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Litter moth

Herminiinae
Herminia grisealis01.jpg
Herminia grisealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Leach, 1815
Synonyms
  • Herminiidae

The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the Erebidae family. The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves.

The subfamily was previous treated as a separate family, Herminiidae, or as a subfamily of the Noctuidae family. Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Herminiinae are most closely related to the Aganainae subfamily of the Erebidae.

Bleptina caradrinalis

Chytolita morbidalis

Herminia grisealis

Idia americalis

Palthis angulalis

Phalaenophana pyramusalis

Polypogon tentacularius

Renia discoloralis

Zanclognatha protumnusalis


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