The Omopterini 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 ...

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'') ...

Taxonomy

The tribe was split from the tribe

Ophiusini The Ophiusini are a tribe (biology), tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy The tribe is one of the most successful of the major Evolutionary radiation, radiations of the subfamily Erebinae. The tribe was previously classified as the s ...

(also in the subfamily

Erebinae The Erebinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Erebine moths are found on all continents except Antarctica, but reach their greatest diversity in the tropics. While the exact number of spe ...

) after phylogenetic analysis showed that the

New World The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 3 ...

genera were not the closest relatives of the other genera in the Ophiusini.

Genera

*'' Acritogramma'' *'' Amolita'' *'' Bendisodes'' *'' Coenipeta'' *'' Coxina'' *'' Elousa'' *'' Epidromia'' *'' Eubolina'' *'' Euclystis'' *'' Euparthenos'' *'' Helia'' *''

Heteranassa ''Heteranassa'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by J. B. Smith in 1899. Its only species, ''Heteranassa mima'', was first described by Leon F. Harvey in 1876. It is found in warm, arid habitats in North America from ...

'' *'' Itomia'' *'' Kakopoda'' *''

Lesmone ''Lesmone'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Species *'' Lesmone aemylis'' (Druce, 1890) Panama, Costa Rica *'' Lesmone aenaria'' (Druce, 1890) Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Texas *'' L ...

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Matigramma ''Matigramma'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species of b ...

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Metria ''Metria'' is a genus of 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 1 ...

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Pseudanthracia ''Pseudanthracia'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. Its only species, ''Pseudanthracia coracias'', the pseudanthracia moth, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found ...

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Selenisa ''Selenisa'' is a genus of 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 ...

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Toxonprucha ''Toxonprucha'' is a genus of 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 approximat ...

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Tyrissa ''Tyrissa'' is a genus of 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 ...

'' *'' Zale'' *''

Zaleops ''Zaleops'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, ''Zaleops umbrina'', was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883. It is found in the US state of Arizona. The MONA or ...

References

Moth tribes {{Omopterini-stub