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Checklist for Subfamily Agaristinae Boisduval, 1833 (Forester Moths)
and region Uganda (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
395
5093
15214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
266
4282
13815
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
62
1798
6870
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
62
1797
6869
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
61
1796
6868
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
24
1253
5484
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
19
1157
5269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
5
621
2103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
194
535
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAgaristinae
Boisduval, 1833
Forester Moths
14
52
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Uganda
14 Genera with 52 Species
Aegocera Latreille, 18825SpeciesTaxom
Agoma Kiriakoff, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Apaegocera Hampson, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Charitosemia Kiriakoff, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Crameria Hübner, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Heraclia Hübner, 189029SpeciesTaxom
Massaga Walker, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Metagarista Walker, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Mitrophrys Karsch, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Omphaloceps Hampson, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Paraegocera Hampson, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotuerta Kiriakoff, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Rothia Westwood, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Schausia Karsch, 19631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Uganda
52 Species
Aegocera fervida (Walker, 1854)⇒ Aegoceropsis fervida Walker, 1854
Aegocera obliqua Mabille, 1893
Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
Aegocera remutata Jordan, 1913
Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882)⇒ Polacanthopoda tigrina Druce, 1882
Agoma trimenii Felder, 1874Trimen's false tiger
Apaegocera aurantipennis Hampson, 1912
Charitosemia geraldi Kirby, 1896
Crameria amabilis Drury, 1773
Heraclia aemulatrix Westwood, 1881
Heraclia africana Butler, 1875
Heraclia aisha Kirby, 1891
Heraclia atrifusa Hampson, 1912
Heraclia campala (Strand, 1912)⇒ Heraclia aemulatrix Westwood, 1881
Heraclia deficiens Mabille & Vu..., 1892
Heraclia diffusa (Jordan, 1913)⇒ Heraclia hornimani Druce, 1880
Heraclia doenitzi (Grunberg, 1910)⇒ Heraclia longipennis Walker, 1854
Heraclia duplicata Stoneham, 1963
Heraclia euphemia (Stoll, 1782)⇒ Heraclia geryon Fabricius, 1781
Heraclia geryon Fabricius, 1781
Heraclia gruenbergi Wichgraf, 1911
Heraclia hornimani Druce, 1880
Heraclia hypercompoides Butler, 1895
Heraclia jacksoni Kiriakoff, 1975
Heraclia karschi Holland, 1897
Heraclia longipennis Walker, 1854
Heraclia minchini (Hampson, 1907)⇒ Heraclia hornimani Druce, 1880
Heraclia monslunensis Hampson, 1901
Heraclia partita Stoneham, 1963
Heraclia perdix Druce, 1887
Heraclia perpallida Jordan, 1913
Heraclia poggei Dewitz, 1879
Heraclia ruwensorica Strand, 1912
Heraclia superba Butler, 1875
Heraclia thruppi Butler, 1886
Heraclia transiens Jordan, 1913
Heraclia ugandana (Jordan, 1913)⇒ Heraclia superba Butler, 1875
Heraclia xanthopyga Mabille, 1890
Massaga hesparia Cramer, 1775
Massaga maritona Butler, 1868
Metagarista maenas Herrich-Schä..., 1853
Metagarista triphaenoides Walker, 1854
Mitrophrys ansorgei Rothschild, 1897
Mitrophrys magna Walker, 1854Velda Pinemoth
Mitrophrys menete Cramer, 1775Chinati Sheepmoth
Mitrophrys mesia (Jordan, 1913)⇒ Mitrophrys menete Cramer, 1775
Omphaloceps mariae (Swinhoe, 1904)⇒ Omphaloceps triangularis Mabille, 1893
Omphaloceps triangularis Mabille, 1893
Paraegocera confluens Weymer, 1892
Pseudotuerta argyrochlora Carcasson, 1964
Rothia rhaeo Druce, 1894
Schausia greenawayi Stoneham, 1963


Links, sources and further information
Agaristinae at itis.gov