The Catocalini 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 language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

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 w ...

in 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'') ...

. Adults of many

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

in the tribe are called underwing moths due to their vividly colored hindwings that are often covered by contrastingly dark, drab forewings.

Taxonomy

The tribe is most closely related to the tribe

Audeini The Audeini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy The tribe is most closely related to the tribe Catocalini, also within Erebinae The Erebinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae erected by William Elford Lea ...

, also within the

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 specie ...

Genera

*'' Archaeopilocornus'' Kühne, 2005 *''

Catocala ''Catocala'' is a generally Holarctic genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. The moths are commonly known as underwing moths or simply underwings. These terms are sometimes used for a fe ...

'' *'' Spiloloma'' *''

Tachosa ''Tachosa'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The species of this genus are found in Africa. Species *''Tachosa acronyctoides'' Walker, 1869 *''Tachosa aspera'' Kühne, 2004 *''Tachosa fumata ''Tachosa fumata'' is a moth of the fami ...

'' *'' Ulotrichopus''

Former genera

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Artena Artena is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy. It is situated in the northwest of Monti Lepini, in the upper valley of the Sacco River. It is approximately southeast by rail, and direct from Rome. The economy is based ...

'' * ''

Audea ''Audea'' is a genus 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 16 ...

'' * ''

Crypsotidia ''Crypsotidia'' is a genus 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 approximat ...

'' * ''

Hypotacha ''Hypotacha'' is a genus of moths in 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 macromo ...

'' * '' Mecodina''

References

Erebinae Moth tribes {{Catocalini-stub