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Checklist for Subfamily Calpinae Boisduval, 1840 (Fruit-piercing Moths)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2170
8011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2168
8008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
2164
8002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
28
1453
6124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
23
1331
5721
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
8
702
2735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
355
1493
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCalpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths
11
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
11 Genera with 35 Species
Eudocima Billberg, 20165SpeciesTaxom
Hemiceratoides Strand, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Hondryches Nye, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Maxera Walker, 18585SpeciesTaxom
Ogovia Holland, 18923SpeciesTaxom
Oraesia Guenée, 19099SpeciesTaxom
Phlogochroa Hampson, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Plusiodonta Guenée, 18747SpeciesTaxom
Polydesma Boisduval, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Pseudogiria Berio, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Tatorinia Butler, 18741SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
35 Species and 1 Subspecies
Eudocima (Elygea) materna Linnaeus, 1767Dot underwing moth
Eudocima (Othreis) phalonia Linnaeus, 1763
Eudocima afrikana Borth & Kons, 2022
Eudocima divitiosa Walker, 1869
Eudocima lequeuxi Brou & Zilli, 2016
Hemiceratoides ornithopotis Zilli, Barbu..., 2024
Hemiceratoides thisbe Fawcett, 1918
Hondryches phalaeniformis Guenée, 1852
Maxera brachypecten Hampson, 1926
Maxera marchalii Boisduval, 1833
Maxera marmorea (Boisduval;, 1833)⇒ Megalonycta forsteri Laporte, 1979
Maxera melanocephala (Boisduval;, 1833)⇒ Megalonycta forsteri Laporte, 1979
Maxera nigriceps (Walker, 1858)⇒ Maxera marchalii Boisduval, 1833
Ogovia aliena Holland, 1920
Ogovia pudens Holland, 1894
Ogovia tavetensis Holland, 1892
Oraesia alliciens (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794
Oraesia camaguina (Swinhoe, 1918)⇒ Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794
Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794Small oresia
Oraesia emarginata defreinai Behounek, Ha..., 2010
Oraesia intrusa Krüger, 1939
Oraesia metallescens (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794
Oraesia provocans Walker, 1857
Oraesia tentans (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794
Oraesia wintgensi Strand, 1909
Phlogochroa albiguttula Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta basirhabdota Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta chalcomera Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta commoda Walker, 1865
Plusiodonta macra Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta megista Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta speciosissima Holland, 1894
Plusiodonta wahlbergi Felder & Rog..., 1874
Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833Monkeypod Moth
Pseudogiria polita Berio, 1965
Tatorinia fumipennis Felder & Rog..., 1874

Subnodes of Calpinae with occurrences in Kenya
TribeCalpini
Boisduval, 1840
3
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOphiderini
Guenée, 1852
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Calpinae at artfakta.se
Calpinae at dyntaxa.se
Calpinae at itis.gov