Pericopina
The Pericopina is a subtribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 1869.
Pericopina | |
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Ephestris melaxantha | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Tribe: | Arctiini |
Subtribe: | Pericopina Walker, 1869 |
Taxonomy
The subtribe was previously classified as the subfamily Pericopinae of the family Arctiidae.
Selected genera
The following genera are included in the subtribe.[1]
- Antiotricha
- Are
- Calodesma
- Chetone
- Composia
- Crocomela
- Ctenuchidia
- Cyanarctia
- Didaphne
- Dysschema
- Ephestris
- Episcea
- Euchlaenidia
- Eucyanoides
- Gnophaela
- Heliactinidia
- Hyalurga
- Hypocrita
- Isostola
- Josiomorpha
- Josiomorphoides
- Mesenochroa
- Notophyson
- Phaloe
- Phaloesia
- Pseudophaloe
- Pteroodes
- Sagaropsis
- Scearctia
- Seileria
- Sermyla
- Sthenognatha
- Syntomidopsis
- Thermidarctia
- Thyrgis
- Xenosoma
References
Wikispecies has information related to Pericopina. |
- Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. (2014). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera Erebidae, Arctiinae)". Zoosystema. 36 (2): 137-533. doi:10.5252/z2014n2a1
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