Biology:Euchaetina
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Short description: Tribe of moths
| Euchaetina | |
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| Euchaetes egle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Euchaetina Dubatolov, 2010[1] |
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Euchaetes clade by Jacobson & Weller, 2002 | |
The Euchaetina were a subtribe of woolly bear moths in the family Erebidae. The moths are found in North and Central America. The subtribe was reclassified as part of the subtribe Phaegopterina.
Taxonomy
The subtribe was previously classified as the tribe Euchaetini of the subfamily Arctiinae of the former family Arctidae.
The tribe name was proposed[1] for the clade Euchaetes selected by Jacobson & Weller, 2002.[2]
Genera previously in the subtribe
- Cycnia Hübner, 1818
- Ectypia Clemens, 1860
- Euchaetes Harris, 1841
- Kodiosoma Stretch, 1872
- Lerina Walker, 1854
- Pareuchaetes Grote, 1866
- Pygarctia Grote, 1871
- Pygoctenucha Grote, 1883
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dubatolov VV (2010) Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) (Nyctemerini by Rob de Vos & Vladimir V. Dubatolov). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65:1-106
- ↑ Jacobson NL & Weller SJ (2002) A cladistic study of the Arctiidae (Lepidoptera) by using characters of immatures and adults. Thomas Say publications in entomology: 1-98, Entomologica Society of America: Lanham, Maryland.
Wikidata ☰ Q5405797 entry
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