Dioptinae
| Dioptinae | |
|---|---|
| Dioptis cyma, the type species of the tribe Dioptini | |
| Josia ligula, the type species of the tribe Josiini | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Dioptinae Walker, 1862 |
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Dioptinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae.
The Dioptinae are an almost exclusively neotropical group of day-flying moths. Many of these exhibit bright wing coloration and are involved in mimicry rings with butterflies (especially Ithomiini) and moths of the subfamilies Sterrhinae and Arctiinae. Unusually for the Notodontidae, the Dioptinae adults are largely diurnal.
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