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Checklist for Tribe Calpini Boisduval, 1840
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
435
15998
93602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
4923
29836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
4919
29827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
83
4908
29785
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
30
3088
21330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
24
2761
19757
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
8
1593
10551
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
686
5296
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCalpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths
25
141
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeCalpini
Boisduval, 1840
6
44
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Africa
6 Genera with 44 Species
Africalpe Krüger, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Ferenta Walker, 17821SpeciesTaxom
Oraesia Guenée, 190916SpeciesTaxom
Plusiodonta Guenée, 187416SpeciesTaxom
Polydesma Boisduval, 183311SpeciesTaxom
Wolframmeyia Behounek, Ha..., 19101SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
44 Species and 2 Subspecies
Africalpe vagabunda Swinhoe, 1884
Ferenta stolliana Stoll, 1782
Oraesia (Fawcetticana) cerne Fawcett, 1916
Oraesia albescens Seitz, 1940
Oraesia alliciens (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794
Oraesia camaguina (Swinhoe, 1918)⇒ Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794
Oraesia cuprea (Mabille, 1880)⇒ Oraesia provocans Walker, 1857
Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794Small oresia
Oraesia emarginata defreinai Behounek, Ha..., 2010
Oraesia emarginata malgassica Hacker & Leg..., 2013
Oraesia intrusa Krüger, 1939
Oraesia malgassica Hacker & Leg..., 2013
Oraesia metallescens (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794
Oraesia pierronii Mabille, 1880
Oraesia provocans Walker, 1857
Oraesia tentans (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794
Oraesia triobliqua Saalmüller, 1880
Oraesia wintgensi Strand, 1909
Plusiodonta achalcea Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta basirhabdota Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta chalcomera Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta cobaltina Viette, 1956
Plusiodonta commoda Walker, 1865
Plusiodonta euchalcia Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta excavata Guenée, 1862
Plusiodonta gueneei Viette, 1968
Plusiodonta ionochrota Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta macra Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta malagasy Viette, 1968
Plusiodonta megista Hampson, 1926
Plusiodonta natalensis Walker, 1865
Plusiodonta nictites Hampson, 1902
Plusiodonta speciosissima Holland, 1894
Plusiodonta wahlbergi Felder & Rog..., 1874
Polydesma boarmoides Guenée, 1852Moth
Polydesma collusoria Berio, 1954
Polydesma hildebrandti Viette, 1967
Polydesma landula (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
Polydesma mahafaly Viette, 1970
Polydesma quercii (Berio, 1941)⇒ Polydesma smithii Holland, 1897
Polydesma sagulata Wallengren, 1875
Polydesma scriptilis Guenée, 1852
Polydesma sexmaculata Berio, 1971
Polydesma smithii Holland, 1897
Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833Monkeypod Moth
Wolframmeyia imperialis Grünberg, 1910


Links, sources and further information
Calpini at itis.gov