Plusiini

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Plusiini
Plusia festucae
Plusia festucae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Plusiinae
Tribe: Plusiini
Genera

About 40; see text

The Plusiini are the largest tribe of moths in the Arctiinae subfamily. At least one undescribed genus is known to exist.

[edit] Genera

Subtribe Autoplusiina Kitching, 1987

  • Erythroplusia
  • Macdunnoughia
  • Sclerogenia
  • Antoculeora
  • Loboplusia
  • Autoplusia
  • Notioplusia
  • Rachiplusia
  • Diachrysia
  • Allagrapha

Subtribe Euchalciina Chou & Lu, 1979

  • Euchalcia
  • Desertoplusia
  • Pseudochalcia
  • Polychrysia
  • Chrysanympha
  • Eosphoropteryx
  • Panchrysia
  • Pseudeva
  • Lamprotes
  • Plusidia

Subtribe Exyrina (disputed)

  • Exyra

Subtribe Plusiina Boisduval 1829

  • Autographa
  • Megalographa
  • Lophoplusia
  • Cornutiplusia
  • Syngrapha
  • Anagrapha
  • Plusia
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