Biology:Chrysopolominae

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Short description: Subfamily of moths

Chrysopolominae
Day 76 Isabel's Slug (Chrysopoloma isabellina) (53378952812).jpg
Chrysopoloma isabellina
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Subfamily: Chrysopolominae
(Aurivillius, 1895)
Type genus
Chrysopoloma
Aurivillius, 1895
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 and ZooBank.org, this taxon includes the following genera:

  • Achrocerides Hering, 1937
  • Auripoloma Taberer, 2023
  • Chrysectropa Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Chrysopoloma Aurivillius, 1895
  • Chrysopolomides Hering, 1937
  • Diquishia Kurshakov & Zolotuhin, 2016
  • Ectropa Wallengren, 1863
  • Ectropona Kurshakov & Zolotuhin, 2013
  • Erythropteryx Hering, 1937
  • Hamartia Hering, 1937
  • Muscectropa Taberer, 2023
  • Pseudectropona Taberer, 2023
  • Scotinocerides Hering, 1937
  • Strigivenifera Hering, 1937
  • Vietteopoloma Hering, 1961

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16518450 entry