The family is conventionally divided into four subfamilies: the Arctiinae;
the Ctenuchinae; the Pericopinae and the Lithosiinae. In the past some authorities
elevated some of these into families in their own right ('Ctenuchidae' etc.). The
recent cladistic
revision of the Arctiidae by Jacobson & Weller (2002) has retained the Lithosiinae as
a 'natural' subfamily of the Arctiidae but has relegated the former 'Pericopinae'
to the status of tribe Pericopini in the subfamily Arctiinae; has split the
former 'Ctenuchinae' into two tribes (the Ctenuchini and Euchromiini) within
the Arctiinae and has divided the former 'Arctiinae' into three (and possibly
more) tribes of the newly-constituted Arctiinae. I retain the old, artificial
classification for now as it is familiar to most workers.
'SUBFAMILIES' present in Belize: (click on link to go to species list for that subfamily)