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Checklist for Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
and region East India (India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
319
2874
5955
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
318
2873
5954
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
301
2802
5844
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
197
2231
4847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
50
698
1128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
49
697
1128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
49
697
1128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
25
505
831
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
22
487
808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
177
226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
88
127
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East India
88 Genera with 127 Species
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Acantholipes Lederer, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Achaea Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Aemene Walker, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Agrisius Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Aloa Walker, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Alphaea Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Amata Fabricius, 17874SpeciesTaxom
Anisoneura Guenée, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Anomis Hubner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Arctornis Germar, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Argina Hübner, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Artena Walker, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Asota Hübner, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Attonda Swinhoe, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Barsura Volynkin, Du..., 18641SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 17822SpeciesTaxom
Britha Walker, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Calesia Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Calliteara Butler, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Ceryx Wallengren, 1780Orange Spotted Tiger Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Cispia Walker, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Creatonotos Hübner, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Cyana Walker, 186912SpeciesTaxom
Cymatophoropsis Hampson, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Dasychira Hübner, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Dichromia Guenée, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Digama Moore, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Dolgoma Moore, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Eilema Hübner, 1854Lichen Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Epidesma Huebner, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 17732SpeciesTaxom
Eublemma Hübner, 18825SpeciesTaxom
Eudocima Billberg, 17632SpeciesTaxom
Euproctis Hübner, 18656SpeciesTaxom
Gesonia Walker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Goniocraspedon Hampson, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Hamodes Guenée, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Heracula Moore, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Hesudra Moore, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Homoeomeria Wallengren, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Hyalurga Hübner, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Hypena Schrank, 1874Bloxworth snout2SpeciesTaxom
Hypocala Guenée, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Hyposada Hampson, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Janseodes Viette, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Juxtarctia Kirt & Kaleka, 2002
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptosia Hübner, 1793Psyche1SpeciesTaxom
Leucoma Hübner, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Lymantria Hübner, 18555SpeciesTaxom
Mardara Moore, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Microlithosia Daniel, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Miltochrista Hübner, 1819
0SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Moorasura Volynkin & H..., 18781SpeciesTaxom
Myopsyche Hampson, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Nebulene1SpeciesTaxom
Neoaloa1SpeciesTaxom
Nephelomilta Hampson, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Nodaria Guenée, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Nudaria Haworth, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Numenes Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Nyctemera Hübner, 1854Leptosomas2SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Oraesia Guenée, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Orvasca Walker, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Parallelia Hübner, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pericallia Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pida Walker, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1852Stoneflies1SpeciesTaxom
Plusiodonta Guenée, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Polydesma Boisduval, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoblabes Zeller, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Rajendra Moore, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Raparna Moore, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Siccia Walker, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Spilosoma Curtis, 18656SpeciesTaxom
Syntomis Fabricius, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Systropha Illiger, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Thallarcha Meyrick, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Trichura Hübner, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Utetheisa Hübner, 1907Rattlebox moths1SpeciesTaxom
Vamuna Moore, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Zurobata Walker, 18641SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East India
127 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acantholipes trajecta Walker, 1865
Achaea janata Linnaeus, 1758Caster oil looper
Aemene taprobanis Walker, 1854
Agrisius guttivitta Walker, 1855
Aloa lactinea Cramer, 1777Red costate tiger moth
Alphaea (Alphaea) fulvohirta Walker, 1855
Amata bicincta Kollar, 1844
Amata cyssea Stoll, 1782
Amata passalis Fabricius, 1781
Amata sperbius Fabricius, 1787
Anisoneura aluco Fabricius, 1775
Anomis flava Fabricius, 1775Cotton Looper
Anua coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
Arctornis cygna Moore, 1879
Argina argus (Kollar, 1844)⇒ Mangina argus Kollar, 1847
Artena dotata Fabricius, 1794
Asota caricae Fabricius, 1775Tropical Tiger Moth
Asota ficus Fabricius, 1775
Asota plana Walker, 1854
Attonda pallens (Moore, 1882)⇒ Attonda adspersa Felder & Rog..., 1874
Barsura nubifascia Walker, 1864
Bastilla crameri Moore, 1885
Bastilla joviana Stoll, 1782
Britha biguttata Walker, 1866
Calesia haemorrhoa Guenée, 1852
Calliteara complicata Walker, 1865
Ceryx imaon (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Ceryx godartii Boisduval, 1829
Chalciope mygdon Cramer, 1777
Cispia venosa Walker, 1862
Creatonotos (Phissama) transiens Walker, 1855
Creatonotos gangis Linnaeus, 1767Hairy caterpillar
Cyana basisticta Hampson, 1914
Cyana bianca Walker, 1856
Cyana coccinea Moore, 1878
Cyana detrita Walker, 1854
Cyana dudgeoni Hampson, 1895
Cyana gelida Walker, 1854
Cyana guttifera Walker, 1856
Cyana obliquilineata Hampson, 1900
Cyana peregrina Walker, 1854
Cyana puella Drury, 1773
Cyana puer Elwes, 1890
Cyana quadrinotata Walker, 1869
Cymatophoropsis sinuata Moore, 1879
Dasychira bhana Moore, 1865
Dasychira complicata Walker, 1865
Dasychira flavimacula Moore, 1865
Dasychira tenebrosa Walker, 1865
Dichromia sagitta Fabricius, 1775
Digama spilosoma Felder, 1874
Dysgonia stuposa Fabricius, 1794
Eilema antica (Walker, 1854)⇒ Eilema anticum Walker, 1854
Epidesma melanitis (Hübner, 1827)⇒ Episcepsis melanitis Hübner, 1818
Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Erebus hieroglyphica Drury, 1773
Eublemma accedens (Wallengren, 1863)⇒ Eublemma anachoresis Wallengren, 1863
Eublemma baccalix Swinhoe, 1886
Eublemma divisa (Moore, 1881)⇒ Eublemma anachoresis Wallengren, 1863
Eublemma quadrilineata Moore, 1881
Eublemma rivula Moore, 1882
Eudocima (Elygea) materna Linnaeus, 1767Dot underwing moth
Eudocima (Othreis) phalonia Linnaeus, 1763
Euproctis (Euproctis) chrysorrhoea Linnaeus, 1758Brown-tail
Euproctis (Sphrageidus) similis Fuessly, 1775Bigspotted triggerfish
Euproctis cervina Moore, 1879
Euproctis dispersa Moore, 1879
Euproctis plana (Walker, 1856)⇒ Nygmia plana Walker, 1856
Euproctis subfasciata Walker, 1865
Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
Goniocraspedon mistura Swinhoe, 1891
Grammodes geometrica Fabricius, 1775
Hamodes propitia Guérin, 1830
Heracula discivitta Moore, 1865
Hesudra divisa Moore, 1878
Hyalurga ergolis Walker, 1854
Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859Hypena moth
Hypena perna (Felder & Rog..., 1874)⇒ Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
Hypocala deflorata Fabricius, 1794Moth
Hypocala subsatura Guenée, 1852
Hyposada fraterculata (Moore, 1888)⇒ Hyposada hydrocampata Guenée, 1857
Janseodes huegeli (Felder R. & ..., 1875)⇒ Janseodes melanospila Guenée, 1852
Leptosia nina Fabricius, 1793Black-spotted White
Leucoma cygna (Moore, 1877)⇒ Arctornis cygna Moore, 1879
Lymantria (Lymantria) concolor Walker, 1855
Lymantria (Lymantria) semicincta Walker, 1855
Lymantria (Nyctria) grandis Walker, 1855
Lymantria (Nyctria) mathura Moore, 1865Pink Gypsy Moth
Lymantria (Porthetria) ampla Walker, 1855
Mardara calligramma Walker, 1865
Microlithosia jagbiri Singh & Joshi, 2017
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Moorasura inflexa Moore, 1878
Myopsyche ochsenheimeri Boisduval, 1829
Nebulene nebulosa Moore, 1878
Neoaloa cernyi Singh, Joshi..., 2018
Nephelomilta thomaswitti Volynkin & Ä..., 2018
Nodaria cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Simplicia cornicalis Fabricius, 1794
Nudaria fasciata Moore, 1878
Nudaria margaritacea Walker, 1864
Numenes siletti Walker, 1855
Nyctemera (Deilemera) maculata Walker, 1854
Nyctemera varians Walker, 1854
Ophiusa triphaenoides Walker, 1858
Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794Small oresia
Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865
Parallelia onelia Guenée, 1852
Pericallia ricini (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Olepa ricini Fabricius, 1775
Pida decolorata Walker, 1869
Plecoptera reflexa Guenée, 1852
Plusiodonta coelonota Kollar & Red..., 1844
Polydesma boarmoides Guenée, 1852Moth
Pseudoblabes oophora Zeller, 1853
Raparna ochreipennis Moore, 1882
Spilosoma (Diacrisia) rhodophila (Walker, 1864)⇒ Lemyra rhodophila Walker, 1864
Spilosoma gopara Moore, 1859
Spilosoma multivittata (Moore, 1865)⇒ Lemyra multivittata Moore, 1865
Spilosoma nigrifrons Walker, 1865
Spilosoma rubilinea (Moore, 1865)⇒ Spilosoma discinigra Moore, 1866
Spilosoma stigmata (Moore, 1865)⇒ Lemyra stigmata Moore, 1865
Syntomis multigutta Walker, 1854
Systropha chrysura (Perez, 1905)⇒ Systropha planidens Giraud, 1861
Thallarcha chrysochares Meyrick, 1886Tiger Footman
Trichura latifascia ismene Möschler, 1878
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchelloides Hampson, 1907Crimson Spotted Moth
Vamuna remelana Moore, 1866
Zurobata vacillans Walker, 1864

Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in East India
SubfamilyAganainae
Boisduval, 1833
Tropical Tiger Moths
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths
33
50
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBoletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths
6
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCalpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
18
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHerminiinae
Leach, 1815
Dead-leaf worms, Litter Moths
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHypeninae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Hypenines
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHypocalinae
Guenée, 1852
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth, Tussock Moths
13
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhytometrinae
Hampson, 1913
Phytometrine Moths
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScoliopteryginae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
Scoliopterygine Moths
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Erebidae at artfakta.se
Erebidae at dyntaxa.se
Erebidae at gbif.org
Erebidae at irmng.org
Erebidae at itis.gov