Family: Erebidae

No subfamily

Subfamily Aganainae

Subfamily Arctiinae

Tiger moths, wasp moths, footmen – Labial palpi usually short and upturned, proboscis often short or absent. The orange-yellow, red and black colours of many moths in this subfamily are a warning to predators that they are poisonous. Caterpillars are hairy and, when disturbed, roll into a spiral. Also, when disturbed, some emit a pungent secretion.

Subfamily Boletobiinae

Subfamily Calpinae

Subfamily Erebinae

Subfamily Hermiinae

Subfamily Hypeninae

Subfamily Hypocalinae

Subfamily Lymantriinae

Subfamily Scoliopteryginae

Subfamily Toxocampinae