Checklist of Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
for Mashonaland (North Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 201
1368
1983 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 200
1367
1982 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 194
1345
1941 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 144
1251
1848 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 34
401
552 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 34
401
552 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 33
399
550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 17
292
421 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 15
286
415 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 5
137
196 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Erebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths | 54
75 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Mashonaland
54 Genera with 75 Species
| Acantharctia Aurivillius, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Achaea Hübner, 1918 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Afrogortyna Krüger, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alytarchia Hübner, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amata Fabricius, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amsacta Walker, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anaphosia Hampson, 1903 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anomis Hubner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aroa Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Audea Walker, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calesia Guenée, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caripodia Hampson, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ceryx Wallengren, 1914 | Orange Spotted Tiger Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysocyma Hübner, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysozonata Hampson, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cropera Walker, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyligramma Boisduval, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dasychira Hübner, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diacrisia Hubner, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eilema Hübner, 1914 | Lichen Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Erebus Latreille, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Estigmene Hübner, 1900 | Ermine Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eublemma Hübner, 1910 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Eudocima Billberg, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euproctis Hübner, 1905 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Grammarctia Aurivillius, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grammodes Guenée, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypena Schrank, 1859 | Bloxworth snout | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hypocala Guenée, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lacipa Hübner, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Laelia Stephens, 1905 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Laelioproctis Hübner, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metachrostis Hübner, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metarctia Walker, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ochrota Hopffer, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ogoa Walker, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Olapa Walker, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1905 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paraona Moore, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pericallia Hübner, 1820 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plecoptera Guenée, 1902 | Stoneflies | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilarctia Aurivillius, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polydesma Boisduval, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudonaclia Butler, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoradiarctia P.G. Haynes, 1900 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pteredoa Hübner, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ruanda Hübner, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Siccia Walker, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingomorpha Guenée, 1902 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Spilosoma Curtis, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Spirama Guenée, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Systropha Illiger, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Teracotona Butler, 1909 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 1902 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mashonaland
75 Species | Acantharctia flavicosta Hampson, 1900 | | | Achaea lienardi Boisduval, 1833 | Lienard's achaea | | Achaea violascens Hampson, 1918 | | | Afrogortyna leucogonia Hampson, 1905 | | | Alytarchia amanda Boisduval, 1847 | | | Amata endocrocis Hampson, 1903 | | | Amsacta grammiphlebia Hampson, 1901 | | | Anaphosia astrigata Hampson, 1910 | | | Anaphosia aurantiaca Hampson, 1909 | | | Anaphosia cyanogramma Hampson, 1903 | | | Anomis flava Fabricius, 1775 | Cotton Looper | | Aroa discalis Walker, 1855 | | | Audea tegulata Hampson, 1902 | | | Calesia zambesita Walker, 1865 | | | Caripodia chrysargyria (Hampson, 1900) | ⇒ Aglossosia janssensi Hampson, 1900 | | Ceryx nacliodes Hampson, 1914 | | | Chrysocyma mesopotamia Hampson, 1905 | | | Chrysozonata purpurascens Hampson, 1914 | | | Cropera phlebitis Hampson, 1905 | | | Cyligramma fluctuosa Drury, 1773 | | | Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775 | Cream-striped owl | | Dasychira ecscota Hampson, 1905 | | | Eilema mashonensis Butler, 1877 | | | Eilema similipuncta Hampson, 1914 | | | Erebus walkeri Butler, 1875 | | | Estigmene tenuistrigata Hampson, 1900 | | | Eublemma atrifusa Hampson, 1910 | | | Eublemma flaviceps Hampson, 1902 | | | Eublemma staudingeri Wallengren, 1875 | | | Eublemma trigramma Hampson, 1910 | | | Eudocima (Elygea) materna Linnaeus, 1767 | Dot underwing moth | | Euproctis aethiopica Snellen, 1872 | | | Euproctis bicolor Janse, 1915 | | | Euproctis crocosticta Hampson, 1905 | | | Euproctis sanguigutta Hampson, 1905 | | | Grammarctia bilinea Walker, 1865 | | | Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775 | Geometrician | | Hypena ectoglauca Hampson, 1902 | | | Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859 | Hypena moth | | Hypocala deflorata Fabricius, 1794 | Moth | | Lacipa gracilis Hopffer, 1857 | | | Laelia atrifilata Hampson, 1905 | | | Laelia diascia (Hampson, 1905) | ⇒ Laelia fracta Schaus & Cle..., 1893 | | Laelia ecscota Hampson, 1905 | | | Laelia extorta Distant, 1897 | | | Laelia haematica Hampson, 1905 | | | Laelioproctis taeniosoma Hering, 1926 | | | Metachrostis tritonia Hampson, 1902 | | | Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901 | | | Ochrota subterminalipicta Strand, 1922 | | | Ogoa simplex Walker, 1856 | | | Olapa furva (Hampson, 1905) | ⇒ Ruanda furva Hampson, 1905 | | Ophiusa mejanesi Guenée, 1852 | | | Ophiusa melaconisia Hampson, 1905 | | | Paraona interjecta Strand, 1912 | | | Plecoptera flaviceps Hampson, 1902 | | | Plecoptera rufirena Hampson, 1902 | | | Poecilarctia venata Aurivillius, 1921 | | | Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833 | Monkeypod Moth | | Pseudonaclia puella Boisduval, 1847 | | | Pseudoradiarctia lentifasciata Hampson, 1916 | | | Pseudoradiarctia rhodesiana Hampson, 1900 | | | Pteredoa plumosa Hampson, 1905 | | | Ruanda furva Hampson, 1905 | | | Siccia caffra Walker, 1854 | | | Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777 | | | Sphingomorpha marshalli Hampson, 1902 | | | Spilosoma gynephaea Hampson, 1901 | | | Spilosoma sinefascia (Hampson, 1916) | ⇒ Radiarctia sinefascia Hampson, 1916 | | Spirama griseisigna Hampson, 1913 | | | Systropha chrysura (Perez, 1905) | ⇒ Systropha planidens Giraud, 1861 | | Teracotona (Teracotona) euprepia Hampson, 1900 | | | Teracotona metaxantha Hampson, 1909 | | | Ulotrichopus leucopasta Hampson, 1902 | | | Ulotrichopus primulina Hampson, 1902 | |
Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in Mashonaland | Subfamily | Arctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths | 22
26 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Boletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths | 3
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Calpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Erebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths | 11
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hypeninae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Hypenines | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hypocalinae
Guenée, 1852
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Lymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth, Tussock Moths | 12
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scoliopteryginae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
Scoliopterygine Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Xyleninae
Guenée, 1837
Xylenine Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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