The Cocytiini 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 some members of the subfamily, especially in the genus ''

Serrodes ''Serrodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Costa of the forewings slightly arched before apex. Cilia of forewings and hindwings strongly crenulate. Tibia extremely hairy in bot ...

'', have a

proboscis A proboscis () is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. In invertebrates, the term usually refers to tubular mouthparts used for feeding and sucking. In vertebrates, a proboscis is an elong ...

capable of piercing fruit skins, allowing the moth to drink the fruit juice.

Taxonomy

The tribe may be most closely related to the clade containing the tribes

Poaphilini The Poaphilini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy Phylogenetic studies have shown that the tribe is most closely related to the tribe Ophiusini. Those studies indicate that the genera ''Achaea'', '' Mimophisma'', and '' Ophism ...

and Ophiusini, 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

*'' Anereuthina'' *''

Avatha ''Avatha'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species *'' Avatha bipartita'' (Wileman, 1915) *'' Avatha bubo'' (Geyer, 1832) *'' Avatha chinensis'' (Warren, 1913) *'' Avatha complens'' (Walker, 1858) *''Avatha discolor ''Avatha disco ...

'' *'' Cocytia'' *'' Ophyx'' *''

References

Erebinae Moth tribes {{Cocytiini-stub