Chloephorinae
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| Chloephorinae | |
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| Scarce silver-lines, Bena bicolorana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Subfamily: | Chloephorinae Stainton, 1859 |
| Type genus | |
| Pseudoips Hübner, 1822 | |
| Tribes | |
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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.