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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Boletobiinae

Subfamily Boletobiinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Hemeroplanis habitalis moth - Oruza albocostata Isogona tenuis ? - Phytometra rhodarialis Hyperstrotia nana Moth 092318bar - Ommatochila mundula 8036930 MOTH - Hemeroplanis Moth - Hemeroplanis incusalis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Boletobiinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Includes the genera Melanomma, Mycterophora, Oxycilla, Parascotia, Prosoparia, one or more of which have been placed in other subfamilies by various authors at various times, such as:
Rivulinae (in part) [Hodges, 1983]
Ophiderinae (in part) [Poole, 1989]
Calpinae (in part) [Kitching and Rawlins, 1999]
Hypeninae (in part) [CBIF, 2003]
Explanation of Names
Boletobiinae from type genus Boletobia, Latin meaning "mushroom, fungus." (1)
Numbers
About 13 species in 5 genera in North America.
Range
Most of United States and southern Canada.
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 September, 2006 - 7:33pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 July, 2014 - 4:06pm

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