Subfamily Herminiinae Leach, [1815]

herminiidae

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• Herminiinae Leach, [1815].

  Type genus:

   Herminia Latreille, 1802.

  Secondary source:

   Zahiri, R., Holloway, J.D., Kitching, I.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Mutanen, M. & Wahlberg, N. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology 37(1): 102-124 [Date published online 31 Oct 2011].
• Herminida Leach, [1815].

  Type genus:

   Herninidia Latreille, 1802.
• Polypogoninae Hampson, 1918.

  Type genus:

   Polypogon Schrank, 1802.
• Trisatelini Beck, 1999.

  Type genus:

   Trisateles Tams, 1939.

Introduction

Genetic analyses support a strong relationship with Aganainae (e.g. Mitchell et al. 2006, Zahiri et al. 2012), despite these two groups have quite different morphology and biology.

General References

Dugdale, J.S. 1988. Lepidoptera annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand 14: 1-262

Kitching, I.J. 1984. An historical review of the higher classification of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 49: 153-234

Mitchell, A., Mitter, C. & Regier, J.C. 2006. Systematics and evolution of the cutworm moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): evidence from two protein-coding nuclear genes. Systematic Entomology 31: 21–46

Owada, M. 1987. A taxonomic study of the subfamily Herminiinae of Japan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Tokyo : National Science Museum, 208 pp.

Zahiri, R., Holloway, J.D., Kitching, I.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Mutanen, M. & Wahlberg, N. 2012. Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology 37(1): 102-124 [Date published online 31 Oct 2011]

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