| Syntomini | |
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| Amata phegea, the nine-spotted moth | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Syntomini Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 |
The Syntomini are a tribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The tribe was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1846.
Taxonomy
The tribe used to be classified in the former subfamily Ctenuchinae of the former family Arctiidae.
The wingspan of a typical syntomine is about 11-14 millimeters. Their abdomen is commonly either completely yellow, or black with one or more bands of yellow.1
Genera
The following genera are included in the tribe.
- Amata Fabricius, 1807 [=*Syntomis Ochsenheimer, 1808 type genus]
- Anapisa Kiriakoff, 1952
- Apisa Walker, 1855
- Auriculoceryx Holloway, 1988
- Automolis Hübner, 1819
- Balacra Walker, 1856
- Bergeria Kiriakoff, 1952
- Cacosoma (Boisduval, 1847)
- Caeneressa Obraztsov, 1957
- Ceryx Wallengren, 1863
- Dubianaclia Griveaud, 1964
- Dysauxes Hübner, [1819]
- Eressa Walker, 1854
- Fletcherinia Griveaud, 1964
- Gippius Walker, 1855
- Hippurarctia Kiriakoff, 1953
- Maculonaclia Griveaud, 1964
- Meganaclia Aurivillius, 1892
- Melanonaclia Griveaud, 1964
- Melisa Walker, 1854
- Melisoides Strand, 1912
- Metamicroptera Hulstaert, 1923
- Metarctia Walker, 1855
- Microbergeria Kiriakoff, 1972
- Micronaclia Hampson, 1898
- Nacliodes Strand, 1912
- Neobalacra Kiriakoff, 1952
- Neophemula Kiriakoff, 1957
- Oligamatites Kusnetzov, 1928
- Owambarctia Kiriakoff, 1957
- Paramelisa Aurivillius, 1906
- Pseudmelisa Hampson, 1910
- Pseudodiptera Kaye, 1918
- Pseudonaclia Butler, 1876
- Pseudothyretes Dufrane, 1945
- Rhipidarctia Kiriakoff, 1953
- Soganaclia Griveaud, 1964
- Stictonaclia Hampson, 1898
- Streptophlebia Hampson, 1898
- Syntomoides Hampson, 1893
- Tenuinaclia Griveaud, 1964
- Thyrosticta Hampson, 1898
- Thyretes Boisduval, 1847
- Toulgoetinaclia Griveaud, 1964
- Trichaetoides Holloway, 1988
- Tritonaclia Hampson, 1898
- Tsarafidynia Griveaud, 1964
- Tsirananaclia Griveaud, 1964
- Vadonaclia Griveaud, 1964
- Vitronaclia Griveaud, 1964 (may be a synonym of Amata)
References
References
- Przybyłowicz, Łukasz; Morek, Witold; Byun, Bong-Kyu (September 2016). "Taxonomic review of the tribe Syntomini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Korea". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 19 (3): 785–791. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2016.07.010.