Drepaninae are by far the largest
subfamily
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of the
Drepanidae
The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies) which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a super ...
moth
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s. While it is usually split into two
tribes
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, Drepanini and Oretini, its internal
systematics
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and
phylogeny
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are not well resolved.
Systematics
The following list is provisional and probably incomplete.
*Tribe Drepanini
Meyrick, 1895
** ''
Agnidra'' - includes ''Zanclalbara''
** ''
Argodrepana''
** ''
Auzata'' - includes ''Gonocilix''
** ''
Auzatellodes''
** ''
Canucha'' - includes ''Campylopteryx''
** ''
Drapetodes''
** ''
Drepana
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Euphalacra'' - includes ''Ectothyris, Neophalacra''
** ''
Hyalospectra''
** ''
Leucoblepsis''
** ''
Macrocilix''
** ''
Nordstromia'' - includes ''Allodrepana''
** ''
Strepsigonia'' - includes ''Monurodes''
** ''
Tridrepana'' - includes ''Konjikia''
*Tribe Nidarini
** ''
Nidara''
*Tribe Oretini
Inoue, 1962
** ''
Amphitorna'' - includes ''Neoreta, Procampsis, Tomocerota''
** ''
Astatochroa''
** ''
Oreta
''Oreta'' is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1855.
Species
*The ''rosea'' species group
**''Oreta ancora'' Chu and Wang, 1987
**''Oreta andrema'' Wi ...
'' - includes ''Dryopteris, Holoreta, Hypsomadius, Mimoreta, Oretella, Psiloreta, Rhamphoreta''
** ''
Spectroreta''
** ''
Urogonodes''
*Unplaced to tribe
References
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* , 2011: Description of ''Sabra harpagula euroista'' Park, ssp. n. from Korea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). ''Shilap Revista de Entomologia'' 39 (156): 345-350.
* , 1960: One new species and one new subspecies of ''Macrauzata'' from Japan and China (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). ''Tinea'' 5 (2): 314-316.
* , 2014: A new species of ''Callidrepana'' Felder, 1861 (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) from Hainan, China. ''Tinea'' 22(5): 316-317.
* , 2002: ''Cilix hispanica'' sp. n., a new species of ''Drepanidae'' from the Ibero-balearic fauna (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae). ''Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa'' 30: 33-36. Full article
* , 2011: A review of the genus ''Oreta'' Walker in Korea, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). ''Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology'' 14 (3): 311-316.
* , 2012: An annotated list of Drepaninae of the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). ''Tinea'' 22 (2): 107-119.
Drepaninae,
Moth subfamilies
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