Catocalinae
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Egybolis vaillantina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae (?) |
| Subfamily: | Catocalinae |
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Tytini
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The Catocalinae are a subfamily of noctuoid moths, placed in family Noctuidae. In the alternative arrangement, where the Noctuidae are reduced to the core group around the Noctuinae, the present lineage is abolished, the upranked Catocalini being merged with the Erebini and becoming a subfamily of the reestablished family Erebidae.[1]
Many of the species are large (7 to 10 cm, 2.8 to 3.9 in) compared to other noctuids in temperate zones, and have brightly colored backwings.
The closely related
Genera
The Catocalinae
- Acanthodelta
- Acanthodica
- Alapadna
- Allotria
- Alophosoma
- Amphiongia
- Anereuthina
- Anisoneura
- Anydrophila
- Argyrostrotis
- Arsacia
- Artena
- Arthisma
- Athyrma
- Attatha
- Attonda
- Axiocteta
- Bamra
- Batracharta
- Blasticorhinus
- Bocula
- Calesia
- Calliodes
- Celiptera
- Chalciope
- Chrysopera
- Ophiusina?)
- Crioa
- Ctenusa
- Cutina
- Cyligramma
- Dasypodia
- Delgamma
- Dermaleipa (sometimes in Thyas)
- Dinumma
- Donuca
- Dordura
- Doryodes
- Ecphysis
- Egybolis
- Entomogramma
- Ercheia
- Erygia
- Eubolina (Catocalini: Ophiusina?)
- Euclystis (Catocalini: Ophiusina?)
- Euparthenos (Catocalini: Ophiusina?)
- Felinia
- Focillidia
- Gesonia
- Hamodes
- Hexamitoptera
- Homodes
- Hypopyra
- Iontha
- Ischyja
- Lacera
- Loxioda
- Lygniodes
- Matigramma (Catocalini: Ophiusina?)
- Metria (Catocalini: Ophiusina?)
- Mocis
- Niguza
- Ocalaria
- Ommatophora
- Pantydia
- Parallelia (Catocalini: Ophiusina?)
- Phoberia
- Phyllodes
- Platyja
- Plecoptera
- Pseudanthracia (Catocalini: Ophiusina?)
- Pseudoarcte
- Pseudosphetta
- Pterocyclophora
- Ptichodis
- Remigiodes
- Sciatta
- Scolecocampa
- Serrodes
- Speiredonia
- Spiloloma
- Spirama
- Sympis
- Tephriopis
- Thyas (Catocalini: Ophiusina?)
- Trigonodes
- Varicosia
- Zale (Catocalini: Ophiusina?)
In addition, some little-known noctuoid moth species which differ somewhat from the bulk of their supposed genera might belong here:[2]
- Crypsiprora oxymetopa Turner, 1941
- Hypoprora tortuosa Turner, 1929
- Prorocopis acroleuca Turner, 1929
- Raparna trigramma Turner, 1906
- Sophta aeluropis Meyrick, 1902
Placement of Xenogenes in the Catocalinae is in error; it is a geometer moth, family Geometridae.
Footnotes
References
- Fauna Europaea (FE) (2011): Erebinae. Version 2.4, 2011-JAN-27. Retrieved 2011-DEC-27.
- Savela, Markku (2011): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Catocalinae. Version of 2011-OCT-29. Retrieved 2011-DEC-27.
External links
- R.A.R.E. France species.
- Catocalinae classification and pictures
- Photo gallery of Catocalinae
- Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Archived 2010-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Catocalinae. Retrieved 2006-JAN-11.