Thermesiini
The Thermesiini are a tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ... of moths in the family Erebidae. Genera *'' Ascalapha'' *'' Feigeria'' *'' Hemeroblemma'' *'' Latebraria'' *'' Letis'' *'' Thysania'' References Erebinae Moth tribes {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Erebinae
The Erebinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Erebine moths are found on all continents except Antarctica, but reach their greatest diversity in the tropics. While the exact number of species belonging to the Erebinae is not known, the subfamily is estimated to include around 10,000 species. Some well-known Erebinae include underwing moths (''Catocala'') and witch moths (Thermesiini). Many of the species in the subfamily have medium to large wingspans (7 to 10 cm, 3 to 4 inches), up to nearly 30 cm in the white witch moth (''Thysania agrippina''), which has the widest wingspan of all Lepidoptera. Erebine caterpillars feed on a broad range of plants; many species feed on grasses and legumes, and a few are pests of castor bean, sugarcane, rice, as well as pistachios and blackberries. Morphology Erebine moths possess a number of adaptations for predator defense. Most Erebinae, such as '' Zale'' have mottled, dr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thermesiini
The Thermesiini are a tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ... of moths in the family Erebidae. Genera *'' Ascalapha'' *'' Feigeria'' *'' Hemeroblemma'' *'' Latebraria'' *'' Letis'' *'' Thysania'' References Erebinae Moth tribes {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ascalapha
''Ascalapha'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1809. Species * ''Ascalapha odorata The erebid moth ''Ascalapha odorata'', commonly known as the black witch, is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, normally ranging from the southern United States to Brazil. ''Ascalapha odorata'' is also migratory into Canada and mos ...'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – black witch References * Thermesiini Monotypic moth genera {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hemeroblemma
''Hemeroblemma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Species *'' Hemeroblemma dolon'' (Cramer, 1777) *'' Hemeroblemma dolosa'' (Walker, 1858) *'' Hemeroblemma helima'' (Stoll 782 *'' Hemeroblemma intracta'' Hübner 823/small> *''Hemeroblemma mexicana'' (Guenée, 1852) *''Hemeroblemma opigena ''Hemeroblemma opigena'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Dru Drury in 1773. The species is found from Florida to Brazil. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from ...'' Drury, 1773 References * Thermesiini Moth genera {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Latebraria
''Latebraria'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. The moths are found in southern North and Central America. Species * ''Latebraria amphipyroides ''Latebraria amphipyroides'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found in southern North America and Central America, south at least to Cuba and Costa Rica. References''Latebraria amphipyroides'' Moth Photographers' Group ...'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Latebraria errans'' Walker, 1858 * '' Latebraria janthinula'' Guenée, 1852 References *''Latebraria'' Thermesiini Moth genera {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Letis
''Letis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821. Selected species *'' Letis hercyna'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Letis magna'' Gmelin, 1789 *'' Letis orcynia'' Druce, 1890 – marbled witch *'' Letis scops'' Guenée, 1852 – scops witch moth ''Moths of the Andes''. *'' Letis specularis'' Hübner, 1821 () *'' Letis xylia
''Letis xylia'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae Species ...
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Thysania
''Thysania'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1824. Species * ''Thysania agrippina'' (Cramer, 1776) – white witch moth, ghost moth * '' Thysania pomponia'' Jordan, 1924 * ''Thysania zenobia ''Thysania zenobia'', the owl moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1776, and is native to North and South America and the Caribbean. Description Upperside: Antennae setaceous a ...'' (Cramer, 1777) – owl moth References * Thermesiini Moth genera {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxonomic ranks from genus upwards are capitalized, including both tribe and subtribe. In zoology, the standard ending for the name of a zoological tribe is "-ini". Examples include the tribes Caprini (goat-antelopes), Hominini (hominins), Bombini (bumblebees), and Thunnini (tunas). The tribe Hominini is divided into subtribes by some scientists; subtribe Hominina then comprises "humans". The standard ending for the name of a zoological subtribe is "-ina". In botany, the standard ending for the name of a botanical tribe is "-eae". Examples include the tribes Acalypheae and Hyacintheae. The tribe Hyacintheae is divided into subtribes, including the subtribe Massoniinae. The standard ending for the name of a botanical subtribe is "-inae". In bacteriology, the form of tribe names is as in botany, e.g., Pseudomonadeae, based on the ge ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moths
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establish ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala''); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth (''Gynaephora groenlandica''); piercing moths ( Calpinae and others); micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae (for example, crambid snout moths). Some of the erebid moths are called owlets. The sizes of the adults range from among the largest of all moths (> wingspan in the black witch) to the smallest of the macromoths ( wingspan in some of the Micronoctuini). The coloration of the adults spans the full range of dull, drab, and camouflaged (e.g., ''Zale lunifera'' and litter moths) to vi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Feigeria
''Feigeria'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Emilio Berio in 1990. Species *'' Feigeria alauda'' (Guenée, 1852) Brazil (Amazonas), Chile *'' Feigeria arpi'' (Prout, 1921) Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) *'' Feigeria buteo'' (Guenée, 1852) Venezuela, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) *'' Feigeria caligula'' (Maassen, 1890) Ecuador *'' Feigeria claricostata'' (Dognin, 1912) Colombia, Peru *'' Feigeria dichroa'' (Hampson, 1926) Venezuela *'' Feigeria feigei'' Berio, 991/small> *'' Feigeria hercyna'' (Drury, 1775) Jamaica *'' Feigeria herilia'' (Stoll, 780 Suriname, Colombia *'' Feigeria letiformis'' (Guenée, 1852) Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Cayenne *'' Feigeria lignitis'' (Hampson, 1926) Venezuela *'' Feigeria maculicollis'' (Walker, 1858) Venezuela *'' Feigeria magna'' (Gmelin, 790 Panama, Venezuela, Suriname *'' Feigeria melba'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Suriname *'' Feigeria mineis'' (Geyer, 827 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) *'' Feigeria ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |