Spilosomina

Spilosomina
White ermine,
Spilosoma lubricipedum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Seitz, 1910

The Spilosomina are the largest subtribe of tiger moths in the Arctiini tribe, which is part of the Erebidae family.

Taxonomy

The subtribe was previously classified as the Spilosomini tribe of the Arctiidae family.

Genera

The following genera are included in the subtribe. Numerous arctiine genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe, so this genus list may be incomplete.


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