Metoponiinae
| Metoponiinae | |
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| Cydosia aurivitta, Texas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Metoponiinae Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 |
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
- ^ "Metoponiinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "Metoponiinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ 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): 1. doi:10.18473/lepi.73i1.a1.
- ^ Keegan, Kevin; Rota, Jadranka; Zahiri, Reza; Zilli, Alberto; et al. (2021). "Toward a Stable Global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Taxonomy". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5 (3). 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. Bibcode:2010ZooK...40....1L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.