Herminiinae

The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae.^[1] The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushrooms of fungi as in the case of genus Idia.

Herminiinae
Herminia grisealis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Herminiinae Leach, 1815
Synonyms
Herminiidae

Taxonomy

The subfamily was previous treated as a separate family, Herminiidae, or as a subfamily of the family Noctuidae. Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Herminiinae are most closely related to the subfamily Aganainae of the Erebidae.^[2]

Phalaenophana caught by Drosera filiformis.

Genera

• Aristaria
• Bleptina
• Carteris
• Chytolita
• Drepanopalpia
• Herminia
• Hydrillodes
• Hypenula
• Idia
• Lascoria
• Kyneria
• Macristis
• Macrochilo
• Nodaria
• Orectis
• Palthis
• Paracolax
• Phalaenophana
• Phalaenostola
• Phlyctaina
• Physula
• Polypogon
• Reabotis
• Redectis
• Rejectaria
• Renia
• Simplicia
• Tetanolita
• Zanclognatha

Example species

• 
  Bleptina caradrinalis
• 
  Chytolita morbidalis
• 
  Herminia grisealis
• 
  Idia americalis
• 
  Palthis angulalis
• 
  Phalaenophana pyramusalis
• 
  Polypogon tentacularius
• 
  Renia discoloralis
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  Zanclognatha protumnusalis