The Phyllodini 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 ...

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 Phyllodini are thought to be one of the two clades comprising the

Calpinae The Calpinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. This subfamily includes many species of moths that have a pointed and barbed proboscis adapted to piercing the skins of fruit to feed on ju ...

, with the other clade containing the tribes

Calpini The Calpini are a tribe of fruit-piercing moths in the family Erebidae; formerly they were included in the family Noctuidae. The proboscis of the adult moths of this tribe is pointed and barbed, allowing the moth to pierce the skin of fruit to dr ...

and

Ophiderini The Ophiderini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy The moths most closely related to the Ophiderini are in the tribe Calpini. Genera The following genera are included in the tribe. *''Eudocima ''Eudocima'' is a genus of mot ...

Genera

The following genera are included in the tribe. *''

Miniodes ''Miniodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée wa ...

'' *'' Phyllodes''

References

Calpinae Moth tribes {{Calpinae-stub