Nyctemerini
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The Nyctemerini are a tribe
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...

 of woolly bear moths (Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...

) in the subfamily Arctiinae
Arctiinae
The Arctiinae are a subfamily of moths.-Systematics:The systematics of the Arctiinae are in need of revision and depends significantly on a personal view of an author. In any case, Arctiinae is a monophyletic group with a clear autapomorphic character - a presence of anal glands in females. On the...

. They are sometimes (e.g. in the "Erebidae
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths, most of which were formerly classified in the family Noctuidae, plus all of the former members of the families Arctiidae and Lymantriidae...

" scheme) merged into the related Callimorphini
Callimorphini
The Callimorphini are a tribe of woolly bear moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. They are sometimes merged into the Arctiini as a subtribe Callimorphina. Nyctemerini and Amerilini are closely related tribes....

, but Nyctemerini is an elder name.

Genera

  • Afrocoscinia
    Afrocoscinia
    Afrocoscinia is a curious genus of moth in the family Arctiidae with single species Afrocoscinia aethiopica from arid regions of the western part of South Africa. By the general appearance of wing and body shape, it looks like species of the Palearctic genus Coscinia from Callimorphini...

  • Agaltara
    Agaltara
    Agaltara is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae.-References:*...

  • Caryatis
    Caryatis
    In ancient Greek religion Artemis Caryatis was an epithet of Artemis that was derived from the small polis of Karyai in Laconia; there an archaic open-air temenos was dedicated to Carya, the Lady of the Nut-Tree, whose priestesses were called the caryatidai, represented on the Athenian Acropolis as...

  • Diota
    Diota
    Diota is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae.-References:**...

  • Galtara
    Galtara
    Galtara is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae.-References:*...

  • Ischnarctia
    Ischnarctia
    Ischnarctia is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae.-References:*...

  • Karschiola
    Karschiola
    Karschiola is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae.-References:*...

  • Neuroxena
    Neuroxena
    Neuroxena is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. It consists of the following species:*Neuroxena aberrans*Neuroxena albofasciata*Neuroxena ansorgei*Neuroxena auremaculatus*Neuroxena biplagiata*Neuroxena flammea...

  • Pseudogaltara
    Pseudogaltara
    Pseudogaltara is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. It contains only one species, Pseudogaltara inexpectata, which can be found in Rwanda.-References:**...

  • Utetheisa
    Utetheisa
    Utetheisa is a genus of arctiid moths. Caterpillars feed on Crotalaria , and hence the moth genus is often called rattlebox moths. Utetheisa species are usually bright and colorful...

  • Xylecata


Argina generic group
  • Alytarchia
  • Argina
    Argina
    Argina is a moth genus in the family Arctiidae. Not long ago it was divided into three genera: Argina , Alytarchia , Mangina Argina is a moth genus in the family Arctiidae. Not long ago it was divided into three genera: Argina (A. cribraria), Alytarchia (A. amanda, A. leonina), Mangina Argina is a...

  • Mangina


Afrotropical genera of the Nyctemera group, that were separated from the Oriental stem
  • Afronyctemera
  • Chiromachla
  • Podomachla


Oriental and Australian taxa of generic level that are traditionally considered as subgenera of:
  • Nyctemera :
  • Nyctemera (Arctata)
  • Nyctemera (Coleta)
  • Nyctemera (Deilemera)
  • Nyctemera (Luctuosana)
  • Nyctemera (Nyctemera)
  • Nyctemera (Orphanos)
  • Nyctemera (Tritomera)

Main articles on Oriental and Australian Nyctemera

  • de Vos, R. 1994 [1995]: Nyctemera groenendaeli spec. nov. from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerina). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 15 (4): 481-489.
  • de Vos, R. 1995: A revision of Nyctemera consobrina (Hopffer, 1874) with redescription of three subspecies (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 16 (1): 81-93.
  • de Vos, R. 1996: Nyctemera pseudokala sp. nov. and N. mastrigti sp. nov., two new species from Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 17 (3): 301-311.
  • de Vos, R. 1997: A revision of Nyctemera kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904) (with descriptions of two new subspecies) and N. warmasina (Bethune-Baker, 1910) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 18 (1): 1-12.
  • de Vos, R. 1997: The identity of Nyctemera simulatrix Walker, 1864 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 18 (2-3): 205-210.
  • de Vos, R. 2002: Revision of the Nyctemera evergista group (=subgenus Deilemera Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Arctiinae, Nyctemerini). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 23 (1/2): 7-32.
  • de Vos, R. 2007: Revision of the Nyctemera clathratum complex (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 150: 39-54.
  • de Vos, R. 2007: The Utetheisa species of the subgenera Pitasila, Atasca and Raanya subgen. n. (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Aldrovandia 3: 31-120.
  • de Vos, R., Černý, K. 1999: A review of the Philippine species of the genus Nyctemera Hubner, [1820] with descriptions of new sspecies and subspecies (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 20 (2): 133-188.
  • de Vos, R., Dubatolov, V. V. 2010: Nyctemerini. In: V. V. Dubatolov, Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65: 11-18.
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