Herminiinae
| Herminiinae | |
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| Herminia grisealis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae Leach, 1815 |
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The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae.[1] The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushrooms of fungi as in the case of genus Idia.
Taxonomy
The subfamily was previous treated as a separate family, Herminiidae, or as a subfamily of the family
Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Herminiinae are most closely related to the subfamily Aganainae of the Erebidae.[2]
Genera
Example species
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Chytolita morbidalis -
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Polypogon tentacularius -
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References
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- S2CID 84249695.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Herminiinae.
- Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Herminiinae. Version of 2003-MAR-28. Retrieved 2007-JUN-03.
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