Checklist of Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
for Republic of the Congo (Congo)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 187
1822
4921 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 187
1822
4921 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 183
1812
4909 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 131
1472
4262 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 44
537
2021 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 44
537
2021 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 44
537
2021 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 17
378
1647 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 14
349
1607 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 5
107
206 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Erebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths | 61
133 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Republic of the Congo
61 Genera with 133 Species
| Aburina Möschler, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acantholipes Lederer, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Achaea Hübner, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrasura Durante, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aglossosia Hampson, 1914 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Aloa Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amata Fabricius, 1876 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Amerila Walker, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anaphosia Hampson, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anapisa Kiriakoff, 1893 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Anthophila Haworth, 1891 | Bees | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Apisa Walker, 1855 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Archithosia Birket-Smith, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrolopha Hampson, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asota Hübner, 1773 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Asura Walker, 1936 | Tiger Moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Automolis Hübner, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Balacra Walker, 1881 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Boadicea Tams, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caripodia Hampson, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ceryx Wallengren, 1893 | Orange Spotted Tiger Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Creatonotos Hübner, 1855 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Cyana Walker, 1893 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Daphaenisca Walker, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasychira Hübner, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deinypena Holland, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episparis Walker, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ericeia Walker, 1880 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Estigmene Hübner, 1933 | Ermine Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchromia Hübner, 1775 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Euproctis Hübner, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippurarctia Kiriakoff, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypena Schrank, 1858 | Bloxworth snout | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Janseodes Viette, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Knappetra Hübner, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lacipa Hübner, 1952 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptosia Hübner, 1873 | Psyche | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Mecistorhabdia Walker, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meganaclia Aurivillius, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metarctia Walker, 1855 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Myopsyche Hampson, 1893 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Nanna Birket-Smith, 1912 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Naroma Hübner, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neomardara Hübner, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neophemula Kiriakoff, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nyctemera Hübner, 1880 | Leptosomas | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Olapa Walker, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oraesia Guenée, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Otroeda Walker, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ovenna Birket-Smith, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pliniola Strand, 1893 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Podomachla Strand, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudapiconoma Walker, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pusiola Wallengren, 1963 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhipidarctia Kiriakoff, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Serrodes Guenée, 1890 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Spilosoma Curtis, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichaeta Swinhoe, 1892 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonodes Guenée, 1779 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Republic of the Congo
133 Species | Aburina transversata Holland, 1920 | | | Acantholipes circumdata Walker, 1858 | | | Achaea jamesoni Prout L. B., 1919 | | | Afrasura obliterata Walker, 1864 | | | Afrowatsonius marginalis Walker, 1855 | | | Aglossosia chrysargyria Hampson, 1900 | | | Aglossosia coincidens Hampson, 1900 | | | Aglossosia daressalmica Hampson, 1900 | | | Aglossosia deceptans Hampson, 1914 | | | Aglossosia flavimarginata Hampson, 1900 | | | Aglossosia janssensi Hampson, 1900 | | | Aglossosia pallidula (Hampson, 1914) | ⇒ Aglossosia flavimarginata Hampson, 1900 | | Aloa marginalis (Walker, 1855) | ⇒ Creatonotos ramivitta Walker, 1855 | | Amata cerbera Linnaeus, 1764 | | | Amata creobota Holland, 1893 | | | Amata francisca (Butler, 1876) | ⇒ Amata cerbera Linnaeus, 1764 | | Amata goodii Holland, 1893 | | | Amata interniplaga Mabille, 1890 | | | Amata leimacis Holland, 1893 | | | Amata marina Butler, 1876 | | | Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880 | | | Anaphosia cyanogramma Hampson, 1903 | | | Anapisa crenophylax Holland, 1893 | | | Anapisa mabira (Holland, 1898) | ⇒ Anapisa melaleuca Holland, 1898 | | Anapisa mariae (Holland, 1898) | ⇒ Anapisa melaleuca Holland, 1898 | | Anapisa melaleuca Holland, 1898 | | | Anapisa monotica Holland, 1893 | | | Anthophila equatoris (Walsingham, 1897) | ⇒ Choreutis equatoris Walsingham, 1897 | | Anthophila flavimaculata (Walsingham, 1891) | ⇒ Choreutis flavimaculata Walsingham, 1891 | | Apisa cana (Walker, 1855) | ⇒ Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957 | | Apisa canescens Walker, 1855 | | | Apisa crenophylax Holland, 1893 | | | Apisa microcanescens (Walker, 1855) | ⇒ Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957 | | Archithosia costimacula Mabille, 1878 | | | Argyrolopha punctilinea Prout, 1921 | | | Asota chionea Mabille, 1878 | | | Asota speciosa Drury, 1773 | Specious Tiger | | Asura gabunica Walker, 1865 | | | Asura obliterata (Walker, 1864) | ⇒ Afrasura obliterata Walker, 1864 | | Asura obscurodiscalis Rothschild, 1936 | | | Automolis chapini (Holland, 1920) | ⇒ Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898 | | Balacra ashantica (Holland, 1893) | ⇒ Balacra similis Hulstaert, 1923 | | Balacra damalis (Aurivillius, 1892) | ⇒ Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892 | | Balacra daphaena Hampson, 1898 | | | Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856 | | | Balacra glagoessa (Aurivillius, 1892) | ⇒ Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892 | | Balacra haemalea Holland, 1893 | | | Balacra monotonia Strand, 1912 | | | Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892 | | | Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893 | | | Balacra similis Hulstaert, 1923 | | | Balacra simplex (Aurivillius, 1925) | ⇒ Balacra monotonia Strand, 1912 | | Balacra simplicior (Kiriakoff, 1957) | ⇒ Balacra monotonia Strand, 1912 | | Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957 | | | Balacra testacea Aurivillius, 1881 | | | Boadicea pelecoides Tams, 1930 | | | Caripodia chrysargyria (Hampson, 1900) | ⇒ Aglossosia janssensi Hampson, 1900 | | Ceryx albimacula Walker, 1854 | | | Ceryx elasson Holland, 1893 | | | Creatonotos albidior (Holland, 1893) | ⇒ Creatonotos defasciata Holland, 1893 | | Creatonotos brunnipennis (Bartel, 1903) | ⇒ Creatonotos defasciata Holland, 1893 | | Creatonotos confluens Walker, 1855 | | | Creatonotos defasciata Holland, 1893 | | | Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893 | | | Creatonotos marginalis (Walker, 1855) | ⇒ Afrowatsonius marginalis Walker, 1855 | | Creatonotos ramivitta Walker, 1855 | | | Cyana brunneistriga Prout A. E., 1919 | | | Cyana rubristriga Holland, 1893 | | | Daphaenisca daphaena Hampson, 1898 | | | Dasychira noctuaeformis Aurivillius, 1925 | | | Deinypena lacista Holland, 1894 | | | Episparis hieroglyphica Holland, 1894 | | | Ericeia congregata Walker, 1858 | | | Ericeia lituraria Saalmüller, 1880 | | | Estigmene senegalensis (Rothschild, 1933) | ⇒ Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 | | Euchromia bellula (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Euchromia hampsoni Seitz, 1926 | | Euchromia fulvida (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Euchromia lethe Fabricius, 1775 | | Euchromia guineensis Fabricius, 1775 | | | Euchromia hampsoni Seitz, 1926 | | | Euchromia interstans (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Euchromia hampsoni Seitz, 1926 | | Euchromia leonis (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Euchromia hampsoni Seitz, 1926 | | Euchromia lethe Fabricius, 1775 | Basker | | Euchromia nigricincta (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Euchromia lethe Fabricius, 1775 | | Euproctis pygmaea Walker, 1855 | | | Hippurarctia taymansi Rothschild, 1910 | | | Hypena obacerralis Walker, 1858 | | | Janseodes melanospila Guenée, 1852 | | | Knappetra fasciata Walker, 1855 | | | Lacipa megalocera Collenette, 1952 | | | Leptosia alcesta Stoll, 1782 | African Spirit | | Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952 | Hybrid Spirit | | Leptosia marginea Mabille, 1890 | Black-edged Spirit | | Leptosia nupta Butler, 1873 | Immaculate Spirit | | Mecistorhabdia haematoessa Holland, 1893 | | | Meganaclia sippia Plötz, 1880 | | | Metarctia burra Schaus & Cle..., 1893 | | | Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893 | | | Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892 | | | Metarctia paulis Kiriakoff, 1961 | | | Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898 | | | Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855 | | | Myopsyche elachista Holland, 1893 | | | Myopsyche miserabilis Holland, 1893 | | | Myopsyche ochsenheimeri Boisduval, 1829 | | | Myopsyche pallidicincta Kiriakoff, 1954 | | | Myopsyche puncticincta Holland, 1893 | | | Nanna eningae Plötz, 1880 | | | Nanna montana (Birket-Smith, 1965) | ⇒ Nanna pia Strand, 1912 | | Nanna pia Strand, 1912 | | | Naroma signifera Walker, 1856 | | | Neomardara africana Holland, 1893 | | | Neophemula vitrina Oberthür, 1909 | | | Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854) | ⇒ Podomachla apicalis Walker, 1854 | | Nyctemera xanthura Plötz, 1880 | | | Olapa tavetensis Holland, 1892 | | | Ophiusa david Holland, 1894 | | | Oraesia provocans Walker, 1857 | | | Otroeda manifesta Swinhoe, 1903 | | | Ovenna vicaria Walker, 1854 | Ubiquitous Footman | | Pliniola gibba Plötz, 1880 | | | Pliniola nigristriata Holland, 1893 | | | Podomachla apicalis Walker, 1854 | | | Pseudapiconoma testacea (Walker, 1856) | ⇒ Balacra testacea Aurivillius, 1881 | | Pusiola melemona Kiriakoff, 1963 | | | Pusiola theresia Kiriakoff, 1963 | | | Rhipidarctia invaria Walker, 1856 | | | Serrodes cordifera (Mabille, 1890) | ⇒ Trichopalpina zethesia Hampson, 1926 | | Serrodes trispila Mabille, 1890 | | | Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 | | | Trichaeta fulvescens Walker, 1854 | | | Trichaeta pterophorina Mabille, 1892 | | | Trigonodes exportata (Cramer, 1779) | ⇒ Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779 | | Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779 | Chaciope Deliana |
Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in Republic of the Congo | 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 | 37
101 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Boletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths | 4
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Calpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Erebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths | 6
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Herminiinae
Leach, 1815
Dead-leaf worms, Litter Moths | 1
1 | Genus
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 | 8
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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