Ophiusina
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The Ophiusina are a noctuid
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....

 ("owlet") moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 subtribe of the Catocalinae
Catocalinae
Catocalinae is a subfamily of moth family Erebidae . Many of the species are large compared to other noctuids in temperate zones, and have brightly colored backwings....

 subfamily. They belong to the tribe
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...

 Catocalini
Catocalini
The Catocalini are a noctuid moth tribe, the largest in the Catocalinae subfamily. Most subtribes are small, but some—such as the Toxocampina and the Ophiusina—contain many genera....

, the largest in their family. As numerous catocaline genera have not yet been assigned to a tribe, the genus list should be considered preliminary.
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