Ophiusini

Tribe of moths

Ophiusini

Passenger, Dysgonia algira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Erebinae
Tribe:  | Ophiusini
Guenée, 1837
Synonyms[1]

* Achaeini
* Anuini
* Cerocalini
* Dermaleipini
* Ophiusina
* Pericymatini
* Polydesmini

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

## Taxonomy

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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

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

* Artena
* Buzara
* Cerocala
* Clytie
* Dermaleipa (sometimes in Thyas)
* Dysgonia
* Euphiusa
* Grammodes
* Gnamptonyx
* Heteropalpia
* Lyncestis
* Minucia
* Ophiusa
* Prodotis (may belong in Grammodes)
* Rhabdophera
* Thyas
* Tytroca

## References

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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. ^ 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.
4. ^ Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (6 Feb 2013). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (264): 227–236\. doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4443. PMC 3668382. PMID 23730184.
5. ^ 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.

Taxon identifiers

Ophiusini|

* Wikidata: Q15734229
* Wikispecies: Ophiusini
* AFD: Ophiusini
* BioLib: 1229834
* EoL: 52758134
* Fauna Europaea: 446614
* Fauna Europaea (new): e6ae0140-5e9a-4848-8dbe-d1215cee267a
* iNaturalist: 82045
* Insecta.pro: 412
* ITIS: 936975
* NBN: NHMSYS0021144455

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