Omopterini

The Omopterini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.[1][2][3]

Omopterini
Zale perculta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Tribe: Omopterini
Boisduval, 1833

Taxonomy

The tribe was split from the tribe Ophiusini (also in the subfamily Erebinae) after phylogenetic analysis showed that the New World genera were not the closest relatives of the other genera in the Ophiusini.[1]

Genera

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