Ophiusina

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Ophiusina
The Passenger, Dysgonia algira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: Noctuidae Subfamily: Catocalinae Tribe: Catocalini Subtribe: Ophiusina
Genera
Catephia Zethes Pericyma Heteropalpia Pandesma Cerocala Ophiusa Minucia Clytie Thyas Ophisma Achaea Grammodes Dysgonia Euphiusa Gondysia Bastilla Buzara

The Ophiusina are a noctuid ("owlet") moth subtribe of the Catocalinae subfamily. They belong to the tribe Catocalini, the largest in their family. As numerous catocaline genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe, the genus list should be considered preliminary.