Checklist of Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
for Senegal (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 338
3016
6550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 336
3013
6546 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 323
2966
6448 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
2383
5597 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 41
537
1177 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 41
537
1177 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 41
537
1177 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 21
392
943 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 18
370
906 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 5
163
371 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Erebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths | 81
195 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Senegal
81 Genera with 195 Species
| Acantharctia Aurivillius, 1910 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Acantholipes Lederer, 1874 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Achaea Hübner, 1833 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Aedia Hübner, 1856 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 1855 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aloa Walker, 1933 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Alpenus Walker, 1989 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Alytarchia Hübner, 1865 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Amata Fabricius, 1836 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Amerila Walker, 1880 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Amsacta Walker, 1933 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anaphela Walker, 1844 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anomis Hubner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anua Walker, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apisa Walker, 1910 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Argina Hübner, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aroa Walker, 1926 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Audea Walker, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Automolis Hübner, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Beriodesma | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Casama Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catocala Schrank, 1938 | Underwing moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cerocala Boisduval, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chalciope Hübner, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Clytie Hübner, 1975 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Creatonotos Hübner, 1855 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Crypsotidia Rothschild, 1977 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cyligramma Boisduval, 1910 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Dasychira Hübner, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diacrisia Hubner, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dysgonia Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epilacydes Butler, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ericeia Walker, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Estigmene Hübner, 1910 | Ermine Moths | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Eublemma Hübner, 1880 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Euchromia Hübner, 1775 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Euclidia Ochsenheimer, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eulepidotis Hübner, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eyralpenus Butler, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gesonia Walker, 1977 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gesoniodes Hacker, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnamptonyx Hampson, 1890 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Grammodes Guenée, 1775 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Heteropalpia Berio, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypena Schrank, 1866 | Bloxworth snout | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Hypocala Guenée, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypotacha Hampson, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lacera Guenée, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lacipa Hübner, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Laelia Stephens, 1855 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptosia Hübner, 1965 | Psyche | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Logunovium Dubatolov, 1893 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Maxera Walker, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metachrostis Hübner, 2011 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Micralarctia A. Watson, 1899 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mocis Hübner, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myana Hübner, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pandesma Guenée, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pantydia Guenée, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phaegorista Boisduval, 1855 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polydesma Boisduval, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoradiarctia P.G. Haynes, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhabdophera Staudinger, 1874 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchina Guenée, 1844 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sarmatia Guenée, 2021 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Serrodes Guenée, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingomorpha Guenée, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spilosoma Curtis, 1933 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Teracotona Butler, 1933 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thallarcha Meyrick, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thyretes Boisduval, 1912 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Thyrgis Walker, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichaeta Swinhoe, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonodes Guenée, 1779 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tumicla Walker, 2008 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tytroca Wiltshire, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Utetheisa Hübner, 1758 | Rattlebox moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Xoria Nye, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zekelita Walker, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Senegal
195 Species and 11 Subspecies | Acantharctia lacteata (Rothschild, 1933) | ⇒ Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935 | | Acantharctia mundata Walker, 1865 | | | Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935 | | | Acantharctia nivea Hampson, 1907 | | | Acantharctia tenuifasciata Hampson, 1910 | | | Acantholipes aurea Berio, 1966 | | | Acantholipes aureus Berio, 1966 | | | Acantholipes circumdata Walker, 1858 | | | Acantholipes semiaurea Berio, 1966 | | | Acantholipes semiaureus Berio, 1966 | | | Acantholipes transiens Berio, 1956 | | | Acantholipes trimeni Felder & Rog..., 1874 | | | Achaea boris Geyer, 1837 | | | Achaea catella Guenée, 1852 | Banded Achaea | | Achaea klugii (Boisduval, 1833) | ⇒ Heliophisma klugii Boisduval, 1833 | | Aedia discistriga Walker, 1858 | | | Aedia nigrescens Wallengren, 1856 | | | Aedia nigrescens nigrescens Wallengren, 1856 | | | Afrowatsonius confluens Rothschild, 1933 | | | Afrowatsonius marginalis Walker, 1855 | | | Aloa marginalis (Walker, 1855) | ⇒ Creatonotos ramivitta Walker, 1855 | | Aloa moloneyi Druce, 1887 | | | Aloa senegalensis Rothschild, 1933 | | | Alpenus affiniola Strand, 1919 | | | Alpenus affinis (Strand, 1919) | ⇒ Alpenus auriculatus A. Watson, 1988 | | Alpenus auriculatus A. Watson, 1988 | | | Alpenus diffinis (Strand, 1919) | ⇒ Alpenus auriculatus A. Watson, 1988 | | Alpenus homaema (Strand, 1919) | ⇒ Alpenus auriculatus A. Watson, 1988 | | Alpenus kordofanus Stoll, 1781 | | | Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781) | ⇒ Alpenus kordofanus Stoll, 1781 | | Alpenus maculosus Stoll, 1781 | | | Alpenus thomasi A. Watson, 1989 | | | Alytarchia leonina Walker, 1865 | | | Amata cerbera Linnaeus, 1764 | | | Amata lateralis Boisduval, 1836 | | | Amerila carneola (Hampson, 1916) | ⇒ Amerila puella Fabricius, 1793 | | Amerila fennia Druce, 1887 | | | Amerila invidua (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Amerila puella Fabricius, 1793 | | Amerila leucoptera Hampson, 1901 | | | Amerila metasarca Hampson, 1911 | | | Amerila pannosa Grünberg, 1908 | | | Amerila puella Fabricius, 1793 | | | Amerila puella invidua Bethune-Baker, 1925 | | | Amerila rothi (Rothschild, 1910) | ⇒ Amerila puella Fabricius, 1793 | | Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880 | | | Amerila vitrea vitrea Plötz, 1880 | | | Amsacta hampsoni (Rothschild, 1910) | ⇒ Aloa moloneyi Druce, 1887 | | Amsacta senegalensis (Rothschild, 1933) | ⇒ Aloa moloneyi Druce, 1887 | | Anaphela luctifera (Walker, 1855) | ⇒ Anaphela stellata Guérin-Ménev..., 1844 | | Anaphela stellata Guérin-Ménev..., 1844 | | | Anomis flava Fabricius, 1775 | Cotton Looper | | Anua mejanesi (Guenée, 1852) | ⇒ Ophiusa mejanesi Guenée, 1852 | | Apisa canescens Walker, 1855 | | | Apisa cinereocostata (Holland, 1893) | ⇒ Apisa canescens Walker, 1855 | | Apisa subcanescens (Rothschild, 1910) | ⇒ Apisa canescens Walker, 1855 | | Argina leonina (Walker, 1865) | ⇒ Alytarchia leonina Walker, 1865 | | Aroa achrodisca Hampson, 1910 | | | Aroa deflecta Hering, 1926 | | | Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005 | | | Automolis subulva Mabille, 1884 | | | Beriodesma setifera Hampson, 1918 | | | Beriodesma sexmaculata Berio, 1971 | | | Casama innotata Walker, 1855 | | | Catocala badia badia Grote and Ro..., 1866 | | | Catocala ilia ilia Baranov, 1938 | | | Cerocala albicornis (Berio, 1966) | ⇒ Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896 | | Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896 | | | Cerocala vermiculosa Herrich-Schä..., 1858 | | | Chalciope pusilla Holland, 1894 | | | Clytie tropicalis Rungs, 1975 | | | Creatonotos confluens Walker, 1855 | | | Creatonotos marginalis (Walker, 1855) | ⇒ Afrowatsonius marginalis Walker, 1855 | | Creatonotos ramivitta Walker, 1855 | | | Crypsotidia bullula Kühne, 2005 | | | Crypsotidia maculifera Staudinger, 1898 | | | Crypsotidia mesosema (Hampson, 1913) | ⇒ Crypsotidia postfusca Kühne, 2005 | | Crypsotidia piscicaudae Kühne, 2005 | | | Crypsotidia postfusca Kühne, 2005 | | | Crypsotidia remanei Wiltshire, 1977 | | | Cyligramma acutior (Guérin-Ménev..., 1832) | ⇒ Cyligramma limacinum Guérin-Ménev..., 1832 | | Cyligramma argillosa (Guérin-Ménev..., 1832) | ⇒ Cyligramma limacinum Guérin-Ménev..., 1832 | | Cyligramma bisignata (Guérin-Ménev..., 1832) | ⇒ Cyligramma limacina Guérin-Ménev..., 1832 | | Cyligramma fluctuosa Drury, 1773 | | | Cyligramma fluctuosum Drury, 1773 | | | Cyligramma griseata Gaede, 1936 | | | Cyligramma importuna (Guérin-Ménev..., 1832) | ⇒ Cyligramma limacinum Guérin-Ménev..., 1832 | | Cyligramma joa Boisduval, 1833 | | | Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775 | Cream-striped owl | | Cyligramma limacina Guérin-Ménev..., 1832 | | | Cyligramma limacinum Guérin-Ménev..., 1832 | | | Cyligramma rudilinea (Drury, 1773) | ⇒ Cyligramma fluctuosum Drury, 1773 | | Cyligramma simplex Grünberg, 1910 | | | Dasychira colini Mabille, 1893 | | | Diacrisia occidens (Rothschild, 1910) | ⇒ Spilosoma occidens Rothschild, 1910 | | Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852 | Jigsaw | | Epilacydes scita Walker, 1865 | | | Epilacydes unilinea Rothschild, 1910 | | | Ericeia congregata Walker, 1858 | | | Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907 | | | Estigmene laglaizei Rothschild, 1910 | | | Estigmene scita (Walker, 1864) | ⇒ Epilacydes scita Walker, 1865 | | Estigmene senegalensis (Rothschild, 1933) | ⇒ Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 | | Estigmene testaceoflava Rothschild, 1933 | | | Estigmene unilinea (Rothschild, 1910) | ⇒ Epilacydes unilinea Rothschild, 1910 | | Eublemma apicimacula (Mabille, 1880) | ⇒ Eublemmoides apicimacula Mabille, 1880 | | Eublemma exanimis Hampson, 1918 | | | Eublemma gayneri Rothschild, 1901 | | | Eublemma guiera Bradley, 1969 | Great Pondhawk | | Eublemma leucozona Hampson, 1910 | | | Eublemma ochrata Hacker, 2019 | | | Eublemma pyrochroa Hampson, 1918 | Slaty Skimmer | | Eublemma scotopis Bethune-Baker, 1911 | | | Eublemma truncata (Mabille, 1880) | ⇒ Eublemmoides apicimacula Mabille, 1880 | | Euchromia folletii Guérin-Ménev..., 1832 | South African day-flying moth | | Euchromia formosa (Guérin-Ménev..., 1832) | ⇒ Euchromia gemmata Butler, 1887 | | Euchromia fulvida (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Euchromia lethe Fabricius, 1775 | | Euchromia gemmata Butler, 1887 | | | Euchromia lethe Fabricius, 1775 | Basker | | Euchromia nigricincta (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Euchromia lethe Fabricius, 1775 | | Euclidia limbosa Guenée, 1852 | | | Eulepidotis alabastraria Hübner, 1823 | | | Eyralpenus (Pareyralpenus) quadrilunata Hampson, 1901 | | | Gesonia inscitia Swinhoe, 1885 | | | Gesonia nigripalpa Wiltshire, 1977 | | | Gesoniodes nigripalpa Wiltshire, 1977 | | | Gnamptonyx innexa Walker, 1858 | | | Gnamptonyx rufomixta (Mabille, 1890) | ⇒ Gnamptonyx innexa Walker, 1858 | | Grammodes bifasciata Petagna, 1787 | Parallel Lines | | Grammodes congesta Berio, 1956 | | | Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775 | Geometrician | | Heteropalpia cortytoides Berio, 1939 | | | Hypena abyssinalis Guenée, 1854 | | | Hypena fumidalis (Zeller, 1852) | ⇒ Hypena abyssinalis Guenée, 1854 | | Hypena obacerralis Walker, 1858 | | | Hypena simplicalis Zeller, 1852 | | | Hypena varialis Walker, 1866 | | | Hypocala plumicornis (Guenée, 1852) | ⇒ Hypocala rostrata Fabricius, 1794 | | Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968 | | | Lacera alope Cramer, 1780 | | | Lacipa quadripunctata Dewitz, 1881 | | | Laelia fracta Schaus & Cle..., 1893 | | | Laelia subrosea Walker, 1855 | | | Leptosia alcesta Stoll, 1782 | African Spirit | | Leptosia uganda (Dixey, 1915) | ⇒ Leptosia wigginsi Dixey, 1915 | | Leptosia wigginsi Dixey, 1915 | Opaque Spirit | | Leptosia wigginsi pseudalcesta Bernardi, 1965 | | | Logunovium nigricosta Holland, 1893 | | | Logunovium nigricostum Holland, 1893 | | | Maxera marchalii Boisduval, 1833 | | | Metachrostis giganteana Hacker, 2019 | | | Metachrostis melasema Hampson, 1918 | | | Metachrostis politzari Hacker, 2011 | | | Micralarctia punctulata (Wallengren, 1860) | ⇒ Micralarctia punctulatum Wallengren, 1860 | | Micralarctia punctulatum Wallengren, 1860 | | | Micralarctia punctulatum euproctina Aurivillius, 1899 | | | Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833 | | | Myana sopora Swinhoe, 1884 | | | Ophiusa mejanesi Guenée, 1852 | | | Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966 | | | Pandesma robusta Walker, 1858 | | | Pantydia scissa Walker, 1865 | | | Pericyma mendax Walker, 1858 | | | Phaegorista agaristoides Boisduval, 1836 | | | Phaegorista leucomelas Herrich-Schä..., 1855 | | | Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833 | Monkeypod Moth | | Pseudoradiarctia scita Walker, 1865 | | | Rhabdophera clathrum Guenée, 1852 | | | Rhabdophera hansali Felder & Rog..., 1874 | | | Rhynchina leucodonta Hampson, 1910 | | | Rhynchina obliqualis Kollar, 1844 | | | Sarmatia amphipyralis Hacker, 2021 | | | Serrodes korana (Felder, 1874) | ⇒ Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775 | | Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777 | | | Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933 | | | Spilosoma castelli castelli Rothschild, 1933 | | | Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855 | | | Spilosoma occidens Rothschild, 1910 | | | Spilosoma occidens occidens Rothschild, 1910 | | | Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901) | ⇒ Eyralpenus quadrilunata Hampson, 1901 | | Spilosoma rava Druce, 1898 | | | Spilosoma rava rava Druce, 1898 | | | Spilosoma senegalensis Rothschild, 1933 | | | Teracotona (Teracotona) rhodophaea Walker, 1865 | | | Teracotona irregularis Gaede, 1926 | | | Teracotona senegalensis Rothschild, 1933 | | | Thallarcha chrysochroa Hampson, 1900 | | | Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863 | | | Thyretes misa (Oberthür, 1878) | ⇒ Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863 | | Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878 | | | Thyretes phasma (Oberthür, 1878) | ⇒ Thyrgis basipunctata Hering, 1926 | | Thyretes signivenis Hering, 1937 | | | Thyretes trichaetiformis Zerny, 1912 | | | Thyrgis basipunctata Hering, 1926 | | | Trichaeta parva Aurivillius, 1910 | | | Trigonodes acutata (Cramer, 1779) | ⇒ Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779 | | Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779 | Chaciope Deliana | | Tumicla calimerae Durante, 2008 | | | Tytroca balnearia (Distant, 1898) | ⇒ Tytroca leucoptera Hampson, 1896 | | Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Utetheisa callima Linnaeus, 1758 | | Utetheisa pulchella kallima Swinhoe, 1907 | | | Utetheisa callima Linnaeus, 1758 | Crimson-speckled Flunkey | | Xoria fascifera Holland, 1894 | | | Zekelita leucodonta Hampson, 1910 | | | Zekelita tinctalis Zeller, 1852 | |
Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in Senegal | 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 | 29
85 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Boletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths | 6
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Calpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Erebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths | 29
64 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Eulepidotinae
Grote, 1895
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hypeninae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Hypenines | 5
11 | Genera
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 | 5
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scoliopteryginae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
Scoliopterygine Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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