Biology:Herminiinae
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Short description: Subfamily of moths
| Herminiinae | |
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| Herminia grisealis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae Leach, 1815 |
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The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae.[1] The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushrooms of fungi as in the case of genus Idia.
Taxonomy
The subfamily was previous treated as a separate family, Herminiidae, or as a subfamily of the family Noctuidae. Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Herminiinae are most closely related to the subfamily Aganainae of the Erebidae.[2]
Phalaenophana caught by Drosera filiformis.
Genera
- Aristaria
- Bleptina
- Carteris
- Chytolita
- Drepanopalpia
- Herminia
- Hydrillodes
- Hypenula
- Idia
- Lascoria
- Macristis
- Macrochilo
- Nodaria
- Orectis
- Palthis
- Paracolax
- Phalaenophana
- Phalaenostola
- Phlyctaina
- Physula
- Polypogon
- Reabotis
- Redectis
- Rejectaria
- Renia
- Simplicia
- Tetanolita
- Zanclognatha
Example species
Polypogon tentacularius
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References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Zahiri, Reza (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
External links
- Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Herminiinae. Version of 2003-MAR-28. Retrieved 2007-JUN-03.
Wikidata ☰ Q1795037 entry
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