Euchromiina

The Euchromiina are a subtribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876.[1] Many species in the subtribe are mimics of wasps.

Euchromiina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Euchromiina
Butler, 1876

Taxonomy

The subtribe was previously classified as the tribe Euchromiini of the subfamily Ctenuchinae of the family Arctiidae.

Genera

The following genera are included in the subtribe. [2]

References

  1. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 March 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
  2. "Subtribe Euchromiina". Parasitoid-Caterpillar-Plant Interactions in the Americas. Retrieved 25 February 2015.


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