Biology:Thyatirinae

Short description: Hook-tip moth subfamily comprising the false owlets

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

Euthyatira lorata

The Thyatirinae, or false owlet moths, 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.

References

• Beccaloni, George, ed. "Search Results Subfamily Thyatirinae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/search/list/?indexed_from=1&page_no=1&subfamily=Thyatirinae&page_size=500. 
• 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.

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