Pericopina
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| Pericopina | |
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| Ephestris melaxantha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Pericopina Walker, 1869 |
The Pericopina is a subtribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 1869.
Taxonomy
The subtribe was previously classified as the subfamily Pericopinae of the family Arctiidae.
Selected genera
The following genera are included in the subtribe.[1]
- Antiotricha
- Are
- Calodesma
- Chetone
- Composia
- Crocomela
- Ctenuchidia
- Cyanarctia
- Didaphne
- Dysschema
- Ephestris
- Episcea
- Euchlaenidia
- Eucyanoides
- Gnophaela
- Heliactinidia
- Hyalurga
- Hypocrita
- Isostola
- Josiomorpha
- Josiomorphoides
- Mesenochroa
- Notophyson
- Phaloe
- Phaloesia
- Pseudophaloe
- Pteroodes
- Sagaropsis
- Scearctia
- Seileria
- Sermyla
- Sthenognatha
- Syntomidopsis
- Thermidarctia
- Thyrgis
- Xenosoma
References
Wikispecies has information related to Pericopina.
- ^ Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. (2014). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera Erebidae, Arctiinae)". Zoosystema. 36 (2): 137-533. doi:10.5252/z2014n2a1