Dioptini
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A diverse, almost exclusively neotropical tribe containing many species with wing patterns mimicking those of butterflies, Arctiidae and Geometridae.Characteristics
Although the tribe is clearly monophyletic based upon the structure of the thoracic tympanal organ and other structures, Miller (2009) was unable to discover any uniquely derived and unreversed synapomorphy uniting the Dioptini. He notes two features shared by several genera within the tribe: long, sickle-shaped labial palpae, and the presence of male forewing stridulatory organs. However, both of these features are scattered among diverse genera. He suggests the presence of curled or curved setae on the abdominal venter of the pupa as a potential synapomorphy for the tribe, but immature stages are known for so few taxa that this remains a speculation.
Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Hypothesis of relationships based on Miller's (2009) cladistic analysis of morphological characters of exemplar taxa, with some taxa not included in that analysis added at their presumptive positions based on the discussion in the text.References
Miller, JS. 2009. Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 321, 1-971 + 48 plates.
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- First online 21 June 2010
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Miller, James S. and Andrew V. Z. Brower. 2010. Dioptini http://tolweb.org/Dioptini/138593/2010.07.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
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