Biology:Omopterini

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Short description: Tribe of moths

Omopterini
Zale perculta in Apalachicola National Forest.jpg
Zale perculta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Tribe: Omopterini
Boisduval, 1833

The Omopterini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy

The tribe was split from the tribe Ophiusini (also in the subfamily Erebinae) after phylogenetic analysis showed that the New World genera were not the closest relatives of the other genera in the Ophiusini.[1]

Genera


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Zahiri, Reza (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. 
  2. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2182. 
  3. Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (6 Feb 2013). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (264): 227–236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4443. PMID 23730184. 

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