| Herminiinae | |
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| Herminia grisealis | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae Leach, 1815 |
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TheHerminiinae are asubfamily ofmoths in the familyErebidae.[1] The members of the subfamily are calledlitter 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 genusIdia.
The subfamily was previous treated as a separate family, Herminiidae, or as a subfamily of the familyNoctuidae.Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Herminiinae are most closely related to the subfamilyAganainae of the Erebidae.[2]
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