Nygmiini

Nygmiini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Tribe: Nygmiini
Holloway, 1999

The Nygmiini are a tribe of tussock moths of the Erebidae family.

Description

Adult females of the tribe have an enlarged seventh abdominal segment with a tuft of scales and use this adaptation to protect their egg mass.[1]

Genera

The tribe includes the following genera. This list may be incomplete.

References

  1. Holloway, J. D. "TRIBE NYGMIINI n.". The Moths of Borneo.
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