Pericopina
List of subtribe of insects
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The Pericopina is a subtribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 1869.
| 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 |
Taxonomy
The subtribe was previously classified as the subfamily Pericopinae of the family Arctiidae.
Selected genera
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
- Myserla
- Notophyson
- Phaloe
- Phaloesia
- Pseudophaloe
- Pteroodes
- Sagaropsis
- Scearctia
- Seileria
- Sthenognatha
- Syntomidopsis
- Thermidarctia
- Thyrgis
- Xenosoma
