Family HERMINIIDAE
Compiler and date details
January 2012 - Robyn Meier, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
Introduction
[After Edwards 1996: 289]
The Herminiidae have long been recognised as a subfamily of the Noctuidae although Hampson place them in the Hypeninae. Their position was discussed by Kitching (1984) who regarded them as a family. Dugdale (1988) suggested that the presence and form of the prespiracular tympanal hood should be examined closely in many genera. Some North America species have been discussed by Forbes (1954) and the Japanese fauna by Owada (1987). The Australia species have never been listed or revised.
General References
Dugdale, J.S. 1988. Lepidoptera annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand 14: 1-262
Forbes, W.T.M. 1954. Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states. Part 3. Noctuidae. Memoirs of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station 329: 1-433
Kitching, I.J. 1984. An historical review of the higher classification of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 49: 153-234
Owada, M. 1987. A taxonomic study of the subfamily Herminiinae of Japan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Tokyo : National Science Museum, 208 pp.