Catocalini

{{Short description|Tribe of moths}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image =Spiloloma_lunilinea.jpg

| image_caption = Spiloloma lunilinea

|taxon= Catocalini

|authority= Boisduval, [1828]

| synonyms =

  • Catocalina

}}

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The Catocalini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae.{{cite journal|last1=Zahiri|first1=Reza|title=Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)|journal=Systematic Entomology|date=2011|doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x|display-authors=etal|volume=37|pages=102–124|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|last1=Lafontaine|first1=Donald|last2=Schmidt|first2=Christian|title=Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico|journal=ZooKeys|date=19 Mar 2010|issue=40 |page=26|doi=10.3897/zookeys.40.414|url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2182|ref=L&S2010|doi-access=free|bibcode=2010ZooK...40....1L }} Adults of many species in the tribe are called underwing moths due to their vividly colored hindwings that are often covered by contrastingly dark, drab forewings.

Taxonomy

The tribe is most closely related to the tribe Audeini, also within the Erebinae.

Genera

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Former genera

References

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Category:Erebinae

Category:Moth tribes

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