Herminiinae

Herminiinae
Herminia grisealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Herminiinae Leach, 1815
Synonyms
Herminiidae

The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the Erebidae family.^[1] The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves.

Taxonomy

The subfamily was previous treated as a separate family, Herminiidae, or as a subfamily of the Noctuidae family. Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Herminiinae are most closely related to the Aganainae subfamily of the Erebidae.^[2]

Genera

• Aristaria
• Bleptina
• Carteris
• Chytolita
• Drepanopalpia
• Herminia
• Hydrillodes
• Hypenula
• Idia
• Lascoria
• Macristis
• Macrochilo
• Nodaria
• Orectis
• Palthis
• Paracolax
• Phalaenophana
• Phalaenostola
• Phlyctaina
• Physula
• Polypogon
• Reabotis
• Redectis
• Rejectaria
• Renia
• Simplicia
• Tetanolita
• Zanclognatha

Example species

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  Bleptina caradrinalis

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  Chytolita morbidalis

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  Herminia grisealis

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  Idia americalis

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  Palthis angulalis

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  Phalaenophana pyramusalis

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  Polypogon tentacularius

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  Renia discoloralis

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  Zanclognatha protumnusalis

External links

• Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Herminiinae. Version of 2003-MAR-28. Retrieved 2007-JUN-03.

References

1. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
2. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.