Herminiinae
Subfamily of moths
The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushrooms of fungi as in the case of genus Idia.
01Taxonomy
The subfamily was previous treated as a separate family, Herminiidae, or as a subfamily of the family Noctuidae. Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Herminiinae are most closely related to the subfamily Aganainae of the Erebidae.
02Genera
Sources and credits
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- Herminia grisealis01.jpg by Unknown author, Attribution
- Drosera. Phalaenophana.jpg by Beatriz Moisset, CC BY-SA 4.0
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