The Nyctemerina are a subtribe of woolly bear

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 subtribe was previously classified as the tribe Nyctemerini of the former 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 ...

. Some authors merge the subtribe into the related

Callimorphina The Callimorphina are a subtribe of woolly bear moths in the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 1865. Many of these moths are easily confused with butterflies, being quite brightly colored and somewhat diurnal. T ...

, but Nyctemerini is an elder name.

Genera

*'' Afrocoscinia'' *'' Agaltara'' *''

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'' *'' Diota'' *'' Galtara'' *''

Ischnarctia ''Ischnarctia'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by Max Bartel in 1903. Species *'' Ischnarctia brunnescens'' Bartel, 1903 *'' Ischnarctia cinerea'' (Pagenstecher, 1903) *'' Ischnarctia oberthueri'' (Rothschild, 1910) ...

'' *'' Karschiola'' *''

Neuroxena ''Neuroxena'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by William Forsell Kirby William Forsell Kirby (14 January 1844 – 20 November 1912) was an English entomologist and folklorist. Life He was born in ...

'' *'' Pseudogaltara'' *'' Xylecata'' ;''Argina'' generic group *'' Alytarchia'' *''

Argina ''Argina'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. They are distributed throughout Africa, Mauritius, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, New Guinea and Australia. Description Palpi upturned, reaching the vertex of he ...

'' *'' Mangina'' ;Afrotropical genera of the ''Nyctemera'' group, that were separated from the Oriental stemDubatolov VV 2006: On the generic status of the Afrotropical ''Nyctemera'' species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). ''Atalanta'' 37 (1/2): 191-205 *''

Afronyctemera ''Afronyctemera'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. Species * '' Afronyctemera camerunica'' * '' Afronyctemera itokina'' (Aurivillius, 1904) * '' Afronyctemera m ...

'' *'' Chiromachla'' *''

Podomachla ''Podomachla'' is a genus of tiger moths 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 ma ...

'' ;Oriental and Australian taxa of generic level that are traditionally considered as subgenera of: *''

Nyctemera ''Nyctemera'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The genus includes the species ''Nyctemera annulata'' and ''Nyctemera amica'', which are closely related and are able to interbreed. Desc ...

'': *''Nyctemera'' (''Arctata'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Coleta'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Deilemera'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Luctuosana'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Nyctemera'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Orphanos'') *''Nyctemera'' (''Tritomera'') '' Utetheisa'' is sometimes placed in Nyctemerina, sometimes in the

(if these are treated as distinct subtribe).

References

Main articles on Oriental and Australian ''Nyctemera''

* de Vos, R. 1994

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''Nyctemera groenendaeli'' spec. nov. from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerina). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 15 (4): 481-489. * de Vos, R. 1995: A revision of ''Nyctemera consobrina'' (Hopffer, 1874) with redescription of three subspecies (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 16 (1): 81-93. * de Vos, R. 1996: ''Nyctemera pseudokala'' sp. nov. and ''N. mastrigti'' sp. nov., two new species from Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 17 (3): 301-311. * de Vos, R. 1997: A revision of ''Nyctemera kebeae'' (Bethune-Baker, 1904) (with descriptions of two new subspecies) and ''N. warmasina'' (Bethune-Baker, 1910) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 18 (1): 1-12. * de Vos, R. 1997: The identity of ''Nyctemera simulatrix'' Walker, 1864 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 18 (2-3): 205-210. * de Vos, R. 2002: Revision of the ''Nyctemera evergista'' group (=subgenus ''Deilemera'' Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae, Nyctemerini). ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F.'' 23 (1/2): 7-32. * de Vos, R. 2007: Revision of the ''Nyctemera clathratum'' complex (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 150: 39-54. * de Vos, R. 2007: The ''Utetheisa'' species of the subgenera ''Pitasila, Atasca'' and ''Raanya'' subgen. n. (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Aldrovandia'' 3: 31-120. * * de Vos, R., Dubatolov, V. V. 2010: Nyctemerini. ''In'': V. V. Dubatolov, Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). ''Neue Entomologische Nachrichten'' 65: 11-18. Lepidoptera subtribes Taxa named by William Kirby (entomologist) {{Nyctemerina-stub