Xylenini

 The Xylenini are a mid-sized tribe of moths in the Hadeninae subfamily. There is some dispute about this tribe. Some resources[1] have these genera listed under subfamily Cuculliinae instead, or upranked them to a distinct subfamily Xyleninae.

Xylenini
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Sunira bicolorago
Scientific classificatione
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Noctuidae
Subfamily:Noctuinae
Tribe:Xylenini
Genera

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GeneraEdit

  • Agrochola Hübner, 1821
  • Bombycia Stephens, 1829
  • Epiglaea Grote, 1878
  • Fishia Grote, 1877
  • Hillia Grote, 1883
  • Lithophane Hübner, 1821
  • Mniotype Franclemont, 1941
  • Mormo
  • Platypolia Grote, 1895
  • Sunira Franclemont, 1950
  • Sutyna Todd, 1958
  • Xanthia Ochsenheimer, 1816
  • Xylena Ochsenheimer, 1816
  • Xylotype Hampson, 1906

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