Biology:Grotellinae

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Short description: Subfamily of moths

Grotellinae
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Grotella binda, Arizona
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Grotellinae

Grotellinae is a subfamily of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are about 5 genera and more than 20 described species in Grotellinae. They are found primarily in North and Central America, and are common in the southwestern United States.[1][2]

As a result of phylogenetic research published in 2019, the subfamily Grotellinae was established when Grotellina, a subtribe of Stiriini, was elevated in rank to subfamily.[1]

Genera

These five genera belong to the subfamily Grotellinae:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Keegan, Kevin L.; Lafontaine, James Donald; Wahlberg, Niklas; Wagner, David L. (2019). "Towards resolving and redefining Amphipyrinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae): a massively polyphyletic taxon". Systematic Entomology 44 (2): 451–464. doi:10.1111/syen.12336. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/syen.12336. 
  2. Keegan, Kevin; Rota, Jadranka; Zahiri, Reza; Zilli, Alberto et al. (2021). "Toward a Stable Global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Taxonomy". Insect Systematics and Diversity 5 (3). doi:10.1093/isd/ixab005. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351287266. 

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