Metoponiinae

Subfamily of insects

Metoponiinae
Cydosia aurivitta, Texas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Metoponiinae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Panemeria tenebrata, Belgium
Azenia obtusa, Oklahoma

Metoponiinae is a subfamily of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are about 16 genera and more than 70 described species in Metoponiinae.[1][2][3][4]

Genera

These 16 genera belong to the subfamily Metoponiinae:

  • Aegle Hübner, 1823
  • Axenus Grote, 1873
  • Azenia Grote, 1882
  • Cydosia Duncan & Westwood, 1841
  • Epharmottomena John, 1909
  • Flammona Walker, 1863
  • Haemerosia Boisduval, 1840
  • Metaponpneumata Möschler, 1890
  • Metopoplus Christoph, 1893
  • Mycteroplus Herrich-Schaffer, 1850
  • Panemeria Hübner, 1823
  • Pinacoplus Hampson, 1910
  • Proschaliphora Hampson, 1901
  • Sexserrata Barnes & Benjamin, 1922
  • Synthymia Hübner, 1823
  • Tristyla Smith, 1893

References

  1. ^ "Metoponiinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  2. ^ "Metoponiinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  3. ^ Wagner, David L.; Keegan, Kevin; Bugh, Valerie G. (2019). "A Tale of Two Caterpillars and Reclassification of Cerathosia Smith and Cydosia Duncan [& Westwood] (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 73 (1). doi:10.18473/lepi.73i1.a1.
  4. ^ Keegan, Kevin; Rota, Jadranka; Zahiri, Reza; Zilli, Alberto; et al. (2021). "Toward a Stable Global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Taxonomy". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab005.

Further reading

  • Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
Taxon identifiers
Metoponiinae


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