Fruit-piercing-moths
Guides
Erebidae
Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
Erebidae is among the largest families of moths by species count, encompassing diverse macromoth groups formerly classified across multiple families. The family includes underwings (Catocala), tiger moths and wasp moths (Arctiinae), tussock moths (Lymantriinae), litter moths (Herminiinae), fruit-piercing moths (Calpinae), and snout moths (Hypeninae). Adults range dramatically in size from 6 mm to over 300 mm wingspan. Coloration spans from cryptic browns and grays to vivid aposematic patterns. The family was reconstituted in 2010 through phylogenetic studies that revealed the former Noctuidae to be paraphyletic, with Arctiinae, Lymantriinae, and related lineages more closely related to each other than to core noctuids.
Goniocarsia
Goniocarsia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae, erected by George Hampson in 1926. The genus contains three described species distributed from Mexico through Central America to northern South America. All three species were originally described in other genera and later transferred to Goniocarsia. The genus belongs to the subfamily Calpinae, a group of moths often associated with fruit-feeding habits.