The Ctenuchina 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 ...

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 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'') ...

Taxonomy

The Ctenuchina were previously classified as the subfamily Ctenuchinae of the family

Arctiidae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

. That subfamily contained three

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 ...

s: Ctenuchini, Euchromiini (wasp moths), and

Syntomini The Syntomini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. The tribe was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1846. Taxonomy The tribe used to be classified in the subfamily Ctenuchinae of the family Arctiidae. The wingspan ...

. The family

was lowered in rank to the subfamily

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

, and consequently, the three tribes became subtribes (with the -ina suffix). Ctenuchina and

Euchromiina The Euchromiina are a subtribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876. Many species in the subtribe are mimics of wasps. Euchromiina have always been considered closely related to the subtrib ...

were reclassified in the tribe

Arctiini __NOTOC__ The Arctiini are a tribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. Systematics The tribe was previously treated as a higher-level taxon, the subfamily Arctiinae, within the lichen and tiger moth family, Arctiidae. The ranks of the fami ...

, while the Syntomina were raised in rank to the tribe

Genera

''List separated based on data from the Taxonomicon'' *''

Cisseps ''Cisseps'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by John G. Franclemont in 1936. Species * '' Cisseps fulvicollis'' (Hübner, 818 __NOTOC__ Year 818 ( DCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full ...

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Ctenucha ''Ctenucha'' (pronounced "ten-OOCH-ah") is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Etymology The genus name ''Ctenucha'' was coined by William Kirby from the Greek meaning "having a comb", a reference to the showy antennae of some species.' ...

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Assigned to subfamily
Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
. Not assigned to a tribe.

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Belemniastis ''Belemniastis'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterho ...

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Eunomia In Greek mythology, Eunomia ( grc, Εὐνομία) was a minor goddess of law and legislation (her name can be translated as "good order", "governance according to good laws"), as well as the spring-time goddess of green pastures (''eû'' means ...

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Isia Isia may refer to: * ''Isia'' (moth), a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae * isiA, a photosynthetic protein *International Ski Instructors Association *Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche ISIA - Istituto Superiore per le Industri ...

Assigned to tribe
Arctiini NOTOC The Arctiini are a tribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. Systematics The tribe was previously treated as a higher-level taxon, the subfamily Arctiinae, within the lichen and tiger moth family, Arctiidae. The ranks of the fami ...
. Not assigned to a subtribe.

*''

Belemnia ''Belemnia'' is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical speci ...

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

External links

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