The Parachrostiina 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 ...
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 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'') ...
. This clade was described by Michael Fibiger in 2008.
Taxonomy
The subtribe was originally described as the subfamily Parachrostiinae of the family
Micronoctuidae
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 ...
.
Clades (former tribes) and genera
*''Duplex'' clade
**''
Duplex''
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Sinochrostia''
Fibiger, 2010
*''Parachrostia'' clade
**''
Parachrostia''
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Digita
''Digita'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Michael Fibiger in 2008.
Species
*''Digita biuncus'' Fibiger, 2008
*''Digita ampullai
''Digita ampullai'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in ...
''
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Anellus''
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Taiwani''
Fibiger, 2008
**''
Mimachrostia''
Sugi, 1982
References
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Micronoctuini
Lepidoptera subtribes
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