Subfamily

Arctiinae (Tiger moths and allies)

Hyphantria cunea. Photo: (c) krancmm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The Erebidae are a family of moths in the Noctuoidea superfamily. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (Catocala); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth (Gynaephora groenlandica); piercing moths (Calpinae and others); micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common…

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