Syntomini

Syntomini
Amata phegea, the nine-spotted moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Syntomini
Herrich-Schäffer, 1846

The Syntomini are a tribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The tribe was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1846.

Taxonomy

The tribe used to be classified in the former subfamily Ctenuchinae of the former family Arctiidae.

The wingspan of a typical syntomine is about 11-14 millimeters. Their abdomen is commonly either completely yellow, or black with one or more bands of yellow.

Genera

The following genera are included in the tribe.

References

  1. ↑ Przybyłowicz, Łukasz; Morek, Witold; Byun, Bong-Kyu (September 2016). "Taxonomic review of the tribe Syntomini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Korea". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 19 (3): 785–791. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2016.07.010.