Dioptinae
Dioptis cyma, the type species of the tribe Dioptini
Josia ligula, the type species of the tribe Josiini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Walker, 1862
Genera

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Dioptinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae.

The Dioptinae are an almost exclusively neotropical group of day-flying moths.[1] Many of these exhibit bright wing coloration and are involved in mimicry rings with butterflies (especially Ithomiini) and moths of the subfamilies Sterrhinae and Arctiinae. Unusually for the Notodontidae, the Dioptinae adults are largely diurnal.[2]

Taxonomy

The subfamily was formerly placed in a separate family (Dioptidae). Furthermore, the tribe Josiini has been treated as a family (Josiidae) by Piepers & Snellen in 1900 and as a subfamily (Josiinae) by Kiriakoff in 1950.

Genera

References

  1. ↑ Miller, James S (2009-06-30). "Generic Revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321: 1–674. doi:10.1206/321.1. ISSN 0003-0090.
  2. ↑ S, Miller J. (1991). "Cladistics and classification of the Notodontidae (Lepidoptera : Noctuoidea) based on larval and adult morphology". Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 204: 1–230.


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