The Thyatirinae, or false owlet moths,[1] are a subfamily of the moth family Drepanidae with about 200 species described. Until recently, most classifications treated this group as a separate family called Thyatiridae.[2]

Thyatirinae
Achlya flavicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Subfamily: Thyatirinae
Smith, 1893
Synonyms
  • Cymatophoridae Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
Euthyatira lorata

Taxonomy

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References

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  1. ^ "Family Drepanidae (Hooktip and False Owlet Moths)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Subfamily Thyatirinae - False Owlet Moths - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  • Beccaloni, George; et al. (eds.). "Search Results Subfamily Thyatirinae". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Lane, M.A., 1973: A new genus and species of Ethiopian Thyatiridae (Lepidoptera). Journal of Natural History 7 (3): 267–272. Abstract: doi:10.1080/00222937300770221.
  • László Gy.M. & Ronkay G., 2000: New Epipsestis Matsumura, 1921 species (Lepidoptera, Thyatiridae) from Vietnam and from Nepal. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 46(4): 337–349.
  • László Gy.M. & Ronkay G., 2000: Species of the genus Epipsestis Matsumura, 1921 in Taiwan, with the descriptions of three new taxa (Lepidoptera, Thyatiridae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural. Science 12: 75–92.
  • László Gy.M. & Ronkay G. & Ronkay L., 2001: Taxonomic studies on the Eurasian Thyatiridae. Revision of Wernya Yoshimoto, 1987 generic complex and the genus Takapsestis Matsumura, 1933 (Lepidoptera). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 47(1): 27–85.
  • Laszlo, Gy. M.; G. Ronkay; L. Ronkay & T. Witt, 2007, Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Band 13: 1-683 [1]
  • Yoshimoto, H., 1983: On a new genus for Polyploca nigripunctata Warren, 1915, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae). Tinea 11 (14): 125–132.