Biology:Dioptinae
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Short description: Subfamily of moths
| Dioptinae | |
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| Dioptis cyma, the type species of the tribe Dioptini | |
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| Josia ligula, the type species of the tribe Josiini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Dioptinae Walker, 1862 |
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Dioptinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae.
The Dioptinae are an almost exclusively neotropical group of day-flying moths.[1] Many of these exhibit bright wing coloration and are involved in mimicry rings with butterflies (especially Ithomiini) and moths of the subfamilies Sterrhinae and Arctiinae. Unusually for the Notodontidae, the Dioptinae adults are largely diurnal.[2]
Taxonomy
The subfamily was formerly placed in a separate family (Dioptidae). Furthermore, the tribe Josiini has been treated as a family (Josiidae) by Piepers & Snellen in 1900 and as a subfamily (Josiinae) by Kiriakoff in 1950.
Genera
- Tribe Josiini Miller & Otero, 1994
- Caribojosia
- Ephialtias
- Getta
- Josia
- Lyces
- Notascea
- Phavaraea
- Phintia
- Polyptychia
- Proutiella
- Scea
- Tribe Dioptini Minet, 1983
- Anticoreura
- Argentala
- Brachyglene
- Cacolyces
- Chrysoglossa
- Cleptophasia
- Dioptis
- Dolophrosyne
- Erbessa
- Eremonidia
- Eremonidiopsis
- Euchontha
- Hadesina
- Isostyla
- Momonipta
- Monocreagra
- Nebulosa
- Oricia
- Pareuchontha
- Phaeochlaena
- Phanoptis
- Phryganidia
- Pikroprion
- Polypoetes
- Pseudoricia
- Sagittala
- Scotura
- Scoturopsis
- Stenoplastis
- Tithraustes
- Xenomigia
- Xenorma
- Xenormicola
- Unplaced
- ‘‘Thirmida’’ venusta
References
- ↑ Miller, James S (2009-06-30). "Generic Revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini" (in en). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 321: 1–674. doi:10.1206/321.1. ISSN 0003-0090. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/321.1.
- ↑ S, Miller J. (1991). "Cladistics and classification of the Notodontidae (Lepidoptera : Noctuoidea) based on larval and adult morphology.". Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 204: 1–230. https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1572824498963215744.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5279423 entry
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