Rivulinae

Rivulinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Rivulinae; Grote, 1895

Short description: Subfamily of moths

The Rivulinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1895. Caterpillars in the subfamily typically have long, barbed hairs and have full prolegs on abdominal segments 3 through 6. The adults have a unique microsculpturing^{[clarification needed]} proboscis.^[1]^[2]

Taxonomy

This subfamily was previously classified as part of the subfamily Hypeninae of Erebidae or within Noctuidae. Recent phylogenetic studies did not discover a close relationship with the Hypeninae but keep it within the Erebidae.^[2]^[3]

Genera

Alesua
Bocula
Oxycilla
Oglasa
Rivula
Zebeeba
Zelicodes

References

↑ Fibiger, Michael; Lafountaine, J. Donald (June 29, 2005). "A review of the higher classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) with special reference to the Holarctic fauna". Esperiana 11: 7–92. http://esperiana.net/mediapool/86/862516/data/Esperiana_Band_11_7-_92.pdf.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Zahiri, Reza (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
↑ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2182.