Biology:Syntomini

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The Syntomini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. The tribe was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1846.

Taxonomy

The tribe used to be classified in the subfamily Ctenuchinae of the family Arctiidae.

The wingspan of a Syntomini is about 11-14 millimeters. Their abdomen can either be completely yellow or be black with a band of yellow around it.[1]

Genera

The following genera are included in the tribe.

Wikidata ☰ Q20646489 entry

References

  1. Przybyłowicz, Łukasz; Morek, Witold; Byun, Bong-Kyu (September 2016). "Taxonomic review of the tribe Syntomini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Korea" (in en). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 19 (3): 785–791. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2016.07.010. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1226861516301935.