Dioptinae Explained

Dioptinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae.

The Dioptinae are an almost exclusively neotropical group of day-flying moths.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

The subfamily was formerly placed in a separate family (Dioptidae). Furthermore, the tribe Josiini has been treated as a family (Josiidae) by Piepers & Snellen in 1900 and as a subfamily (Josiinae) by Kiriakoff in 1950.

Genera

• Tribe Josiini Miller & Otero, 1994
  • Caribojosia
  • Ephialtias
  • Getta
  • Josia
  • Lyces
  • Notascea
  • Phavaraea
  • Phintia
  • Polyptychia
  • Proutiella
  • Scea
• Tribe Dioptini Minet, 1983
  • Anticoreura
  • Argentala
  • Brachyglene
  • Cacolyces
  • Chrysoglossa
  • Cleptophasia
  • Dioptis
  • Dolophrosyne
  • Erbessa
  • Eremonidia
  • Eremonidiopsis
  • Euchontha
  • Hadesina
  • Isostyla
  • Momonipta
  • Monocreagra
  • Nebulosa
  • Oricia
  • Pareuchontha
  • Phaeochlaena
  • Phanoptis
  • Phryganidia
  • Pikroprion
  • Polypoetes
  • Pseudoricia
  • Sagittala
  • Scotura
  • Scoturopsis
  • Stenoplastis
  • Tithraustes
  • Xenomigia
  • Xenorma
  • Xenormicola
• Unplaced
  • ‘‘Thirmida’’ venusta

External links

• Subfamily info

Notes and References

1. Miller . James S . 2009-06-30 . Generic Revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . en . 321 . 1–674 . 10.1206/321.1 . 86824329 . 0003-0090.
2. S . Miller J. . 1991 . Cladistics and classification of the Notodontidae (Lepidoptera : Noctuoidea) based on larval and adult morphology. . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. . 204 . 1–230.