Omopterini Explained

The Omopterini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Taxonomy

The tribe was split from the tribe Ophiusini (also in the subfamily Erebinae) after phylogenetic analysis showed that the New World genera were not the closest relatives of the other genera in the Ophiusini.

Genera

• Acritogramma
• Amolita
• Bendisodes
• Coenipeta
• Coxina
• Elousa
• Epidromia
• Eubolina
• Euclystis
• Euparthenos
• Helia
• Heteranassa
• Itomia
• Kakopoda
• Lesmone
• Matigramma
• Metria
• Pseudanthracia
• Selenisa
• Toxonprucha
• Tyrissa
• Zale
• Zaleops

Notes and References

1. Zahiri. Reza. Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology. 2011. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. etal. 37. 102–124. free.
2. Lafontaine. Donald. Schmidt. Christian. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys. 19 Mar 2010. 40. 26. 10.3897/zookeys.40.414. L&S2010. free.
3. Lafontaine. J. Donald. Schmidt. B. Christian. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys. 6 Feb 2013. 264. 10.3897/zookeys.264.4443. 227–236. 3668382. 23730184 . free .