Pericopina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia:Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Pericopina
Genera: Antiotricha – Are – Calodesma – Chetone – Composia – Crocomela – Ctenuchidia – Cyanarctia – Didaphne – Dysschema – Ephestris – Episcea – Euchlaenidia – Eucyane – Gnophaela – Heliactinidia – Hyalurga – Hypocrita – Isostola – Josiomorpha – Josiomorphoides – Mesenochroa – Myserla – Netoche – Notophyson – Phaloe – Phaloesia – Pseudophaloe – Pteroodes – Sagaropsis – Scearctia – Sphaeromachia – Sthenognatha – Syntomidopsis – Thermidarctia – Thyrgis – Xanthocrita – Xenosoma – Zigira
Name

Pericopina Walker, 1869
Synonyms

Pericopinae Walker, 1869

References

Becker, V.O., 2013: Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 46: 53–66. Abstract and full article: [1].
Dowdy, N.J., Keating, S., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Conner, W.E., Chialvo, C.H.S., Weller, S.J., Simmons, R.B., Sisson, M.S. & Zaspel, J.M. 2020. A deeper meaning for shallow-level phylogenomic studies: nested anchored hybrid enrichment offers great promise for resolving the tiger moth tree of life (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Systematic Entomology 45(4): 874–893. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12433 Reference page.
Lafontaine, J.D. & Fibiger, M. 2006. Revised higher classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). Canadian entomologist 138(5): 610–635. DOI: 10.4039/n06-012 Reference page.
Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2017. An annotated checklist of the Pericopina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Zootaxa 4319(2): 263–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.2. Reference page.
Schmidt, B. Christian & Paul A. Opler, 2008, Rivised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada. Zootaxa 1677: 1–23. [2]
Zaspel, J.M., Weller, S.J., Wardwell, C.T., Zahiri, R. & Wahlberg, N. 2014. Phylogeny and Evolution of Pharmacophagy in Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). PLoS ONE 9(7): e101975. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101975 Reference page.
Zenker, M.M., Wahlberg, N., Brehm, G., Teston, J.A., Przybylowicz, L., Pie, M.R. & Freitas, A.V.L. 2017. Systematics and origin of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) in the Neotropical region. Zoologica scripta 46(3): 348–362. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12202 Reference page.

The Pericopina is a subtribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 1869.
Taxonomy

The subtribe was previously classified as the subfamily Pericopinae of the family Arctiidae.
Selected genera

The following genera are included in the subtribe.[1]

Antiotricha
Are
Calodesma
Chetone
Composia
Crocomela
Ctenuchidia
Cyanarctia
Didaphne
Dysschema
Ephestris
Episcea
Euchlaenidia
Eucyanoides
Gnophaela
Heliactinidia
Hyalurga
Hypocrita
Isostola
Josiomorpha
Josiomorphoides
Mesenochroa
Notophyson
Phaloe
Phaloesia
Pseudophaloe
Pteroodes
Sagaropsis
Scearctia
Seileria
Sermyla
Sthenognatha
Syntomidopsis
Thermidarctia
Thyrgis
Xenosoma

References

Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. (2014). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera Erebidae, Arctiinae)". Zoosystema. 36 (2): 137-533. doi:10.5252/z2014n2a1