{{Short description|Tribe of moths}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Amata Phegea - nine spotted moth. - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg | image_caption = ''Amata phegea'', the nine-spotted moth | taxon = Syntomini | authority = Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 }}
The '''Syntomini''' are a tribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The tribe was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1846.
==Taxonomy== The tribe used to be classified in the former subfamily Ctenuchinae of the former family Arctiidae.
The wingspan of a typical syntomine is about 11-14 millimeters. Their abdomen is commonly either completely yellow, or black with one or more bands of yellow.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Przybyłowicz|first=Łukasz|last2=Morek|first2=Witold|last3=Byun|first3=Bong-Kyu|date=September 2016|title=Taxonomic review of the tribe Syntomini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Korea|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1226861516301935|journal=Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology|language=en|volume=19|issue=3|pages=785–791|doi=10.1016/j.aspen.2016.07.010|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Genera== The following genera are included in the tribe. {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *''Amata'' <small>Fabricius, 1807 [=*''Syntomis'' <small>Ochsenheimer, 1808</small> type genus]</small> *''Anapisa'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1952</small> *''Apisa'' <small>Walker, 1855</small> *''Auriculoceryx'' <small>Holloway, 1988</small> *''Automolis'' <small>Hübner, 1819</small> *''Balacra'' <small>Walker, 1856</small> *''Bergeria'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1952</small> *''Cacosoma'' <small>(Boisduval, 1847)</small> *''Caeneressa'' <small>Obraztsov, 1957</small> *''Ceryx'' <small>Wallengren, 1863</small> *''Dubianaclia'' <small>Griveaud, 1964</small> *''Dysauxes'' <small>Hübner, [1819]</small> *''Eressa'' <small>Walker, 1854</small> *''Fletcherinia'' <small>Griveaud, 1964</small> *''Gippius'' <small>Walker, 1855</small> *''Hippurarctia'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Maculonaclia'' <small>Griveaud, 1964</small> *''Meganaclia'' <small>Aurivillius, 1892</small> *''Melanonaclia'' <small>Griveaud, 1964</small> *''Melisa'' <small>Walker, 1854</small> *''Melisoides'' <small>Strand, 1912</small> *''Metamicroptera'' <small>Hulstaert, 1923</small> *''Metarctia'' <small>Walker, 1855</small> *''Microbergeria'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1972</small> *''Micronaclia'' <small>Hampson, 1898</small> *''Nacliodes'' <small>Strand, 1912</small> *''Neobalacra'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1952</small> *''Neophemula'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Oligamatites'' <small>Kusnetzov, 1928</small> *''Owambarctia'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1957</small> *''Paramelisa'' <small>Aurivillius, 1906</small> *''Pseudmelisa'' <small>Hampson, 1910</small> *''Pseudodiptera'' <small>Kaye, 1918</small> *''Pseudonaclia'' <small>Butler, 1876</small> *''Pseudothyretes'' <small>Dufrane, 1945</small> *''Rhipidarctia'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> *''Soganaclia'' <small>Griveaud, 1964</small> *''Stictonaclia'' <small>Hampson, 1898</small> *''Streptophlebia'' <small>Hampson, 1898</small> *''Syntomoides'' <small>Hampson, 1893</small> *''Tenuinaclia'' <small>Griveaud, 1964</small> *''Thyrosticta'' <small>Hampson, 1898</small> *''Thyretes'' <small>Boisduval, 1847</small> *''Toulgoetinaclia'' <small>Griveaud, 1964</small> *''Trichaetoides'' <small>Holloway, 1988</small> *''Tritonaclia'' <small>Hampson, 1898</small> *''Tsarafidynia'' <small>Griveaud, 1964</small> *''Tsirananaclia'' <small>Griveaud, 1964</small> *''Vadonaclia'' <small>Griveaud, 1964</small> *''Vitronaclia'' <small>Griveaud, 1964</small> (may be a synonym of ''Amata'')
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==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Syntomini Category:Arctiinae Category:Moth tribes
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