocraspis
- Lophocrama
- Macrochthonia
- Microthripa
- Pardoxia
- Plagerepne
- Thriponea
- Tornoconia
- Vizaga
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