Syntomini

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| image_caption = Amata phegea, the nine-spotted moth

| taxon = Syntomini

| authority = Herrich-Schäffer, 1846

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The Syntomini are a tribe of 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 subfamily Ctenuchinae of the family Arctiidae.

The wingspan of a Syntomini is about 11-14 millimeters. Their abdomen can either be completely yellow or be black with a band of yellow around it.{{Cite journal|last=Przybyłowicz|first=Łukasz|last2=Morek|first2=Witold|last3=Byun|first3=Bong-Kyu|date=September 2016|title=Taxonomic review of the tribe Syntomini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Korea|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1226861516301935|journal=Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology|language=en|volume=19|issue=3|pages=785–791|doi=10.1016/j.aspen.2016.07.010|url-access=subscription}}

Genera

The following genera are included in the tribe.

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References

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Category:Arctiinae

Category:Moth tribes

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