Ophiusina

Ophiusini

Ophiusini

Tribe of moths


The Ophiusini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.

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Taxonomy

The tribe is one of the most successful of the major radiations of the subfamily Erebinae. The tribe was previously classified as the subtribe Ophiusina of the subfamily Catocalinae of the family Noctuidae. Phylogenetic studies have shown that the Ophiusini are closely related to the tribe Poaphilini, and both these tribes are best placed in the subfamily Erebinae of the family Erebidae. Many New World genera in the former Ophiusina were split into the tribe Omopterini after phylogenetic studies determined that the New and Old World genera were not as closely related to each other as they are to genera in other tribes of the Erebinae.[2][3][4]

Genera

The following genera are included in the tribe.[5]


References

Data related to Ophiusini at Wikispecies

  1. See references in Savela (2011)
  2. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  3. FE (2011), Wikispecies (2011-JUN-28), and see references in Savela (2011)
  • Fauna Europaea (FE) (2011): Ophiusini. Version 2.4, 27 January 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  • Savela, Markku. "Subtribe Ophiusina". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2019.



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