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Checklist for Subfamily Chloephorinae Stainton, 1859 (Chloephorine Moths)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
101
8059
57615
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
99
8043
57561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
96
8020
57386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
32
4987
38775
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
26
4502
35706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
8
2629
19237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNolidae
Hampson, 1894
Hatted Caterpillars, Nolid moths, Tuft moths, Tufted Moths
100
1113
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChloephorinae
Stainton, 1859
Chloephorine Moths
49
281
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
48 Genera with 281 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPST
Acaenica Hampson, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Acripia Walker, 18639SpeciesTaxom
Aiteta Walker, 191214SpeciesTaxom
Apothriguna Berio, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Arcyophora Guenée, 187416SpeciesTaxom
Bena Billberg, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Characoma Walker, 195715SpeciesTaxom
Chlorozada Hampson, 19026SpeciesTaxom
Churia Moore, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Closteromorpha Felder, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Drobeta Walker, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Earias Hübner, 179434SpeciesTaxom
Epigiaura Prout, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Escarpamenta Mey, 20114SpeciesTaxom
Etanna Walker, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Gabala Walker, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Garella Walker, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Giaura Walker, 186310SpeciesTaxom
Goniocalpe Hampson, 19554SpeciesTaxom
Hesperothripa Hampson, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Hypodeva Holland, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Iscadia Walker, 19555SpeciesTaxom
Labanda Walker, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Leocyma Guenée, 18918SpeciesTaxom
Leucophanera Joannis, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Lophocrama Hampson, 18914SpeciesTaxom
Maceda Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Maurilia Möschler, 191540SpeciesTaxom
Microzada Hampson, 19886SpeciesTaxom
Mniothripa Hampson, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Motya Walker, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Nanarhyncha Hampson, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Neaxestis Hampson, 190510SpeciesTaxom
Neonegeta Hampson, 18877SpeciesTaxom
Neostictoptera Druce, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Nolatypa Hampson, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Nycteola Hübner, 19066SpeciesTaxom
Ochrothripa Hampson, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Odontestis Hampson, 19127SpeciesTaxom
Pardasena Walker, 188017SpeciesTaxom
Periplusia Holland, 19644SpeciesTaxom
Petrina1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoips Hubner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Selepa Moore, 191215SpeciesTaxom
Tegena Fletcher, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Tornoconia Berio, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Trogobriga Hampson, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Trogoxestis Hampson, 19111SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
281 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acaenica diaperas Hampson, 1918
Acripia banakana Bryk, 1913
Acripia chloropera Hampson, 1902
Acripia kilimandjaronis Strand, 1915
Acripia leprosa Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acripia marginea (Felder, 1874)⇒ Acripia subolivacea Walker, 1863
Acripia megalesia Viette, 1965
Acripia scapularis Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acripia semiviridis Hampson, 1902
Acripia subolivacea Walker, 1863
Aiteta acutipennis Strand, 1915
Aiteta apicibrunnea Berio, 1964
Aiteta costiplaga Hampson, 1905
Aiteta escalerai Kheil, 1909
Aiteta gamma Hampson, 1905
Aiteta meterythra Hampson, 1905
Aiteta paralella Hampson, 1912
Aiteta parallela
Aiteta pilcherrima
Aiteta pulcherrima Carcasson, 1965
Aiteta schaeferi Bryk, 1913
Aiteta subparalella Berio, 1964
Aiteta thermistis Hampson, 1910
Aiteta veluta Hampson, 1912
Apothriguna legrandi Berio, 1962
Arcyophora amydropoliata Hacker, 2013
Arcyophora apicalis (Walker, 1865)⇒ Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
Arcyophora clathrimaculata (Strand, 1908)⇒ Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
Arcyophora dives Butler, 1898
Arcyophora elegantula Grünberg, 1910
Arcyophora endoglauca Hampson, 1910
Arcyophora ledereri Wallengren, 1863
Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
Arcyophora nudipes Wallengren, 1856
Arcyophora patricula Hampson, 1902
Arcyophora polla Schaus, 1893
Arcyophora riggenbachi (Bryk, 1913)⇒ Arcyophora patricula Hampson, 1902
Arcyophora somnambula (Bryk, 1913)⇒ Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
Arcyophora stalii Wallengren, 1863
Arcyophora verticalis (Berio, 1944)⇒ Arcyophora longivalvis Guenée, 1852
Arcyophora zanderi Felder & Rog..., 1874
Bena bicolorana (Fuessly, 1775)⇒ Bena prasinana Linnaeus, 1758
Characoma adiabunensis Berio, 1940
Characoma canofusa Hampson, 1905
Characoma casuaria Wileman & West, 1929
Characoma docilis Butler, 1881
Characoma ferrigrisea Hampson, 1905
Characoma melanographa Hampson, 1918
Characoma micropuncta Berio, 1957
Characoma miophora Hampson, 1912
Characoma nigricollaris Hampson, 1918
Characoma nilotica (Rogenhofer, 1882)⇒ Garella nilotica Rogenhover, 1882
Characoma pica Strand, 1918
Characoma sexilinea Bethune-Baker, 1909
Characoma stictigrapta Hampson, 1914Cacao pod borer
Characoma submediana Wiltshire, 1986
Characoma triangulum Berio, 1957
Chlorozada endophaea Hampson, 1912
Chlorozada esmeralda (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Chlorozada metaleuca Hampson, 1905
Chlorozada metaleuca Hampson, 1905
Chlorozada prasina Hampson, 1912
Chlorozada pyrites Hampson, 1912
Chlorozada verna Hampson, 1902
Churia sudana Wiltshire, 1977
Churia typhla Wiltshire, 1977
Closteromorpha modesta Butler, 1878
Drobeta crepuscula Schaus, 1921
Drobeta exscendens Walker, 1858
Drobeta grandis Schaus, 1911
Earias ansorgei Tams, 1930
Earias anthophilana (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Earias insulana Boisduval, 1833
Earias becqueti Berger, 1953
Earias biplaga Walker, 1866Spiny Bollworm
Earias chlorophyllana Staudinger, 1891
Earias citrina (Saalmüller, 1884)⇒ Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
Earias clorana Linnaeus, 1761Cream-bordered Green Pea
Earias crocea (Walker, 1866)⇒ Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
Earias cupreoviridis Walker, 1862Cotton diamond borer
Earias divisa Warnecke, 1940
Earias fabia (Stoll, 1781)⇒ Earias vittella Fabricius, 1794
Earias frondosana (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Earias insulana Boisduval, 1833
Earias fulvidana (Wallengren, 1863)⇒ Earias cupreoviridis Walker, 1862
Earias fuscociliana (Snellen, 1872)⇒ Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
Earias gigas Berio, 1956
Earias glaucescens Hampson, 1905
Earias ikondae Berio, 1974
Earias insulana Boisduval, 1833Cotton Spotted Bollworm
Earias maculana (Snellen, 1872)⇒ Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
Earias malagasy Viette, 1969
Earias neriana Boisduval, 1833
Earias nubica Strand, 1915
Earias ogovana Holland, 1893
Earias perhuegeli (Holloway, 1977)⇒ Earias huegeliana Holloway, 1977
Earias plaga (Felder, 1874)⇒ Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
Earias richinii Berio, 1940
Earias siliquana (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Earias insulana Boisduval, 1833
Earias simillima (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Earias insulana Boisduval, 1833
Earias smaragdinana (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Earias insulana Boisduval, 1833
Earias tristrigosa (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Earias insulana Boisduval, 1833
Earias uninotata (Walker, 1862)⇒ Earias flavida Felder, 1861
Earias virgula Viette, 1969
Earias vittela
Earias vittella Fabricius, 1794Cotton spotted bollworm
Epigiaura trachylepis Prout, 1927
Escarpamenta abyssinica Hacker, 2013
Escarpamenta damarana Mey, 2011
Escarpamenta damarana abyssinica Hacker, 2013
Escarpamenta damarana damarana Mey, 2011
Etanna breviuscula Walker, 1863Pigeonpea Pod Borer
Gabala grjebinella Viette, 1956
Garella basalis Berio, 1966
Garella nephelota Hampson, 1912
Garella nilotica Rogenhover, 1882Black-olive Caterpillar
Garella nubilosa Hampson, 1912
Giaura arethusa (Fawcett, 1918)⇒ Calathusa basicunea Walker, 1858
Giaura bostrycodes Bethune-Baker, 1911
Giaura brunneana Berio, 1974
Giaura dakkaki Wiltshire, 1986
Giaura fumata Berio, 1974
Giaura idioptila D.S. Fletcher, 1963
Giaura leucotis Hampson, 1905
Giaura lia A.E. Prout, 1927
Giaura plumbeofusa Hampson, 1920
Giaura repletana Walker, 1863
Goniocalpe heteromorpha Hampson, 1920
Goniocalpe leucotrigona Hampson, 1918
Goniocalpe sericealis Hampson, 1902
Goniocalpe subviolacea Fletcher & V..., 1955
Hesperothripa dicyma Hampson, 1912
Hypodeva barbata Holland, 1894
Hypodeva nocturna Hampson, 1905
Hypodeva superba Druce, 1911
Iscadia aperta Walker, 1857Indian milkweed
Iscadia glaucograpta Hampson, 1912
Iscadia plagosa Rothschild, 1917
Iscadia plumbeomaculata Strand, 1917
Iscadia viettei Berio, 1955
Labanda bryochlora Hampson, 1902
Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852
Leocyma caeca Berio, 1935
Leocyma camilla Druce, 1887
Leocyma candace Fawcett, 1916
Leocyma discophora Hampson, 1912
Leocyma euproctisoides (Walker, 1865)⇒ Leocyma appollinis Guenée, 1852
Leocyma fustina Schaus, 1893
Leocyma vates Saalmüller, 1891
Leucophanera argyrozona de Joannis, 1911
Lophocrama auritincta Hampson, 1905
Lophocrama hemipyria Hampson, 1914
Lophocrama phoenicochlora Hampson, 1912
Lophocrama suavis Saalmüller, 1891
Maceda mansueta Walker, 1858
Maurilia albirivula Hampson, 1905
Maurilia arcuata Walker, 1858
Maurilia arcuataoccidentalis Gaede, 1915
Maurilia arcuataorientalis Gaede, 1915
Maurilia arcuatasignalis Gaede, 1915
Maurilia arcuatasignata Gaede, 1915
Maurilia atrirena Hampson, 1918
Maurilia bifascialis Gaede, 1915
Maurilia bifasciata Gaede, 1915
Maurilia bilineata Gaede, 1915
Maurilia cinereofusca Strand, 1915
Maurilia conjuncta Gaede, 1915
Maurilia cuneatipicta Strand, 1915
Maurilia fuscopicta Strand, 1915
Maurilia griveaudi Viette, 1982
Maurilia heterochroa Hampson, 1905
Maurilia iconica Walker, 1858
Maurilia lubina (Möschler, 1884)⇒ Maurilia arcuata Walker, 1858
Maurilia lubinata Strand, 1915
Maurilia lubinatella Strand, 1915
Maurilia lubinatoides Strand, 1915
Maurilia lubinatula Strand, 1915
Maurilia lunata (Gaede, 1915)⇒ Maurilia heterochroa Hampson, 1905
Maurilia makandro Viette, 1982
Maurilia malgassica Viette, 1965
Maurilia mandraka Viette, 1982
Maurilia mikea Viette, 1982
Maurilia namiongensis Strand, 1915
Maurilia obscura (Berio, 1966)⇒ Maurilia heterochroa Hampson, 1905
Maurilia pallescens Strand, 1915
Maurilia phaea Hampson, 1905
Maurilia purpurea Kenrick, 1917
Maurilia rufirena Hampson, 1918
Maurilia sarice Viette, 1981
Maurilia semicircularis Strand, 1915
Maurilia semiferruginea Strand, 1914
Maurilia semifuscata Strand, 1915
Maurilia suffusa (Gaede, 1915)⇒ Maurilia heterochroa Hampson, 1905
Maurilia umbrata Berio, 1966
Maurilia violitincta Strand, 1915
Microzada amabilis Saalmüller, 1891
Microzada anaemica Hampson, 1912
Microzada areolata Strand, 1917
Microzada similis Berio, 1956
Microzada subrosea A.E. Prout, 1927
Microzada vaovao Viette, 1988
Mniothripa viridisuffusa D.S. Fletcher, 1957
Motya abseuzalis Walker, 1859Poke milkweed
Motya arcuata Schaus, 1910
Motya filifera Walker, 1857
Nanarhyncha nolophaea Hampson, 1918
Neaxestis acutangula Hampson, 1902
Neaxestis aviuncis Wiltshire, 1985
Neaxestis carniola Hampson, 1912
Neaxestis griseata Hampson, 1902
Neaxestis irrorata Hampson, 1910
Neaxestis mesogonia Hampson, 1905
Neaxestis montivalva Wiltshire, 1986
Neaxestis piperita Hampson, 1905
Neaxestis piperitella Strand, 1909
Neaxestis rhoda Hampson, 1905
Neonegeta arboccoae Berio, 1987
Neonegeta atriflava Hampson, 1912
Neonegeta pollusca Schaus, 1893
Neonegeta purpurea Hampson, 1912
Neonegeta trigonica Hampson, 1905
Neonegeta xanthobasis Hampson, 1905
Neonegeta zelia Druce, 1887
Neostictoptera nigropuncta Druce, 1900
Nolatypa phoenicolepia Hampson, 1920
Nycteola columbana Turner, 1925
Nycteola indicatella Berio, 1957
Nycteola luctuosa Walker, 1869
Nycteola malachistis
Nycteola malachitis Hampson, 1912
Nycteola mauritia de Joannis, 1906
Ochrothripa mesopis Hampson, 1918
Odontestis cyphonota Hampson, 1912
Odontestis fuscicona Hampson, 1910
Odontestis mesonephele Bethune-Baker, 1909
Odontestis prostica
Odontestis prosticta Holland, 1894
Odontestis socotrensis Hacker & Sal..., 2010
Odontestis striata Hampson, 1912
Pardasena acronyctella (Walker, 1866)⇒ Pardasena roeselioides Walker, 1858
Pardasena atmocyma D.S. Fletcher, 1961
Pardasena atripuncta Hampson, 1912
Pardasena beauvallonensis Legrand, 1966
Pardasena brunnescens (Hampson, 1905)⇒ Pardasena roeselioides Walker, 1858
Pardasena fletcheri Berio, 1977
Pardasena lativia Hampson, 1912
Pardasena mangifera Tams, 1938
Pardasena melanosticta Hampson, 1912
Pardasena minorella Walker, 1866
Pardasena nigriscripta (Hampson, 1905)⇒ Pardasena virgulana Mabille, 1880
Pardasena nolalana Berio, 1957
Pardasena punctata Hampson, 1902
Pardasena punctilinea Hampson, 1918
Pardasena roeselioides Walker, 1858
Pardasena verna Hampson, 1902
Pardasena virgulana Mabille, 1880Grey Square
Periplusia cinerascens Holland, 1894
Periplusia ecclipsis Holland, 1894
Periplusia nubilicosta Holland, 1894
Periplusia reticulata Berio, 1964
Petrina lignosa
Pseudoips prasinana Linnaeus, 1758Green Silver-lines
Selepa albisigna Hampson, 1914
Selepa brunneiceps Strand, 1917
Selepa canofusa (Hampson, 1905)⇒ Selepa docilis Butler, 1881
Selepa celtis Moore, 1858Hairy caterpillar
Selepa cumasia Hampson, 1912
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881
Selepa ianthina Bethune-Baker, 1911
Selepa leucogonia Hampson, 1905
Selepa leucograpta Hampson, 1912
Selepa nephelozona Hampson, 1905
Selepa rufescens Hampson, 1912
Selepa simplex Strand, 1917
Selepa transvalica Hampson, 1912
Selepa violascens Hampson, 1912
Selepa violescens Hampson, 1912
Tegena aprepta D.S. Fletcher, 1961
Tegena steeleae D.S. Fletcher, 1961
Tornoconia artemis Viette, 1972
Tornoconia mabillei Viette, 1972
Tornoconia panda Viette, 1972
Tornoconia royi Berio, 1966
Trogobriga albifera Hampson, 1912
Trogoxestis crenularia Bethune-Baker, 1911

Subnodes of Chloephorinae with occurrences in Africa
TribeCareini
Mell, 1943
1
40
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeChloephorini
Stainton, 1859
19
88
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeEariadini
Hampson, 1912
1
34
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeSarrothripini
Hampson, 1894
1
15
Genus
Species

Taxom



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Chloephorinae at artfakta.se
Chloephorinae at dyntaxa.se
Chloephorinae at itis.gov