Chloephorinae

Belongs within: Noctuoidea.

The Chloephorinae are a group of moths found predominantly in the Old World tropics.

Characters (from Nielsen & Common 1991): Relatively long upturned labial palps; smooth fore wing with bar-shaped retinaculum in male or retinaculum absent; larva with four pairs of ventral prolegs and only primary setae; pupa without cremaster, in boat-shaped cocoon with vertical exit slit.

<==Chloephorinae [Sarothripidae]NC91
    |--+--Blenina Walker 1858FL05 [BleninaeZK11, Blenini]
    |  |    |--B. effusa Swinhoe 1901S01
    |  |    `--B. octoZK11
    |  `--Sarrothripini [Sarrothripinae]ZK11
    |       |--Nanaguna breviusculaNC91
    |       |--CalathusaNC91
    |       |--SarothripaS01
    |       |    |--S. chloranaS01
    |       |    |--S. morena Swinhoe 1901S01
    |       |    `--S. undulataF92
    |       |--NycteolaZK11
    |       |    |--N. degeneranaZK11
    |       |    `--N. revayana (Scopoli 1772)JP05
    |       |--Giaura robustaZK11
    |       `--Sarrothripus Curtis 1824FL05
    `--+--+--Earias Hübner 1825ZK11, FL05 [Eariadinae, Eariasinae]
       |  |    |--E. chlorodesMC13
       |  |    |--E. cloranaZK11
       |  |    |--E. cupreoviridisVHK02
       |  |    |--E. fabiaVHK02
       |  |    |--E. huegeliB88
       |  |    |--E. insulanaVHK02
       |  |    |--E. latimargo Hampson 1912 [incl. E. chromataria]JG19
       |  |    |--E. parallelaB88
       |  |    |--E. perhuegeliNC91
       |  |    `--E. vittellaNC91
       |  `--Paracrama dulcissimaZK11
       `--+--ChloephoriniZK11
          |    |--PseudoipsZK11
          |    |    |--P. faganaDS73
          |    |    |    |--P. f. faganaDS73
          |    |    |    `--P. f. britannicaDS73
          |    |    |--P. hongricaDS73
          |    |    `--P. prasinanaZK11
          |    |--Bena Billberg 1820 [Benini]FL05
          |    |    |--B. africanaDS73
          |    |    `--B. prasinanaDS73
          |    `--Chloephora Stephens 1827FL05
          `--Ariolica Walker 1863ZK11, FL05 [Ariolicini]
               `--A. argenteaZK11

Chloephorinae incertae sedis:
  ArmacticaMC13
    |--A. andrewsi Hampson 1912JG19
    `--A. columbinaMC13
  Aiteta iridiasNC91
  GadirthaS01
    |--G. cristata Druce 1901D01
    |--G. sara Swinhoe 1901S01
    `--G. similis Druce 1901D01
  ClettharraS01
    |--C. albonotataS01
    |--C. floccifera Hmpsn. 1894S01
    |--C. iphida Swinhoe 1901S01
    `--C. validaS01
  Camptoloma Felder 1874 [Camptolominae, Camptolomini]FL05
  Carea Walker 1857 [Careini]FL05
    |--C. nitidaS01
    |--C. ocyraS01
    `--C. tarika Swinhoe 1901S01

*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).

[DS73] Dickens, M., & E. Storey. 1973. The World of Moths. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.: New York.

[D01] Druce, H. 1901. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 74–79.

[F92] Fan Z. 1992. Key to the Common Flies of China 2^nd 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.

[JG19] James, D. J., P. T. Green, W. F. Humphreys & J. C. Z. Woinarski. 2019. Endemic species of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Records of the Western Australian Museum 34 (2): 55–114.

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

[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 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 817–915. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[S01] Swinhoe, C. 1901. New genera and species of eastern and Australian moths (continued). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 489–501.

[VHK02] Verma, M., M. Hayat & S. I. Kazmi. 2002. The species of Elasmus from India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae). Oriental Insects 36: 245–306.

[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.