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The Plusiini are the largest
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 is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
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 in the
Plusiinae Plusiinae is a smallish (for noctuid standards) subfamily of the moth family Noctuidae. As the Noctuidae appear to be a paraphyletic assemblage, the Plusiinae may eventually be raised to family status (Weller ''et al.'' 1994). Comparison of Eura ...
subfamily. At least one undescribed genus is known to exist.


Genera

Subtribe Autoplusiina Kitching, 1987 *'' Erythroplusia'' *'' Macdunnoughia'' *'' Sclerogenia'' *'' Antoculeora'' *'' Loboplusia'' *'' Autoplusia'' *'' Notioplusia'' *'' Rachiplusia'' *'' Diachrysia'' *'' Allagrapha'' Subtribe Euchalciina Chou & Lu, 1979 *''
Euchalcia ''Euchalcia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Species * '' Euchalcia albavitta'' (Ottolengui, 1902) * '' Euchalcia altaica'' Dufay, 1968 * '' Euchalcia annemaria'' de Freina & Hacker, 1985 * '' Euchalcia armeniae'' Dufay, 1965 * '' ...
'' *'' Desertoplusia'' *'' Pseudochalcia'' *'' Polychrysia'' *'' Chrysanympha'' *'' Eosphoropteryx'' *'' Panchrysia'' *'' Pseudeva'' *'' Lamprotes'' *'' Plusidia'' Subtribe Exyrina (disputed) *'' Exyra'' Subtribe Plusiina Boisduval 1829 *'' Autographa'' *'' Megalographa'' *'' Lophoplusia'' *'' Cornutiplusia'' *'' Syngrapha'' *'' Anagrapha'' *'' Plusia''
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