Metoponiinae

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Metoponiinae
Cydosia aurivitta, Texas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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[edit]

These 16 genera belong to the subfamily Metoponiinae:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Metoponiinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  2. ^ "Metoponiinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  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.
  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.

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