Amphipyrinae

Copper underwing Amphipyra pyramidea, copyright Soebe.

Belongs within: Noctuidae.

The Amphipyrinae are a group of stout moths with bare and unlashed eyes and unspined tibiae. Larvae often have a terminal hump and lack secondary setae (Nielsen & Common 1991).

Amphipyrinae [Amphipyrides, Psaphidinae, Stiriinae]NC91
|--Amphipyra Ochsenheimer 1816 [Amphipyrini]FL05
| |--A. berbera Rungs 1949JP05
| |--A. perfluaZK11
| |--A. pyramideaKP19
| |--A. pyramidoidesWL09
| `--A. tragoponisF92
|--PsaphidiniZK11
| |--Brachionycha nubeculosaZK11
| |--ValeriaFL05
| |--Allophyes Tams 1942 [Allophyini]FL05
| |--Asteroscopus Boisduval 1828 [Asteroscopinae]FL05
| `--Psaphida Walker 1865FL05
|--Feralia Grote 1874FL05 [Feraliina, FeraliiniLS13]
|--StiriiniLS13
| |--Austrazenia tusaNC91
| `--Stiria Grote 1874FL05
|--Nocloa Smith 1906 [Nocloini]FL05
|--Triocnemis Grote 1881 [Triocnemidini]FL05
|--Grotella Harvey 1875 [Grotellini]FL05
`--Azenia Grote 1882 [Azeniini]FL05

Amphipyrinae incertae sedis:
AthetiinaLS13
|--Athetis Hübner 1821FL05
| `--A. tenuisMC13
|--HydrillulaLS13
|--ProxenusLS13
`--AnorthodesFL05
EremechroaMC13
Proteuxoa interferensMC13
Cosmodes elegansNC91
Bathytricha truncataNC91, B88 [incl. Nonagria exitiosaB88]
PlatysentaPP72
|--P. apameoides [incl. P. ebba]PP72
`--P. plagiataPP72
Harrisonia williamsiPP72
GrotellaformaFL05
HomogloaFL05
Dasypolia [Dasypoliina]FL05
Adpyramidcampa Beck 1991 [Adpyramidcampina]FL05
Pyramidcampa Beck 1991 [Pyramidcampina]FL05
Pyrois Hübner 1820 [Pyroina]FL05
PlagiomimicusFL05

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B88] Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera): A biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).

[F92] Fan Z. 1992. Key to the Common Flies of China 2nd ed. Science Press: Beijing.

[FL05] Fibiger, M., & J. D. Lafontaine. 2005. A review of the higher classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) with special reference to the Holarctic fauna. Esperiana 11: 7–92.

[JP05] Jungmann, E., & U. Poller. 2005. Neunachweise und Wiederfunde für die Schmetterlingsfauna (Insecta; Lepidoptera) des Altenburger Landes. Mauritiana 19 (2): 317–326.

[KP19] Kawahara, A. Y., D. Plotkin, M. Espeland, K. Meusemann, E. F. A. Toussaint, A. Donath, F. Gimnich, P. B. Frandsen, A. Zwick, M. dos Reis, J. R. Barber, R. S. Peters, S. Liu, X. Zhou, C. Mayer, L. Podsiadlowski, C. Storer, J. E. Yack, B. Misof & J. W. Breinholt. 2019. Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 116 (45): 22657–22663.

[LS13] Lafontaine, J. D., & B. C. Schmidt. 2013. Comments on differences in classification of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) between Eurasia and North America. ZooKeys 264: 209–217.

[MC13] Majer, J. D., S. K. Callan, K. Edwards, N. R. Gunawardene & C. K. Taylor. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 13–112.

[NC91] Nielsen, E. S., & I. F. B. Common. 1991. Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 817–915. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[PP92] Parkin, P., D. T. Parkin, A. W. Ewing & H. A. Ford. 1972. A report on the arthropods collected by the Edinburgh University Galapagos Islands expedition, 1968. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 48 (2): 100–107.

[WL09] Walter, D. E., E. E. Lindquist, I. M. Smith, D. R. Cook & G. W. Krantz. 2009. Order Trombidiformes. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3rd ed. pp. 233–420. Texas Tech University Press.

[ZK11] Zahiri, R., I. J. Kitching, J. D. Lafontaine, M. Mutanen, L. Kaila, J. D. Holloway & N. Wahlberg. 2011. A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). Zoologica Scripta 40 (2): 158–173.

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