Stiriinae is a subfamily of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 20 genera and 130 described species in Stiriinae.
The current classification of Stiriinae is based on phylogenetic research published in 2019 in which the tribe Stiriini was determined to be polyphyletic, with much of its diversity spread among three subfamilies, and a follow-up study in 2021 that found (at the time) non-Stiriinae genera grouped within Stiriinae in phylogenetic analyses. As a result of these studies, the tribe Stiriini was elevated to subfamily status as Stiriiinae, Grotellina, a subtribe of Stiriini before the 2019 study, was elevated to subfamily status as Grotellinae, and various other genera that were found to group in the closely related subfamily Metoponiinae were transferred into it. Stiriini and Annaphilini are now tribes of the currently recognized Stiriinae (with no subtribes within either) containing the majority of genera from the former subtribes Stiriina and Annaphilina that had existed prior to the 2019 study.
Genera These 21 genera belong to the subfamily Stiriinae:
Tribe Annaphilini Annaphila Grote, 1873 Cerathosia Smith, 1887 Tribe Stiriini Grote, 1882 Angulostiria Poole, 1995 Argentostiria Poole, 1995 Basilodes Guenée, 1852 Bistica Dyar, 1912 Chalcopasta Hampson, 1908 Chrysoecia Hampson, 1908 Cirrhophanus Grote, 1872 Cuahtemoca Hogue, 1963 Eulithosia H. Edwards, 1884 Hoplolythrodes Poole, 1995 Lineostriastiria Poole, 1995 Narthecophora Smith, 1900 Neumoegenia Grote, 1882 Plagiomimicus Grote, 1873 Stiria Grote, 1874 Xanthothrix H. Edwards, 1878 Not assigned to a tribe Fala Grote, 1875 Fota Grote, 1882 Stilbia Stephens, 1829
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database