Metoponiinae

Short description: Subfamily of insects

Metoponiinae

Cydosia aurivitta, Texas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Noctuidae
Subfamily:  | Metoponiinae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Panemeria tenebrata, Belgium Azenia obtusa, Oklahoma

Metoponiinae is a subfamily of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are about 16 genera and more than 70 described species in Metoponiinae.[1][2][3][4]

## Genera

These 16 genera belong to the subfamily Metoponiinae:

* Aegle Hübner, 1823
* Axenus Grote, 1873
* Azenia Grote, 1882
* Cydosia Duncan & Westwood, 1841
* Epharmottomena John, 1909
* Flammona Walker, 1863
* Haemerosia Boisduval, 1840
* Metaponpneumata Möschler, 1890
* Metopoplus Christoph, 1893
* Mycteroplus Herrich-Schaffer, 1850
* Panemeria Hübner, 1823
* Pinacoplus Hampson, 1910
* Proschaliphora Hampson, 1901
* Sexserrata Barnes & Benjamin, 1922
* Synthymia Hübner, 1823
* Tristyla Smith, 1893

## References

1. ↑ "Metoponiinae Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=936937.
2. ↑ "Metoponiinae subfamily Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/1045735.
3. ↑ Wagner, David L.; Keegan, Kevin; Bugh, Valerie G. (2019). "A Tale of Two Caterpillars and Reclassification of Cerathosia Smith and Cydosia Duncan [& Westwood (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)"]. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 73 (1). doi:10.18473/lepi.73i1.a1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332580930.
4. ↑ Keegan, Kevin; Rota, Jadranka; Zahiri, Reza; Zilli, Alberto et al. (2021). "Toward a Stable Global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Taxonomy". Insect Systematics and Diversity 5. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab005. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351287266.

## Further reading

* Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.

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