Pygaerinae

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: Notodontidae
Subfamilia: Pygaerinae
Genera: Allata – Bifurcifer – Caschara – Clostera – Closterellus – Closteroides – Coscodaca – Erythroclostera – Ginshachia – Gluphisia – Gonoclostera – Metaschalis – Micromelalopha – Moresa – Pterotes – Pygaera – Rhegmatophila – Rosama – Spatalia – Xenoclostera

Name

Pygaerinae Duponchel, 1845

Type-genus: Pygaera Ochsenheimer, 1810
Synonyms

Melalophinae Grote, 1895 Remarks: Based on an unavailable generic name from a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes (Opinion 97) and therefore invalid. Placed in synonymy by Gaede, 1934: 299
Type genus: (Melalopha Hübner, 1822 = Clostera Samouelle, 1819)
Ichtyurinae Packard, 1895 Placed in synonymy by Schintlmeister, 2008: 9
Type genus: (Ichtyura Hübner, 1819 = Clostera Samouelle, 1819)
Spatalinae Matsumura, 1929 Placed in synonymy by Schintlmeister, 2008: 8.
Type genus: (Spatalia Hübner, 1819)
Gluphislinae Packard, 1895 Placed in synonymy by Schintlmeister, 2008: 8.
Type genus: (Gluphisia Boisduval, 1828)

References

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.
Schintlmeister, A & F.C. Lai, 2001, New and less known Notodontidae from mainland China Neue Entomologische Nachrichten band 50: 1–141.
Schintlmeister, Alexander, 2008, Palaearctic Macrolepidoptera Volume 1: 1–482. Notodontidae
Schintlmeister, A., 2013: World Catalogue of Insects: Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera), Volume 11: 1–608.

Pygaerinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae, the silver prominents and relatives. The genus list is preliminary, as not all Notodontidae have been assigned to subfamilies yet.
Genera

Caschara
Clostera
Coscodaca
Ginshachia
Ginshachia bronacha
Ginshachia gemmifera
Gonoclostera
Gluphisia
Metaschalis
Micromelalopha
Pterotes
Pygaera
Rhegmatophila
Rosama
Spatalia
Spatalia argentina