Eulepidotinae

Eulepidotinae

Classification

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Eulepidotinae: /juːˌlɛpɪˈdoʊtɪniː/

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Images

Eulepidotis rectimargo by Steve DeGrace. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Panopoda carneicosta P1250647b by xpda. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Anticarsia gemmatalis (44227934995) by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
Eulepidotis micca by James Sullivan, Research Collection of J. B. Sullivan. Used under a Public domain license.
Panopoda carneicosta P1250106a by xpda. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Anticarsia gemmatalis (44228501875) by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.

Summary

Eulepidotinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae, characterized by unique reproductive and physical traits in adult males and females. The classification of genera into tribes within this subfamily has not been resolved.

Physical Characteristics

Adult males have midtibial tufts of hairs.

Identification Tips

Adult females have the ostial opening located between the seventh and eighth abdominal sternites instead of located anteriorly on the seventh sternite.

Evolution

Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Eulepidotinae are closely related to the Hypocalinae and a clade of these two subfamilies is closely related to the Calpinae.

Tags

  • Eulepidotinae
  • Moths
  • Erebidae
  • Taxonomy
  • Lepidoptera