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Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the Noctuoidea superfamily. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (Catocala); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth (Gynaephora groenlandica); piercing moths (Calpinae and others); micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common...
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Tiger Moths and Allies
subfamilyArctiinae
Erebinae
subfamilyErebinae
Tussock Moths
subfamilyLymantriinae
Litter Moths
subfamilyHerminiinae
Hypenine Snout Moths
subfamilyHypeninae
Boletobiinae
subfamilyBoletobiinae
Fruit-piercing Moths
subfamilyCalpinae
Eulepidotinae
subfamilyEulepidotinae
Rivulinae
subfamilyRivulinae
Snouted Tiger Moths
subfamilyAganainae
Scoliopteryginae
subfamilyScoliopteryginae
Hypenodinae
subfamilyHypenodinae
Scolecocampinae
subfamilyScolecocampinae
Pangraptinae
subfamilyPangraptinae
Hypocalinae
subfamilyHypocalinae
Toxocampinae
subfamilyToxocampinae
Anobinae
subfamilyAnobinae
Tinoliinae
subfamilyTinoliinae
Eudesmeola
genusEudesmeola
Chorsia
genusChorsia
Rhesalides
genusRhesalides
Hyperlopha
genusHyperlopha
Pseudosphetta
genusPseudosphetta
Batracharta
genusBatracharta
Scedopla
genusScedopla
Marapana
genusMarapana
Platyjionia
genusPlatyjionia
Semiothisops
genusSemiothisops
Leistera
genusLeistera
Neachrostia
genusNeachrostia
Synolulis
genusSynolulis
Leiostola
genusLeiostola
Goniocraspidum
genusGoniocraspidum
Hemichloridia
genusHemichloridia
Ectogonia
genusEctogonia
Carsina
genusCarsina
Egone
genusEgone
Nicevillea
genusNicevillea
Micranthops
genusMicranthops
Eporectis
genusEporectis
Teinoletis
genusTeinoletis
Phorica
genusPhorica
Talapoptera
genusTalapoptera
Neogabara
genusNeogabara
Systremma
genusSystremma
Parapadna
genusParapadna
Rhynchodina
genusRhynchodina
Barbesola
genusBarbesola
Stenocarsia
genusStenocarsia
Avittonia
genusAvittonia
Metoponrhis
genusMetoponrhis
Stenograpta
genusStenograpta
Reticulana
genusReticulana
Pseudostella
genusPseudostella
Neathyrma
genusNeathyrma
Draganodes
genusDraganodes
Phycopterus
genusPhycopterus
Marsipiophora
genusMarsipiophora
Eurogramma
genusEurogramma
Tadaxa
genusTadaxa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121850.