Erebinae

18. Erebinae View in CoL View at ENA

Erebinae (sensu Lafontaine & Fibiger 2006) View in CoL include Acantolipini, Anydrophilini, Arytrurini, Audeini, Catephiini, Catocalini , Cocytiini, Ctenusini, Ercheiini, Erebini, Euclidini, Hulodini, Hypopyrini, Melipotini, Ommatophorini, Omopterini, Ophiusini, Pandesmini, Pericimini, Poaphilini, Scodionygini, Sypnini, Thermesiini ( Holloway 2011, Zahiri et al. 2012, Homziak et al. 2016).

Adult characters. The subfamily is characterised by a smooth, rather nodulose, apex to the proboscis, with all the styloconic sensilla situated dorsally; reduction and cleavage into two lobes of the seventh sternite of the female genitalia, with the ostium bursae moved forward into the cleft between the lobes (Speidel et al. 1997; Zahiri et al. 2012)

Larval characters. A distinctive ‘ophiusine’ type of semi-looper larva is characterized by its slender and somewhat streamlined body, featuring a pair of dorsolateral tubercles on the eighth abdominal segment, and frequently displaying black markings between the abdominal prolegs. The pupa typically exhibits a waxy coating.

Diversity and distribution. More than 10,000 species are known worldwide and 285 species in 83 genera are reported from India.