Tinthiinae Explained

The Tinthiinae are a subfamily of clearwing moths, first established in 1917 by Ferdinand Le Cerf.^[1]

Tribes and genera

Tinthiinae consists of twenty-four genera across four tribes:

Tinthiini

• Microsphecia Bartel 1912
• Tinthia Walker [1865]
• Sophona Walker 1856
• Zenodoxus Grote & Robinson 1868
• Conopsia Strand [1913]
• Paranthrenopsis Le Cerf 1911
• Entrichella Bryk 1947
• Negotinthia Gorbunov 2001
• Trichocerota Hampson [1893a]
• Paradoxecia Hampson 1919
• Rectala Bryk 1947
• Tyrictaca Walker 1862
• Caudicornia Bryk 1947
• Bidentotinthia Arita & Gorbunov 2003
• Tarsotinthia Arita & Gorbunov 2003

Pennisetiini

• Pennisetia Dehne 1850
• Corematosetia Kallies & Arita 2001

Paraglosseciini

• Oligophlebia Hampson [1893]
• Isothamnis Meyrick 1935
• Cyanophlebia Arita & Gorbunov 2001
• Lophocnema Turner 1917
• Diapyra Turner 1917

Similipepsini

• Similipepsis Le Cerf 1911
• Gasterostena Arita & Gorbunov 2003

Notes and References

1. Web site: Subfamily Tinthiinae . bugguide.net . 8 September 2022.