Pericopina

List of subtribe of insects

Pericopina

Ephestris melaxantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Arctiinae
Tribe:  | Arctiini
Subtribe:  | Pericopina
Walker, 1869

The Pericopina is a subtribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 1869.

## Taxonomy[edit]

The subtribe was previously classified as the subfamily Pericopinae of the family Arctiidae.

## Selected genera[edit]

The following genera are included in the subtribe.[1]

* Antiotricha
* Are
* Calodesma
* Chetone
* Composia
* Crocomela
* Ctenuchidia
* Cyanarctia
* Didaphne
* Dysschema
* Ephestris
* Episcea
* Euchlaenidia
* Eucyanoides
* Gnophaela
* Heliactinidia
* Hyalurga
* Hypocrita
* Isostola
* Josiomorpha
* Josiomorphoides
* Mesenochroa
* Notophyson
* Phaloe
* Phaloesia
* Pseudophaloe
* Pteroodes
* Sagaropsis
* Scearctia
* Seileria
* Sermyla
* Sthenognatha
* Syntomidopsis
* Thermidarctia
* Thyrgis
* Xenosoma

## References[edit]

Wikispecies has information related to Pericopina.

1. ^ Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. (2014). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera Erebidae, Arctiinae)". Zoosystema. 36 (2): 137-533. doi:10.5252/z2014n2a1

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q21355129
* Wikispecies: Pericopina
* BugGuide: 378244
* iNaturalist: 82098
* ITIS: 937000

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