Chloephorinae

Subfamily of moths

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Chloephorinae

Scarce silver-lines, Bena bicolorana
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Nolidae
Subfamily:  | Chloephorinae
Stainton, 1859
Type genus
Pseudoips

Hübner, 1822

Tribes

* Sarrothripini
* Chloephorini
* Camptolomini
* Careini
* Ariolicini

Synonyms

Chlöephoridae Stainton, 1859[1]

Chloephorinae is a subfamily of the moth family Nolidae. It includes, among others, many of the moths known as silver-lines. They are rather similar to some owlet moths (Noctuidae) in appearance and often colored a vivid green, but may also be brown, grey, or white.

## Genera incertae sedis[edit]

In addition to the about 55 genera assigned to tribes, there are some additional ones of undetermined relationships:

* Acachmena Turner, 1908
* Apothriguna Berio, 1962
* Armactica Walker, 1865
* Austrocarea Holloway, 1977
* Autanthema Warren, 1912
* Beara Walker, 1866
* Chlorozada Hampson, 1912
* Clethrophora Hampson, 1894
* Clytophylla Turner, 1929
* Dilophothripoides Strand, 1917
* Erizada Walker, 1865
* Gabala Walker, [1866]
* Gelastocera Butler, 1877
* Hylophilodes Hampson, 1912
* Iscadia Walker, 1857
* Labanda Walker, 1859
* Lobocraspis Hampson, 1895
* Lophocrama Hampson, 1912
* Maceda Walker, 1857
* Macrobarasa Hampson, 1912
* Macrochthonia Butler, 1881
* Metaleptina Holland, 1893
* Microthripa Hampson, 1912
* Microzada Hampson, 1912
* Negeta Walker, 1862
* Neonegeta Hampson, 1912
* Paraxestis Hampson, 1902
* Pardoxia Vives Moreno & González Prada, 1981
* Plagerepne Tams, 1926
* Plectothripa Hampson, 1918
* Plusiocalpe Holland, 1894
* Pterogonia C. Swinhoe, 1891
* Ptisciana Walker, 1865[2]
* Thriponea Hulstaert, 1924
* Titulcia Walker, 1864
* Tornoconia Berio, 1966
* Tortriciforma Hampson, 1894
* Tyana Walker, 1866
* Tympanistes Moore, 1867
* Urbona Walker, 1862
* Vizaga C. Swinhoe, 1901
* Xanthodes Guenée, 1852
* Xenochroa Felder, 1874

## References[edit]

1. ^ Stainton, H. T. (1859). "Descriptions of Twenty-Five Species of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 2. 5: 111–126.
2. ^ Walker, F. (1865) List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: 912.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1946362
* Wikispecies: Chloephorinae
* AFD: Chloephorinae
* BioLib: 54764
* BugGuide: 37163
* CoL: 93MSQ
* Fauna Europaea: 447137
* Fauna Europaea (new): 061f0954-0d01-40de-b4f6-1ab9700c7ea7
* iNaturalist: 122477
* ITIS: 694011
* NBN: NHMSYS0000501757
* NCBI: 753688

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