Micrarctiina

Micrarctiina
Apantesis phalerata imago
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Micrarctiina
Seitz, 1910

The Micrarctiina are a subtribe of woolly bear moths in the Erebidae family. Many of these moths are of small or medium size and have bright-colored hindwings.

Taxonomy

The subtribe was previously classified as the Micrarctiini tribe of the former Arctiidae family.

Genera

The following genera are included in the tribe.[1]

References

  1. 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.


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