Checklist for Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
and region Jaffna (Northern Province, Sri Lanka)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 54
143
151 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 54
143
151 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 50
124
131 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 33
107
115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 18
82
91 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 18
82
91 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 18
82
91 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 13
59
63 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 12
58
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 3
23
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Erebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths | 16
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Jaffna
16 Genera with 13 Species | Achaea Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amata Fabricius, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amerila Walker, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Artaxa Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Bastilla Swinhoe, 1918 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Britha Walker, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eudocima Billberg, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gesonia Walker, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptosia Hübner, 1793 | Psyche | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lymantria Hübner, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oeonistis Hübner, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyodes Guenée, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Perina Hübner, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Rajendra Moore, 1879 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Sommeria Hübner, 1827 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonodes Guenée, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Jaffna
13 Species | Achaea janata Linnaeus, 1758 | Caster oil looper | | Amata passalis Fabricius, 1781 | | | Amerila astreus Drury, 1773 | | | Artaxa guttata Walker, 1855 | | | Britha biguttata Walker, 1866 | | | Eudocima (Othreis) phalonia Linnaeus, 1763 | | | Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859 | | | Leptosia nina Fabricius, 1793 | Black-spotted White | | Lymantria (Spinotria) serva Fabricius, 1793 | Crescent-moon tussock moth | | Oeonistis entella (Cramer, 1779) | ⇒ Oeonistis altica Bethune-Baker, 1904 | | Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852 | | Perina nuda Fabricius, 1787 | | | Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779 | Chaciope Deliana |
Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in Jaffna | Subfamily | Aganainae
Boisduval, 1833
Tropical Tiger Moths | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Arctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths | 4
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Boletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Calpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Erebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths | 4
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hypeninae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Hypenines | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Lymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth, Tussock Moths | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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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
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