The Hypenodinae are a

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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'') ...

. Adult moths of most species of this subfamily lack small, simple eyes near the large,

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s and have quadrifine (four-veined) hindwing cells. The micronoctuid moths are an exception because they possess simple eyes and bifine (two-veined) hindwing cells.

Taxonomy

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studies have shown that this subfamily should include the micronoctuid moths as a

Micronoctuini The Micronoctuini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae that includes about 400 described species. Typical species in the tribe have bifine hindwing venation (unlike most of the related subfamily Hypenodinae) and are smaller than those in ...

tribe.

Genera

Tribe unassigned

*'' Anachrostis'' Hampson, 1893 *'' Dasyblemma'' Dyar, 1923 *'' Dyspyralis'' Warren, 1891 *'' Hypenodes'' Doubleday, 1850 *''

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'' Walker, 1859 *'' Parahypenodes'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 *'' Schrankia'' Hübner,

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Tribe Micronoctuini

* See

for subtribes and genera.

References

Moth subfamilies {{Hypenodinae-stub