Xyleninae

Xyleninae
Triangle moth owls ( Pseudeustrotia candidula )
Systematics
Superordinate : New winged wing (Neoptera) Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera) Subordination : Glossata Superfamily : Noctuoidea Family : Owl butterfly (Noctuidae) Subfamily : Xyleninae
Scientific name
Xyleninae
Guenée , 1852

The Xyleninae are a species and generic subfamily of the owl butterflies (Noctuidae). The species are predominantly nocturnal ( moths ) and distributed worldwide.

features

The species cannot currently be represented as a monophyletic taxon by means of a derived characteristic that is exclusively common to them . However, a particular combination of characteristics in the genitals of males and females suggests monophyly.

Occurrence and distribution

The subfamily is common worldwide. The species occur from the tropics to the temperate latitudes . The majority of the species have caterpillars that live on the leaves of the trees. Few species also live on herbaceous plants or drill into the roots of herbaceous plants .

Systematics

The monophyly of the subfamily Xyleninae has not yet been clarified beyond doubt. It could also be paraphyletic . It is divided into eight tribes ; the scope of the tribe is z. In some cases not yet fully clarified:

literature

• Michael Fibiger and Hermann Hacker: Noctuidae Europaeae Volume 9 Amphipyrinae, Condicinae, Eriopinae, Xyleninae (part). 410 pp., Entomological Press, Sorø 2007, ISBN 87-89430-11-5
• Robert W. Poole: The moths of America north of Mexico including Greenland. Fascicle 26.1 Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (part): Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae (part). 249 pp., Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington 1995, ISBN 0-933003-06-4

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