Dioptinae

Dioptinae
Dioptis cyma, the type species of the tribe Dioptini
Josia ligula, the type species of the tribe Josiini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Walker, 1862
Genera

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Dioptinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae.

The Dioptinae are an almost exclusively neotropical group of day-flying moths.[1][2]

  1. ^ Miller, James S (2009-06-30). "Generic Revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321: 1–674. doi:10.1206/321.1. ISSN 0003-0090. S2CID 86824329.
  2. ^ S, Miller J. (1991). "Cladistics and classification of the Notodontidae (Lepidoptera : Noctuoidea) based on larval and adult morphology". Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 204: 1–230.