The Micronoctuina 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 of 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'') ...

erected by Michael Fibiger in 2005.

Taxonomy

The subtribe was originally described as the subfamily Micronoctuinae of the family Micronoctuidae.

Genera

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Medius ''Medius'' is a genus of moths of 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 ...

'' Fibiger, 2011 *''

Micronoctua ''Micronoctua'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, ''Micronoctua karsholti'', is known from southern Turkey, Cyprus, the islands of south-east Greece, and the northern Levant (including Lebanon, Syria and Israel). ...

'' Fibiger, 1997 *''

Micronola ''Micronola'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Amsel in 1935. Species *'' Micronola wadicola'' Amsel, 1935 *'' Micronola yemeni'' Fibiger, 2011 *'' Micronola zahirii'' Fibiger, 2011 *'' Micronola irani'' Fibig ...

'' Amsel, 1935 *''

Sternitta ''Sternitta'' is a genus of moths of 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 ...

'' Fibiger, 2011

References

* * Micronoctuini Lepidoptera subtribes {{Micronoctuini-stub