Metoponiinae
Metoponiinae is a subfamily of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are about 16 genera and more than 70 described species in Metoponiinae.[1][2][3][4]
| Metoponiinae | |
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| Cydosia aurivitta, Texas | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea | 
| Family: | Noctuidae | 
| Subfamily: | Metoponiinae Herrich-Schäffer, 1851  | 

Panemeria tenebrata, Belgium

Azenia obtusa, Oklahoma
Genera
    
These 16 genera belong to the subfamily Metoponiinae:
- Aegle Hübner, 1823
 - Axenus Grote, 1873
 - Azenia Grote, 1882
 - Cydosia Duncan & Westwood, 1841
 - Epharmottomena John, 1909
 - Flammona Walker, 1863
 - Haemerosia Boisduval, 1840
 - Metaponpneumata Möschler, 1890
 - Metopoplus Christoph, 1893
 - Mycteroplus Herrich-Schaffer, 1850
 - Panemeria Hübner, 1823
 - Pinacoplus Hampson, 1910
 - Proschaliphora Hampson, 1901
 - Sexserrata Barnes & Benjamin, 1922
 - Synthymia Hübner, 1823
 - Tristyla Smith, 1893
 
References
    
- "Metoponiinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
 - "Metoponiinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
 - Wagner, David L.; Keegan, Kevin; Bugh, Valerie G. (2019). "A Tale of Two Caterpillars and Reclassification of Cerathosia Smith and Cydosia Duncan [& Westwood] (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 73 (1). doi:10.18473/lepi.73i1.a1.
 - Keegan, Kevin; Rota, Jadranka; Zahiri, Reza; Zilli, Alberto; et al. (2021). "Toward a Stable Global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Taxonomy". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab005.
 
Further reading
    
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
 
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