Checklist of Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
for Free State (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 278
1855
3226 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 277
1852
3216 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 261
1801
3144 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 160
1289
2254 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 42
426
735 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 42
425
734 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 41
421
712 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 17
311
536 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 15
289
513 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 5
119
213 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Erebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths | 51
92 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Free State
51 Genera with 92 Species
| Acantholipes Lederer, 1874 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Achaea Hübner, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aedia Hübner, 1856 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anomis Hubner, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aroa Walker, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cerocala Boisduval, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cortyta Walker, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyligramma Boisduval, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Desmoloma Hübner, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dysgonia Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitoxis Wallengren, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erebus Latreille, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ericeia Walker, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Estigmene Hübner, 1905 | Ermine Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eublemma Hübner, 1902 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Eucreagra Hübner, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Exophyla Guenée, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gesonia Walker, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grammodes Guenée, 1775 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Heteropalpia Berio, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homochira Hübner, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypagoptera Hampson, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypocala Guenée, 1794 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lacipa Hübner, 1847 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Laelia Stephens, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucaloa Butler, 1865 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Macaduma Walker, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metachrostis Hübner, 2019 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mocis Hübner, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Morasa Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1894 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Oraesia Guenée, 1880 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pandesma Guenée, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramaenas Grünberg, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phytometra Haworth, 1865 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Plusiodonta Guenée, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polypogon Schrank, 1914 | Rabbitsfoot grass | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Saurita Herrich-Schä..., 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sommeria Hübner, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingomorpha Guenée, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Systropha Illiger, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tathorhynchus Hampson, 1898 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thyretes Boisduval, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thysania Dalman, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonodes Guenée, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trygodus Krüger, 2015 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tytroca Wiltshire, 1902 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 1902 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Zebeeba Kirby, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zekelita Walker, 1962 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Free State
92 Species and 2 Subspecies | Acantholipes circumdata Walker, 1858 | | | Acantholipes namacensis Guenée, 1852 | | | Acantholipes trimeni Felder & Rog..., 1874 | | | Achaea boris Geyer, 1837 | | | Achaea catella Guenée, 1852 | Banded Achaea | | Aedia illegitima Wallengren, 1875 | | | Aedia nigrescens Wallengren, 1856 | | | Aedia nigrescens nigrescens Wallengren, 1856 | | | Anomis flava Fabricius, 1775 | Cotton Looper | | Anomis sabulifera Guenée, 1852 | Angled Gem | | Aroa scytodes Collenette, 1932 | | | Cerocala vermiculosa Herrich-Schä..., 1858 | | | Cortyta canescens Walker, 1858 | | | Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775 | Cream-striped owl | | Desmoloma chironomus Dyar, 1910 | | | Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852 | Jigsaw | | Epitoxis amazoula Boisduval, 1847 | | | Erebus walkeri Butler, 1875 | | | Ericeia sobria Walker, 1858 | | | Estigmene internigralis Hampson, 1905 | | | Eublemma admota Felder R. & ..., 1875 | | | Eublemma bipartita (Hampson, 1902) | ⇒ Eublemma bipars Gaede, 1935 | | Eublemma caffrorum Wallengren, 1860 | | | Eublemma flavida Hampson, 1902 | Black Setwing | | Eublemma kettlewelli Wiltshire, 1988 | | | Eublemma mesophaea Hampson, 1910 | | | Eublemma metacrypta Hacker, 2019 | | | Eublemma ornatula Felder & Rog..., 1874 | Band-winged Dragonlet | | Eublemma penicillata Hampson, 1902 | | | Eucreagra arculifera (Felder, 1874) | ⇒ Eilema natalica Felder, 1874 | | Exophyla multistriata Hampson, 1910 | | | Gesonia stictigramma Hampson, 1926 | | | Grammodes bifasciata Petagna, 1787 | Parallel Lines | | Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858 | | | Grammodes euclidioides Guenée, 1852 | | | Grammodes exclusiva (Pagenstecher, 1907) | ⇒ Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858 | | Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775 | Geometrician | | Heteropalpia cortytoides Berio, 1939 | | | Homochira rendalli Distant, 1897 | | | Hypagoptera rufeola Hampson, 1900 | | | Hypocala deflorata Fabricius, 1794 | Moth | | Hypocala plumicornis (Guenée, 1852) | ⇒ Hypocala rostrata Fabricius, 1794 | | Hypocala rostrata Fabricius, 1794 | | | Lacipa gemmata (Distant, 1897) | ⇒ Lacipa gracilis Hopffer, 1857 | | Lacipa picta Boisduval, 1847 | | | Laelia municipalis Distant, 1897 | | | Leucaloa butti Rothschild, 1910 | | | Leucaloa eugraphica Walker, 1865 | | | Macaduma toxophora Turner, 1899 | | | Metachrostis decora Walker, 1869 | | | Metachrostis eupethecica Hampson, 1910 | | | Metachrostis scitulana Hacker, 2019 | | | Mocis conveniens Walker, 1858 | Pale Brown Lines | | Morasa modesta Walker, 1855 | | | Ophiusa dianaris Guenée, 1852 | Grey Drab | | Ophiusa selenaris Guenée, 1852 | | | Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773 | Green drab | | Ophiusa tirrhaca Hampson, 1894 | Green Drab | | Oraesia albescens Seitz, 1940 | | | Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794 | Small oresia | | Oraesia provocans Walker, 1857 | | | Oraesia triobliqua Saalmüller, 1880 | | | Pandesma robusta Walker, 1858 | | | Paramaenas strigosus Grünberg, 1911 | | | Pericyma atrifusa Hampson, 1902 | | | Pericyma mendax Walker, 1858 | | | Phytometra fragilis Butler, 1875 | | | Phytometra helesusalis Walker, 1859 | | | Phytometra opsiphora Hampson, 1926 | | | Phytometra sacraria Felder & Rog..., 1874 | | | Phytometra subflavalis Walker, 1865 | | | Plusiodonta achalcea Hampson, 1926 | | | Polypogon melaleuca Hampson, 1902 | | | Polypogon undulilinea Krüger, 2005 | | | Polypogon venata Warren, 1914 | | | Saurita pontia Druce, 1894 | | | Sommeria meridionalis Swinhoe, 1907 | | | Sommeria ostentata Distant, 1899 | | | Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777 | | | Systropha chrysura (Perez, 1905) | ⇒ Systropha planidens Giraud, 1861 | | Tathorhynchus exsiccata Lederer, 1855 | Alfalfa Looper | | Tathorhynchus plumbea Distant, 1898 | | | Thyretes montana Boisduval, 1847 | | | Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779 | Chaciope Deliana | | Trygodus xanthopterix Krüger, 2015 | | | Tytroca leucoptera Hampson, 1896 | | | Tytroca metaxantha Hampson, 1902 | | | Ulotrichopus catocala Felder & Rog..., 1874 | | | Ulotrichopus primulina Hampson, 1902 | | | Ulotrichopus tinctipennis Hampson, 1902 | | | Zebeeba meceneronis Hacker & Staude, 2021 | | | Zebeeba ochrocraspis Hampson, 1910 | | | Zekelita coniodes Vári, 1962 | | | Zekelita coniodes coniodes Vári, 1962 | |
Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in Free State | Subfamily | Aganainae
Boisduval, 1833
Tropical Tiger Moths | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Arctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths | 11
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Boletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths | 4
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Calpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths | 2
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Erebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths | 22
37 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Herminiinae
Leach, 1815
Dead-leaf worms, Litter Moths | 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hypeninae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Hypenines | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hypocalinae
Guenée, 1852
| 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Lymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth, Tussock Moths | 6
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Rivulinae
Grote, 1895
Rivulines | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scoliopteryginae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
Scoliopterygine Moths | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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