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Litter Moths
Herminiinae
The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the Erebidae family. The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves.
60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Idia
genusIdia
Zanclognatha
genusZanclognatha
Renia Moths
genusRenia
Palthis Moths
genusPalthis
Tetanolita
genusTetanolita
Bleptina
genusBleptina
Chytolita
genusChytolita
Phalaenostola
genusPhalaenostola
Lascoria
genusLascoria
Herminia
genusHerminia
Macrochilo
genusMacrochilo
Phalaenophana
genusPhalaenophana
Hydrillodes
genusHydrillodes
Simplicia
genusSimplicia
Nodaria
genusNodaria
Polypogon
genusPolypogon
Paracolax
genusParacolax
Pechipogo
genusPechipogo
Hipoepa
genusHipoepa
Progonia
genusProgonia
Naarda
genusNaarda
Adrapsa
genusAdrapsa
Rejectaria
genusRejectaria
Bertula
genusBertula
Redectis
genusRedectis
Bocana
genusBocana
Salia
genusSalia
Lysimelia
genusLysimelia
Hadennia
genusHadennia
Hypenula
genusHypenula
Sinarella
genusSinarella
Edessena
genusEdessena
Scopifera
genusScopifera
Mosopia
genusMosopia
Pyrgion
genusPyrgion
Lithilaria
genusLithilaria
Mastixis
genusMastixis
Aristaria
genusAristaria
Heterogramma
genusHeterogramma
Cidariplura
genusCidariplura
Coremagnatha
genusCoremagnatha
Auchmophanes
genusAuchmophanes
Schistorhynx
genusSchistorhynx
Chusaris
genusChusaris
Oxaenanus
genusOxaenanus
Phlyctaina
genusPhlyctaina
Carteris
genusCarteris
Mormoscopa
genusMormoscopa
Physula
genusPhysula
Ochrotrigona
genusOchrotrigona
Macristis
genusMacristis
Charmodia
genusCharmodia
Hepsidera
genusHepsidera
Aglaonice
genusAglaonice
Tarista
genusTarista
Stenhypena
genusStenhypena
Lophodelta
genusLophodelta
Squamipalpis
genusSquamipalpis
Neopalthis
genusNeopalthis
Mamerthes
genusMamerthes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Herminiinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 122479.