The Belluliina are a
subtribe
Subtribe is a taxonomic category ranking which is below the rank of tribe and above genus. The standard suffix for a subtribe is -ina (in animals) or -inae (in plants
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plant ...
of
moth
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 w ...
s of the family
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'') ...
. The clade was described by Michael Fibiger in 2008.
Taxonomy
The subtribe was originally described as the subfamily Belluliinae of the family Micronoctuidae.
Clades (former tribes) and genera
*''Bellulia'' clade
Fibiger, 2008
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Bellulia
''Bellulia'' is a genus of moths of the family 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 ...
''
Fibiger, 2008
*''Mediala'' clade
Fibiger, 2008
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Mediala
''Mediala'' is a genus of moths of the family 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 g ...
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Fibiger, 2008
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Melaleucia
''Melaleucia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.
Hampson studied at Charterhouse School a ...
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Hampson, 1900
References
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Micronoctuini
Lepidoptera subtribes
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