Erebidae

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Erebidae
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta) Superordinate : New winged wing (Neoptera) Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera) Subordination : Glossata Superfamily : Noctuoidea Family : Erebidae
Scientific name
Erebidae

The quadrifine wing veining using the example of the black L ( Arctornis l-nigrum ). The branch marked with a circle marks the difference to the butterflies of the Noctuidae family, which lack this division of the cubital vein (Cu) and which therefore only show three terminal branches.

Laspeyria flexula (sickle owl)

Scoliopteryx libatrix (ragged owl, also called crab soup)

Parasemia plantaginis (plantain bear)

The Erebidae are a butterfly family from the superfamily of the Noctuoidea . The Erebidae were regarded as a subfamily of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae) until 2005 , but have been recognized almost consistently as a family since then. It contains almost all owl butterflies with quadrifin wing veins. This includes the smallest as well as the largest owl butterflies. According to the number of species, this family is the most species-rich among the butterflies.

Quadrifine wing veins

Almost all moths of the Erebidae family have wing veins called quadrifin . The cubital vein divides three times in the Erebidae and thus reaches four terminal branches. This differs their wing veins from those of the moths of the Noctuidae family, which only show three terminal branches. Their wing veins are called trifin .

Molecular genetic analysis

In 2010 and 2011, two molecular genetic studies were published that confirmed the division of the Noctuoidea into the two families Erebidae and Noctuidae .

Systematics

• Aganainae
• Anobinae
• Arctiinae (bear moth) see main article Arctiinae
  • Arctiini (tribe)
  • Lithosiini (tribe)
  • Syntomini (tribe)
• Boletobiinae
  • Boletobiini (tribe)
  • Aventiini (tribe)
• Calpinae
  • Calyptra
    • Calyptra eustrigata
    • Calyptra minuticornis
    • Calyptra orthograpta
    • Calyptra labilis
• Erebinae (ribbons)
• Owlepidotinae
• Herminiinae
  • Arched tension owl ( Herminia grisealis )
  • Brown- striped tension owl ( Herminia tarsicrinalis )
  • Dark-brown tension owl ( Idia calvaria )
  • Steppe heather tension owl ( Pechipogo plumigeralis )
  • Palm Tension Owl ( Polypogon tentacularia )
  • Olive-brown common owl ( Herminia tarsipennalis )
  • Rock Flurry Owl ( Zanclognatha zelleralis )
• Hypeninae
  • Blueberry-beaked owl ( Hypena crassalis )
  • Pre-alpine beaked owl ( Hypena obesalis )
  • Nettle-beaked owl ( Hypena proboscidalis )
  • Hop borer owl ( Hypena rostralis )
• Hypenodinae
• Hypocalinae
• Lymantriinae (carrier moth)
• Pangraptinae
• Rivulinae
  • Silk owl ( Rivula sericealis )
• Scolecocampinae
• Scotopteryginae
  • Ragged owl , also called "crab soup" ( Scotopteryx libatrix )
• Tinoliinae
• Toxocampinae

Web links

Commons : Erebidae  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Axel Steiner, Ulrich Ratzel, Morten Top-Jensen, Michael Fibinger: Die Nachtfalter Deutschlands - Ein Feldführer . BugBook Publishing, Oestermarie, Denmark 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-043862-2 , p. 877 .
2. ↑ Zahiri, R .; Kitching, IJ; Lafontaine, JD; Mutanen, M .; Kaila, L .; Holloway, JD and Wahlberg, N. A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) In: Zoologica Scripta Volume = 40, number = 1, 2010, pp. 158-173; doi = 10.1111 / j.1463-6409.2010.00459.x
3. ↑ Zahiri, R .; Holloway, J .; Kitching, IJ; Lafontaine, JD; Mutanen, M. & Wahlberg, N. Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) In: Systematic Entomology Volume = 37, number = 1, 2011, pp. 102-124, DOI = 10.1111 / j.1365-3113.2011.00607. x.