Herminiinae

Short description: Subfamily of moths

Herminiinae

Herminia grisealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Herminiinae
Leach, 1815
Synonyms

* Herminiidae

The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae.[1] The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushrooms of fungi as in the case of genus Idia.

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 2 Genera
* 3 Example species
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Taxonomy

The subfamily was previous treated as a separate family, Herminiidae, or as a subfamily of the family Noctuidae. Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Herminiinae are most closely related to the subfamily Aganainae of the Erebidae.[2]

Phalaenophana caught by Drosera filiformis.

## Genera

* Aristaria
* Bleptina
* Carteris
* Chytolita
* Drepanopalpia
* Herminia
* Hydrillodes
* Hypenula
* Idia
* Lascoria
* Macristis
* Macrochilo
* Nodaria
* Orectis
* Palthis
* Paracolax
* Phalaenophana
* Phalaenostola
* Phlyctaina
* Physula
* Polypogon
* Reabotis
* Redectis
* Rejectaria
* Renia
* Simplicia
* Tetanolita
* Zanclognatha

## Example species

* Bleptina caradrinalis

* Chytolita morbidalis

* Herminia grisealis

* Idia americalis

* Palthis angulalis

* Phalaenophana pyramusalis

* Polypogon tentacularius

* Renia discoloralis

* Zanclognatha protumnusalis

## References

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ Zahiri, Reza (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.

## External links

* Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Herminiinae. Version of 2003-MAR-28. Retrieved 2007-JUN-03.

Wikidata ☰ Q1795037 entry

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