The Euclidiini 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 ...
of
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'') ...
. The tribe was erected by
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...
in 1852.
Genera
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Caenurgia
''Caenurgia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Species
* '' Caenurgia adusta'' (Walker, 1865)
* ''Caenurgia chloropha
''Caenurgia chloropha'', the vetch looper moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described ...
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Caenurgina''
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Callistege''
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Celiptera''
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Doryodes
''Doryodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Species
* ''Doryodes bistrialis'' (Geyer, 1832)
* '' Doryodes broui'' Lafontaine & Sullivan, 2015
* '' Doryodes desoto'' Lafontaine & Sullivan, 2015
* '' Doryodes fusselli'' Sullivan & Laf ...
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Euclidia
''Euclidia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Callistege'' was previously included as a subgenus of ''Euclidia''.
Species
* Subgenus ''Euclidia''
** ''Euclidia ardita'' Franclemont, 1957 – erebid moth
** ''Eucl ...
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Leucomelas''
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Mocis''
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Pantydia''
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Paramocis''
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Ptichodis''
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Chamyna''
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Ctenusa''
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Discosema''
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Donectusa''
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Epidromia
''Epidromia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée ...
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Euonychodes''
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Homaea''
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Melapia''
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Nymbis''
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Perasia''
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Phurys''
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Remigiodes''
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Scodionyx''
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Teratocera''
References
Erebinae
Moth tribes
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