Biology:Ophiusini

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Short description: Tribe of moths

Ophiusini
Dysgonia algira01.jpg
Passenger, Dysgonia algira
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Tribe: Ophiusini
Guenée, 1837
Synonyms[1]
  • Achaeini
  • Anuini
  • Cerocalini
  • Dermaleipini
  • Ophiusina
  • Pericymatini
  • Polydesmini

The Ophiusini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.

Taxonomy

The tribe is one of the most successful of the major radiations of the subfamily Erebinae. The tribe was previously classified as the subtribe Ophiusina of the subfamily Catocalinae of the family Noctuidae. Phylogenetic studies have shown that the Ophiusini are closely related to the tribe Poaphilini, and both these tribes are best placed in the subfamily Erebinae of the family Erebidae. Many New World genera in the former Ophiusina were split into the tribe Omopterini after phylogenetic studies determined that the New and Old World genera were not as closely related to each other as they are to genera in other tribes of the Erebinae.[2][3][4]

Genera

The following genera are included in the tribe.[5]


References

  1. See references in Savela (2011)
  2. Zahiri, Reza (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. 
  3. 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. 
  4. 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. PMC 3668382. https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3668382. 
  5. FE (2011), Wikispecies (2011-JUN-28), and see references in Savela (2011)

Wikidata ☰ Q15734229 entry