Pericopina Explained

The Pericopina is a subtribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 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
• Notophyson
• Phaloe
• Phaloesia
• Pseudophaloe
• Pteroodes
• Sagaropsis
• Scearctia
• Seileria
• Sermyla
• Sthenognatha
• Syntomidopsis
• Thermidarctia
• Thyrgis
• Xenosoma

Notes and References

1. Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. (2014). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera Erebidae, Arctiinae)". Zoosystema. 36 (2): 137-533.