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Checklist for Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
and region Afghanistan (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
351
2638
5979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
349
2630
5969
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
343
2623
5962
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
2048
4944
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
55
670
1500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
55
670
1500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
54
669
1499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
21
430
975
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
18
364
781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
7
187
334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
87
152
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Afghanistan
87 Genera with 152 Species
#ABCDEHKLMNOPRSTUVZ
Acantholipes Lederer, 18131SpeciesTaxom
Achaea Hübner, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Adrapsa Walker, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Afromurzinia Dubatolov & ..., 19581SpeciesTaxom
Aganais Boisduval, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Aglossosia Hampson, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Anapisa Kiriakoff, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Anumeta Walker, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Apopestes Hübner, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Arctia Schrank, 18746SpeciesTaxom
Asota Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Asura Walker, 1958Tiger Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Asurgylla Kiriakoff, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Audea Walker, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Autoba Walker, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Autophila Hübner, 19013SpeciesTaxom
Avatha Walker, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Axiopoena Ménétriés, 18322SpeciesTaxom
Balacra Walker, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Callindra Röber, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Carcinopyga Felder, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Carpostalagma Karsch, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Catocala Schrank, 1885Underwing moths2SpeciesTaxom
Cerocala Boisduval, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Clytie Hübner, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Colobochyla Hübner, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Corgatha Walker, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Cragia Birket-Smith, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Creatonotos Hübner, 20073SpeciesTaxom
Crorema Walker, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Cultripalpa Guenée, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Cyana Walker, 19802SpeciesTaxom
Diacrisia Hubner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Drasteria Hübner, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Eilema Hübner, 1763Lichen Moths16SpeciesTaxom
Epitoxis Wallengren, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Eromene Hübner, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Euarctia Felder, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Eublemma Hübner, 20045SpeciesTaxom
Eudasychira Möschler, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Euproctis Hübner, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Heteropalpia Berio, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Hydrillodes Guenée, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Hypena Schrank, 1991Bloxworth snout4SpeciesTaxom
Kiriakoffalia de Toulgoët, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Lacydes Walker, 18062SpeciesTaxom
Laeliolina Stephens, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Lamprosiella Collins, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Lobobasis Hampson, 01SpeciesTaxom
Manulea Wallengren, 1763Finger Phloxes2SpeciesTaxom
Marca Saalmüller, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Masoandro Hübner, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Melisa Walker, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Metarctia Walker, 19734SpeciesTaxom
Micralarctia A. Watson, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Microbergeria Kiriakoff, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Myopsyche Hampson, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Naarda Walker, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Nebrarctia Watson, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Ocnogyna Lederer, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Paidia Hübner, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Palearctia Ferguson, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Panaxia Tams, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Parocneria Hübner, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Pechipogo Hübner, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 18552SpeciesTaxom
Philenora Rosenstock, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Phragmatobia Stephens, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Phryganopteryx Saalmüller, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Phytometra Haworth, 17591SpeciesTaxom
Plusiodonta Guenée, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Polypogon Schrank, 1825Rabbitsfoot grass1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudodiptera Kaye, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophragmatobia Krüger, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Pusiola Wallengren, 19584SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidarctia Kiriakoff, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Ruanda Hübner, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Scena Walker, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Spilarctia Butler, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Spilosoma Curtis, 18559SpeciesTaxom
Tachosa Walker, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Thallarcha Meyrick, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Utetheisa Hübner, 1777Rattlebox moths1SpeciesTaxom
Viettesia de Toulgoët, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Volana Griveaud, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Zekelita Walker, 18512SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afghanistan
152 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acantholipes regularis Hübner, 1813
Achaea durfa Plötz, 1880
Adrapsa ambrensis Viette, 1965
Afromurzinia sublutescens Kiriakoff, 1958
Aganais ficus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Asota ficus Fabricius, 1775
Aglossosia pallidula (Hampson, 1914)⇒ Aglossosia flavimarginata Hampson, 1900
Anapisa latophaga Dufrane, 1945
Anumeta eberti Wiltshire, 1961
Apopestes cantralasiae Warren, 1913
Arctia alpherakii (Eversmann, 1843)⇒ Arctia intercalaris Ev., 1843
Arctia aurantiaca (Eversmann, 1843)⇒ Arctia intercalaris Ev., 1843
Arctia cajula (Eversmann, 1843)⇒ Arctia intercalaris Ev., 1843
Arctia intercalaris Ev., 1843
Arctia suttadra (Eversmann, 1843)⇒ Arctia intercalaris Ev., 1843
Arctia thibetica (Felder, 1874)⇒ Arctia intercalaris Ev., 1843
Asota ficus Fabricius, 1775
Asura hilara hilara Kiriakoff, 1958
Asurgylla collenettei Kiriakoff, 1958
Audea melaleuca Walker, 1865
Autoba mascarensis (Saalmüller, 1880)⇒ Autoba costimacula Saalmüller, 1880
Autophila (Autophila) vespertalis Staudinger, 1896
Autophila einsleri Amsel, 1935
Autophila obscurata (Staudinger, 1901)⇒ Autophila vespertalis Staudinger, 1896
Avatha extranea Berio, 1962
Axiopoena fluviatilis (Eichwald, 1830)⇒ Axiopoena maura Eichwald, 1832
Axiopoena maura Eichwald, 1832
Balacra kivensis (Aurivillius, 1892)⇒ Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892
Callindra principalis Kollar, 1844
Carcinopyga lichenigera Felder, 1874
Carcinopyga lindti (Cerny, 1986)⇒ Carpostalagma signata Talbot, 1932
Carcinopyga proserpina Staudinger, 1887
Carpostalagma pulverulentus Talbot, 1929
Carpostalagma signata Talbot, 1932
Catocala (Ephesia) nymphaea Esper, 1787
Catocala (Mormonia) afghana Swinhoe, 1885
Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896
Cerocala subrufa Griveaud & V..., 1962
Clytie delunaris Staudinger, 1889
Clytie luteonigra (Warren, 1913)⇒ Clytie delunaris Staudinger, 1889
Colobochyla mabillealis Viette, 1954
Corgatha comorana Viette, 1981
Cragia adiastola Kiriakoff, 1958
Creatonotos (Phissama) transiens Walker, 1855
Creatonotos defasciata Holland, 1893
Creatonotos omanirana de Freina, 2007
Crorema sulphurea Plötz, 1880
Cultripalpa lunulifera Hampson, 1926
Cyana natalensis Karisch, 2013
Cyana tripuncta de Toulgoët, 1980
Diacrisia obliqua (Walker, 1855)⇒ Spilarctia obliqua Walker, 1855
Drasteria flexuosa Ménétriés, 1848
Drasteria inepta (H. Edwards, 1881)⇒ Drasteria flexuosa Ménétriés, 1848
Eilema arideola Scopoli, 1763
Eilema arundineola Scopoli, 1763
Eilema beckeri Scopoli, 1763
Eilema crassicosta de Toulgoët, 1957
Eilema flaveola Scopoli, 1763
Eilema gainsfordi Kühne, 2010
Eilema gilveola Scopoli, 1763
Eilema hyrcana Scopoli, 1763
Eilema palleola Scopoli, 1763
Eilema palliatella (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Manulea unita Scopoli, 1763
Eilema palliatellum (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Manulea unita Scopoli, 1763
Eilema petreola Scopoli, 1763
Eilema peyrierasi de Toulgoët, 1976
Eilema sericeoalba Rothschild, 1912
Eilema unita Schiffermüller, 1776
Eilema vitellina Scopoli, 1763
Epitoxis albifrons Strand, 1912
Eromene jaxartella (Erschoff, 1874)⇒ Euchromius jaxartellus Erschoff, 1874
Euarctia proserpina (Staudinger, 1887)⇒ Carpostalagma signata Talbot, 1932
Eublemma albidior Rothschild, 1915
Eublemma caniceps Rebel, 1917
Eublemma pulcherrima Wiltshire, 1982Yellow-sided Skimmer
Eublemma similis Fibiger & Ha..., 2004
Eublemma skoui Fibiger & Ha..., 2004
Eudasychira denudata Hering, 1926
Eudasychira nadinae Dall´Asta, 1983
Euproctis lemuria Hering, 1926
Euproctis perixesta Collenette, 1954
Heteropalpia profesta Christoph, 1887
Heteropalpia sacra (Christoph, 1887)⇒ Heteropalpia profesta Christoph, 1887
Hydrillodes pyraustalis Viette, 1954
Hypena aculeifera Aurivillius, 1925
Hypena diakonoffi Viette, 1976
Hypena kallipygae Lödl, 1994
Hypena philippi Laporte, 1991
Kiriakoffalia lemairei de Toulgoët, 1976
Lacydes incurvata Ebert, 1973
Lacydes spectabilis Tauscher, 1806
Laeliolina rubra Griveaud, 1977
Lamprosiella eborella Boisduval, 1847
Lobobasis prosodes
Manulea (Manulea) palliatella Scopoli, 1763
Manulea unita Scopoli, 1763
Marca griseonigralis Viette, 1954
Masoandro itremo Griveaud, 1977
Melisa hancocki Jordan, 1936
Metarctia dracuncula Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia sheljuzhkoi Kiriakoff, 1961
Metarctia subpallens Kiriakoff, 1956
Metarctia transvaalica Kiriakoff, 1973
Micralarctia nyassana Bartel, 1903
Microbergeria luctuosa Kiriakoff, 1972
Myopsyche makomensis Strand, 1912
Naarda icterica Fletcher D. S., 1961
Nebrarctia guttata Erschoff, 1874
Nebrarctia transversa Moore, 1879
Ocnogyna loewii Zeller, 1846
Paidia conjuncta Staudinger, 1892
Palearctia erschoffi (Alpheraky, 1882)⇒ Palearctia ferghana Staudinger, 1887
Palearctia ferghana Staudinger, 1887
Palearctia sussamyra (Staudinger, 1887)⇒ Palearctia ferghana Staudinger, 1887
Panaxia principalis (Kollar, 1844)⇒ Callindra principalis Kollar, 1844
Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852Moth
Parocneria pilosa Warren, 1897
Pechipogo plumigeralis (Hübner, 1825)⇒ Polypogon plumigeralis Hübner, 1825
Pericyma albidentaria FREYER, 1842
Pericyma squalens Lederer, 1855
Philenora brunneata Daniel, 1965
Phragmatobia fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758Ruby Tiger
Phryganopteryx duplicata Birket-Smith, 1965
Phytometra viridaria Clerck, 1759Small Purple Barred
Plusiodonta euchalcia Hampson, 1926
Polypogon plumigeralis Hübner, 1825Plumed Fan-foot
Pseudodiptera dufranei Kiriakoff, 1965
Pseudophragmatobia salmo Krüger, 2009
Pusiola edwardsi Kiriakoff, 1958
Pusiola isabellina Kiriakoff, 1954
Pusiola melemona Kiriakoff, 1963
Pusiola tinaeella Kiriakoff, 1958
Rhipidarctia crameri Kiriakoff, 1961
Ruanda nuda Holland, 1897
Scena propylea (Druce, 1894)⇒ Scena styx Walker, 1854
Spilarctia obliqua Walker, 1855Bihar hairy caterpillar
Spilarctia subtestacea Rothschild, 1910
Spilosoma (Diacrisia) obliqua (Walker, 1855)⇒ Spilosoma subtestacea Rothschild, 1910
Spilosoma cognata Kollar, 1844
Spilosoma dentilinea (Moore, 1872)⇒ Spilarctia obliqua Walker, 1855
Spilosoma erythrozona Kollar, 1844
Spilosoma melanostigma Erschoff, 1872
Spilosoma puella (Staudinger, 1887)⇒ Nebrarctia transversa Moore, 1879
Spilosoma subtestacea Rothschild, 1910
Spilosoma suffusa (Walker, 1855)⇒ Spilarctia obliqua Walker, 1855
Spilosoma transiens (Walker, 1855)⇒ Creatonotos transiens Walker, 1855
Tachosa guichardi Wiltshire, 1982
Thallarcha chrysochares Meyrick, 1886Tiger Footman
Utetheisa socotrensis (Cramer, 1777)⇒ Utetheisa lotrix Cramer, 1779
Viettesia bicolor de Toulgoët, 1980
Volana cyclota Collenette, 1959
Zekelita (Ravalita) ravalis Herrich-Schä..., 1851
Zekelita (Ravilata) ravalis Herrich-Schä..., 1851

Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in Afghanistan
SubfamilyAganainae
Boisduval, 1833
Tropical Tiger Moths
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths
46
93
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBoletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths
7
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCalpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
16
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHerminiinae
Leach, 1815
Dead-leaf worms, Litter Moths
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHypeninae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Hypenines
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth, Tussock Moths
8
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



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