Dioptinae

Dioptinae
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Dioptis cyma, the type species of the tribe Dioptini
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Josia ligula, the type species of the tribe Josiini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Subfamily:	Dioptinae Walker, 1862
Genera
See text

Dioptinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae.

The Dioptinae are an almost exclusively neotropical group of day-flying moths, many of which exhibit bright wing coloration and are involved in mimicry rings with butterflies (especially Ithomiini) and moths of the Sterrhinae subfamily and Arctiidae family.

Taxonomy

The subfamily was formerly placed in a separate family (Dioptidae). Furthermore, the tribe Josiini has been treated as a family (Josiidae) by Piepers & Snellen in 1900 and as a subfamily (Josiinae) by Kiriakoff in 1950.

Genera

• Tribe Josiini Miller & Otero, 1994
  • Caribojosia
  • Ephialtias
  • Getta
  • Josia
  • Lyces
  • Notascea
  • Phavaraea
  • Phintia
  • Polyptychia
  • Proutiella
  • Scea
• Tribe Dioptini Minet, 1983
  • Anticoreura
  • Argentala
  • Brachyglene
  • Cacolyces
  • Chrysoglossa
  • Cleptophasia
  • Dioptis
  • Dolophrosyne
  • Erbessa
  • Eremonidia
  • Eremonidiopsis
  • Euchontha
  • Hadesina
  • Isostyla
  • Momonipta
  • Monocreaga
  • Nebulosa
  • Oricia
  • Pareuchontha
  • Phaeochlaena
  • Phanoptis
  • Phryganidia
  • Pikroprion
  • Polypoetes
  • Pseudoricia
  • Sagittala
  • Scotura
  • Scoturopsis
  • Stenoplastis
  • Tithraustes
  • Xenomigia
  • Xenorma
  • Xenormicola
• Unplaced
  • ‘‘Thirmida’’ venusta

External links

• Subfamily info