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Checklist for Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
314
3514
7841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
3513
7840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
302
3456
7694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
209
2933
6972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
23
828
2578
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
18
763
2455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
5
390
929
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
193
551
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sierra Leone
193 Genera with 551 Species
#ABCDEGHIKLMNOPRSTUXZ
Acantharctia Aurivillius, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Acanthosia Krüger, 20251SpeciesTaxom
Achaea Hübner, 191025SpeciesTaxom
Aedia Hübner, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Afraloa Dubatolov, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Afrasura Durante, 18646SpeciesTaxom
Afromurzinia Dubatolov & ..., 18551SpeciesTaxom
Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Agaphthora Meyrick, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Aglossosia Hampson, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Aloa Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Alpenus Walker, 17814SpeciesTaxom
Alytarchia Hübner, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Amata Fabricius, 18768SpeciesTaxom
Amerila Walker, 188015SpeciesTaxom
Amsacta Walker, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Anapisa Kiriakoff, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Anomis Hubner, 18657SpeciesTaxom
Anthophila Haworth, 1926Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Anticarsia Hübner, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Antichloris Hübner, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Apisa Walker, 18937SpeciesTaxom
Araeopteron Hampson, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Architesma Birket-Smith, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Archithosia Birket-Smith, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Argina Hübner, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Aroa Walker, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Asota Hübner, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Asura Walker, 1936Tiger Moths6SpeciesTaxom
Asuroides Durante, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Athyrma Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Audea Walker, 19026SpeciesTaxom
Autoba Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Avitta Walker, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Balacra Walker, 195713SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 19136SpeciesTaxom
Batella Dall´Asta, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Binna Walker, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Britha Walker, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Brithodes Bethune-Baker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Brunia Moore, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Callhyccoda Berio, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Caripodia Hampson, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Caryatis Hübner, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Catada Walker, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Cerynea Walker, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Ceryx Wallengren, 1864Orange Spotted Tiger Moths3SpeciesTaxom
Chionaema Herrich-Schä..., 17582SpeciesTaxom
Chiromachla Strand, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Chusaris Walker, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Claterna Walker, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Conigephyra Hübner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Corgatha Walker, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Creatonotos Hübner, 18559SpeciesTaxom
Crorema Walker, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Cyana Walker, 185411SpeciesTaxom
Cyligramma Boisduval, 18446SpeciesTaxom
Dasychira Hübner, 189313SpeciesTaxom
Delgamma Moore, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Diacrisia Hubner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Disparctia de Toulgoët, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 19138SpeciesTaxom
Eilema Hübner, 1893Lichen Moths4SpeciesTaxom
Entomogramma Guenée, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Epilacydes Butler, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Episparis Walker, 192910SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Estigmene Hübner, 1910Ermine Moths5SpeciesTaxom
Eublemma Hübner, 195426SpeciesTaxom
Euchromia Hübner, 177713SpeciesTaxom
Eudasychira Möschler, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Eudocima Billberg, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Euproctis Hübner, 18557SpeciesTaxom
Euproctoides Hübner, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Eyralpenus Butler, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Gesonia Walker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Gracilodes Guenée, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Griveaudyria Viette, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Hemiceratoides Strand, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Herminia Latreille, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Heteronygmia Hübner, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Holocryptis Lucas, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Homodina Hampson, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Hondryches Nye, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Honeyania Berio, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Hydrillodes Guenée, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Hypena Schrank, 1866Bloxworth snout16SpeciesTaxom
Hypersada Hacker, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Hypocala Guenée, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Hypopyra Guenée, 18548SpeciesTaxom
Hyposada Hampson, 19443SpeciesTaxom
Ilyrgis Walker, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Knappetra Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Lacipa Hübner, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Laelia Stephens, 18557SpeciesTaxom
Leptosia Hübner, 1965Psyche8SpeciesTaxom
Leucoma Hübner, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Lexis Walker, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Lithosiccia Volynkin, 20231SpeciesTaxom
Logunovium Dubatolov, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Lomilema Krüger, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Lophocryptis Hampson, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Lophoruza Hampson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Lygephila Billberg, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Marbla Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Marblepsis Hering, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Maxera Walker, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Mecistorhabdia Walker, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Meganaclia Aurivillius, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Metachrostis Hübner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Metarctia Walker, 19615SpeciesTaxom
Miniodes Guenée, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 20008SpeciesTaxom
Monstruncusarctia Dubatolov & ..., 18931SpeciesTaxom
Myopsyche Hampson, 18804SpeciesTaxom
Nagia Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Naroma Hübner, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Neomardara Hübner, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Neophemula Kiriakoff, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Neuroxena Kirby, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Nodaria Guenée, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Nyctemera Hübner, 1880Leptosomas7SpeciesTaxom
Ochrotilema Krüger, 20152SpeciesTaxom
Oedaleosia Hampson, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Ogovia Holland, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Olene Hübner, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 19135SpeciesTaxom
Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Oruza Walker, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Otroeda Walker, 20206SpeciesTaxom
Ovenna Birket-Smith, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Palaeosiccia Hampson, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Palaeugoa Durante, 20172SpeciesTaxom
Pangrapta Hübner, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Panilla Moore, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Paqueta Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Parallelia Hübner, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Paralpenus A. Watson, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Paramarbla Hübner, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Parascotia Hubner, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Phaegorista Boisduval, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Phryganopsis Felder, 19013SpeciesTaxom
Phytometra Haworth, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Pitara Walker, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Platyja Hübner, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1902Stoneflies3SpeciesTaxom
Pleuronodes Hampson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Plusiodonta Guenée, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Podomachla Strand, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Polydesma Boisduval, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Polypogon Schrank, 1963Rabbitsfoot grass1SpeciesTaxom
Progonia Hampson, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Pseudlepista Hampson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pseudogiria Berio, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoradiarctia P.G. Haynes, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Pseudostracilla Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothyretes Dufrane, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Pumililema Krüger, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Pusiola Wallengren, 18604SpeciesTaxom
Radiarctia Dubatolov, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Rahona Griveaud, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Rhesala Walker, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidarctia Kiriakoff, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchina Guenée, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Rivula Duponchel, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Sarmatia Guenée, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Sarothroceras Mabille, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Serrodes Guenée, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Siccia Walker, 19185SpeciesTaxom
Simplicia Guenée, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Soloe Walker, 18963SpeciesTaxom
Soloella Gaede, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Somatoxena Aurivillius, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Sphingomorpha Guenée, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Spilosoma Curtis, 190310SpeciesTaxom
Stenarctia Aurivillius, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Strongylosia Hampson, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Tatorinia Butler, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Thyretarctia Strand, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Thyretes Boisduval, 19126SpeciesTaxom
Thyrgis Walker, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Toana Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Trichaeta Swinhoe, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Trygodus Krüger, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Tumicla Walker, 20072SpeciesTaxom
Utetheisa Hübner, 1758Rattlebox moths1SpeciesTaxom
Xylecata Swinhoe, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Zekelita Walker, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Zobida Birket-Smith, 19121SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sierra Leone
551 Species and 13 Subspecies
Acantharctia lacteata (Rothschild, 1933)⇒ Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935
Acantharctia mundata Walker, 1865
Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935
Acanthosia reducta Volynkin, 2025
Achaea albicilia Walker, 1858
Achaea albifimbria Walker, 1869
Achaea boris Geyer, 1837
Achaea catocalina Holland, 1894
Achaea catocaloides Guenée, 1852
Achaea croceipennis Walker, 1858
Achaea echo Walker, 1858
Achaea ezea Cramer, 1779
Achaea faber Holland, 1894
Achaea finita Guenée, 1852Finite Achaea
Achaea illustrata Walker, 1858
Achaea indicabilis Walker, 1858
Achaea intercisa Walker, 1865
Achaea klugii (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Heliophisma klugii Boisduval, 1833
Achaea leona (Felder & Rog..., 1874)⇒ Achaea ezea Cramer, 1779
Achaea lienardi Boisduval, 1833Lienard's achaea
Achaea limbata (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Achaea finita Guenée, 1852
Achaea mania (Walker, 1858)⇒ Achaea nigristriata Laporte, 1979
Achaea mormoides Walker, 1858
Achaea mundissima (Walker, 1858)⇒ Achaea boris Geyer, 1837
Achaea nigristriata Laporte, 1979
Achaea oblita (Walker, 1858)⇒ Achaea boris Geyer, 1837
Achaea obvia Hampson, 1913
Achaea occidens Hampson, 1913
Achaea xanthoptera Hampson, 1910
Aedia discistriga Walker, 1858
Aedia iridocosma Bethune-Baker, 1911
Aedia xanthophaes Bethune-Baker, 1911
Afraloa bifurca Walker, 1855
Afrasura discocellularis Strand, 1912
Afrasura discocellularis discocellularis Strand, 1912
Afrasura hieroglyphica Bethune-Baker, 1911
Afrasura hyporhoda Hampson, 1900
Afrasura indecisa Walker, 1869
Afrasura obliterata Walker, 1864
Afromurzinia lutescens Walker, 1855
Afrowatsonius marginalis Walker, 1855
Agaphthora albimacula Walker, 1854
Agaphthora macrospila Walker, 1864
Aglossosia albescens Hampson, 1901
Aglossosia metaleuca Hampson, 1900
Aloa marginalis (Walker, 1855)⇒ Creatonotos ramivitta Walker, 1855
Alpenus investigatorum Karsch, 1898
Alpenus kordofanus Stoll, 1781
Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)⇒ Alpenus kordofanus Stoll, 1781
Alpenus maculosus Stoll, 1781
Alytarchia amanda Boisduval, 1847
Alytarchia leonina Walker, 1865
Amata basithyris Hampson, 1914
Amata cerbera Linnaeus, 1764
Amata divalis Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Amata francisa Butler, 1876
Amata francisca (Butler, 1876)⇒ Amata cerbera Linnaeus, 1764
Amata marina Butler, 1876
Amata reducticincta (Butler, 1876)⇒ Amata tomasina Butler, 1876
Amata tomasina Butler, 1876
Amerila brunnea Hampson, 1901
Amerila brunnea brunnea Hampson, 1901
Amerila carneola (Hampson, 1916)⇒ Amerila puella Fabricius, 1793
Amerila invidua (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Amerila puella Fabricius, 1793
Amerila leucoptera Hampson, 1901
Amerila luteibarba Hampson, 1901
Amerila pannosa Grünberg, 1908
Amerila puella Fabricius, 1793
Amerila puella invidua Bethune-Baker, 1925
Amerila rothi (Rothschild, 1910)⇒ Amerila puella Fabricius, 1793
Amerila rubondoi Hauser & Boppre, 1977
Amerila syntomina Butler, 1878
Amerila vidua Cramer, 1780
Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
Amerila vitrea vitrea Plötz, 1880
Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
Anapisa preussi Gaede, 1926
Anapisa tristigma Mabille, 1893
Anomis curvifera Walker, 1858
Anomis flava Fabricius, 1775Cotton Looper
Anomis fulvida Guenée, 1852
Anomis inexpectata
Anomis leona Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Anomis sabulifera Guenée, 1852Angled Gem
Anomis simulatrix Walker, 1865
Anthophila torridula (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Choreutis torridula Meyrick, 1926
Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Anticarsia irrorata Fabricius, 1781
Antichloris panacea Druce, 1884
Anua dilecta (Walker, 1865)⇒ Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865
Anua rufescens (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Ophiusa rufescens Hampson, 1913
Apisa cana (Walker, 1855)⇒ Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Apisa cinereocostata (Holland, 1893)⇒ Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Apisa homoeorotica (Strand, 1917)⇒ Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Apisa microcanescens (Walker, 1855)⇒ Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Apisa subcanescens (Rothschild, 1910)⇒ Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Apisa tristigma (Mabille, 1893)⇒ Antichloris panacea Druce, 1884
Araeopteron canescens Walker, 1866
Araeopteron griseata Hampson, 1907
Architesma ampullaria Volynkin, 2025
Architesma angulifascia Strand, 1913
Archithosia costimacula Mabille, 1878
Argina leonina (Walker, 1865)⇒ Alytarchia leonina Walker, 1865
Aroa danva Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Aroa leonensis Hampson, 1910
Asota speciosa Drury, 1773Specious Tiger
Asura atricraspeda (Hampson, 1914)⇒ Asuroides atricraspeda Hampson, 1914
Asura gabunica Walker, 1865
Asura hilara hilara Kiriakoff, 1958
Asura hyporhoda (Hampson, 1900)⇒ Afrasura hyporhoda Hampson, 1900
Asura obliterata (Walker, 1864)⇒ Afrasura obliterata Walker, 1864
Asura obscurodiscalis Rothschild, 1936
Asuroides atricraspeda Hampson, 1914
Athyrma discimacula Hampson, 1926
Audea bipunctata Walker, 1858
Audea endophaea (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Audea hemihyala Karsch, 1896
Audea hemihyala Karsch, 1896
Audea kathrina Kühne, 2005
Audea melanoplaga Hampson, 1902
Audea tegulata Hampson, 1902
Autoba brachygonia Hampson, 1910
Avitta atripuncta Hampson, 1926
Avitta insignifica Hampson, 1926
Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
Balacra conradti Oberthür, 1911
Balacra ehrmanni Holland, 1893
Balacra germana (Rothschild, 1912)⇒ Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
Balacra herona Druce, 1887
Balacra humphreyi Rothschild, 1912
Balacra inflammata (Hampson, 1914)⇒ Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
Balacra intermedia (Rothschild, 1912)⇒ Balacra jaensis Bethune-Baker, 1927
Balacra jaensis Bethune-Baker, 1927
Balacra magna (Hulstaert, 1923)⇒ Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
Balacra ochracea (Walker, 1869)⇒ Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833
Bastilla conjunctura Walker, 1858
Bastilla humilis Holland, 1894
Bastilla multilineata Holland, 1894
Bastilla palpalis Walker, 1865
Bastilla trogosema Hampson, 1913
Batella lampra Hering, 1926
Batella muscosa Holland, 1893
Binna penicillata Walker, 1865
Binna scita (Walker, 1865)⇒ Pseudoradiarctia scita Walker, 1865
Brithodes bathisalis Walker, 1859
Brunia apicalis Walker, 1862
Callhyccoda indecora Hacker, 2019
Caripodia albescens (Hampson, 1907)⇒ Aglossosia albescens Hampson, 1901
Caripodia metaleuca (Hampson, 1900)⇒ Aglossosia metaleuca Hampson, 1900
Caryatis phileta Drury, 1782
Caryatis syntomina (Butler, 1878)⇒ Amerila syntomina Butler, 1878
Catada janalis Schaus, 1893
Cerynea acidalica Hampson, 1910
Cerynea limbobrunnea Fletcher, 1961
Cerynea thermesialis Walker, 1866
Cerynea trichobasis Hampson, 1910
Ceryx albimacula Walker, 1854
Ceryx bivittata Walker, 1865
Ceryx macrospila Walker, 1864
Chionaema basisticta (Hampson, 1914)⇒ Cyana basisticta Hampson, 1914
Chionaema fulvia Linnaeus, 1758
Chiromachla perspicua Walker, 1854
Chusaris maculalis Walker, 1866
Claterna gracillodina Hampson, 1926
Conigephyra discolepia Hampson, 1910
Corgatha latifera Walker, 1869
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 leucanioides defasciata Strand, 1919
Creatonotos leucanioides leucanioides Holland, 1893
Creatonotos marginalis (Walker, 1855)⇒ Afrowatsonius marginalis Walker, 1855
Creatonotos ramivitta Walker, 1855
Crorema ampla Walker, 1865
Crorema mentiens Walker, 1855
Crorema modesta Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Crorema obliqua Walker, 1856
Cyana additica (Prout A. E., 1919)⇒ Cyana basisticta Hampson, 1914
Cyana basisticta Hampson, 1914
Cyana delicata Walker, 1854
Cyana fulvia Linnaeus, 1758
Cyana liboria (Cramer, 1781)⇒ Cyana fulvia Linnaeus, 1758
Cyana occidentalis Volynkin & L..., 2020
Cyana rejecta Walker, 1854
Cyana rubristriga Holland, 1893
Cyana rubristriga rubristriga Holland, 1893
Cyana togoana Strand, 1912
Cyana trigutta Walker, 1854
Cyligramma amblyops Mabille, 1891
Cyligramma ambylops Mabille, 1891
Cyligramma fluctuosa Drury, 1773
Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775Cream-striped owl
Cyligramma limacina Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Cyligramma magus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Dasychira bacchans Karsch, 1898
Dasychira citana Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Dasychira glovera Swinhoe, 1906
Dasychira goodii Holland, 1893
Dasychira leucogramma Hampson, 1910
Dasychira lulua Collenette, 1937
Dasychira maculata Griveaud, 1973
Dasychira mniodes Collenette, 1939
Dasychira rhabdota Collenette, 1933
Dasychira robusta Walker, 1855
Dasychira suspecta Hering, 1926
Dasychira thermoplaga Hampson, 1910
Dasychira ticana Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Delgamma pangonia Guenée, 1852Strawberry Cutworm
Diacrisia occidens (Rothschild, 1910)⇒ Spilosoma occidens Rothschild, 1910
Disparctia vittata Druce, 1898
Dysgonia abnegans Walker, 1858
Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833
Dysgonia conjunctura Walker, 1858
Dysgonia humilis Holland, 1894
Dysgonia multilineata (Holland, 1894)⇒ Bastilla multilineata Holland, 1894
Dysgonia palpalis (Walker, 1865)⇒ Bastilla palpalis Walker, 1865
Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852Jigsaw
Dysgonia trogosema (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Bastilla trogosema Hampson, 1913
Eilema albidula Walker, 1864
Eilema apicalis Walker, 1862
Eilema gracilipennis Wallengren, 1860
Eilema monochroma Holland, 1893
Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
Entomogramma venusta Walker, 1865
Epilacydes scita Walker, 1865
Epilacydes unilinea Rothschild, 1910
Episparis connubens Holland, 1894
Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
Episparis gomphiona Hampson, 1926
Episparis heiroglyphica Holland, 1894
Episparis hieroglyphica Holland, 1894
Episparis penetrata Walker, 1857
Episparis pyrocausta (Hampson, 1926)⇒ Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
Episparis sponsata Fabricius, 1787
Episparis sublibatrix (Bryk, 1915)⇒ Episparis taiwana Wileman & West, 1929
Episparis taiwana Wileman & West, 1929
Erebus walkeri Butler, 1875
Ericeia congregata Walker, 1858
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia lituraria Saalmüller, 1880
Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907
Estigmene ochreomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1909
Estigmene scita (Walker, 1864)⇒ Epilacydes scita Walker, 1865
Estigmene senegalensis (Rothschild, 1933)⇒ Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
Estigmene unilinea (Rothschild, 1910)⇒ Epilacydes unilinea Rothschild, 1910
Eublemma acarodes Swinhoe, 1907
Eublemma admota Felder R. & ..., 1875
Eublemma albicosta Hampson, 1910
Eublemma anachoresis Wallengren, 1863Yellow and purple banded moth
Eublemma apicipunctum Saalmüller, 1891
Eublemma argentifera Hampson, 1926
Eublemma aurantiaca Hampson, 1910Red-tailed Pennant
Eublemma aurantiaca aurantiaca Hampson, 1910
Eublemma baccalix Swinhoe, 1886
Eublemma brachygonia Hampson, 1910
Eublemma carneotincta Hampson, 1910
Eublemma colla Schaus, 1893
Eublemma ecthaemata Hampson, 1896
Eublemma exanimis Hampson, 1918
Eublemma exigua Walker, 1858
Eublemma ferruginata Hacker, 2019
Eublemma gayneri Rothschild, 1901
Eublemma goniochlora Hacker, 2019
Eublemma macrocroca Hacker, 2019
Eublemma ochrochroa Hampson, 1910
Eublemma orthogramma Snellen, 1872
Eublemma pennula Felder & Rog..., 1874
Eublemma poliochra Hacker, 2019
Eublemma pyrochroa Hampson, 1918Slaty Skimmer
Eublemma sciaphora Hampson, 1910Belted Whiteface
Eublemma viettei Berio, 1954
Euchromia bellula (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Euchromia hampsoni Seitz, 1926
Euchromia folletii Guérin-Ménev..., 1832South 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 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, 1775Basker
Euchromia nigricincta (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Euchromia lethe Fabricius, 1775
Euchromia rubricollis Walker, 1864
Euchromia sperchius Cramer, 1777
Eudasychira georgiana Fawcett, 1900
Eudasychira quinquepunctata Möschler, 1887
Eudocima (Elygea) materna Linnaeus, 1767Dot underwing moth
Eudocima (Othreis) phalonia Linnaeus, 1763
Eudocima afrikana Borth & Kons, 2022
Eudocima divitiosa Walker, 1869
Euproctis conizona Collenette, 1933
Euproctis consocia Walker, 1865
Euproctis discipuncta Holland, 1893
Euproctis fasciata (Walker, 1855)⇒ Knappetra fasciata Walker, 1855
Euproctis modesta Schaus, 1893
Euproctis pygmaea Walker, 1855
Euproctis varians Walker, 1855
Euproctoides acrisia Plötz, 1880
Eyralpenus (Pareyralpenus) quadrilunata Hampson, 1901
Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
Gracilodes fenestrata Gaede, 2004
Gracilodes metopis Hampson, 1926
Gracilodes nysa Guenée, 1852
Grammodes bifasciata Petagna, 1787Parallel Lines
Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775Geometrician
Griveaudyria ila Swinhoe, 1904
Griveaudyria subila Dall´Asta, 1982
Hemiceratoides sittaca Karsch, 1896
Herminia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Simplicia inareolalis Fryer, 1912
Heteronygmia manicata Aurivillius, 1892
Holocryptis melanosticta Hampson, 1910
Holocryptis permaculata Hampson, 1910
Homodina argentifera Hampson, 1926
Hondryches efulensis Holland, 1920
Honeyania aulombardi Hacker, 2019
Honeyania colla Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Hydrillodes janalis Schaus, 1893
Hypena (Hypena) lividalis (Hübner, 1796)⇒ Ophiuche lividalis Hübner, 1790
Hypena commixtalis (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Hypena strigata Fabricius, 1798
Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
Hypena cowani (Viette, 1968)⇒ Trichypena cowani Viette, 1968
Hypena directa (Fletcher D. S., 1961)⇒ Trichypena directa Fletcher, 1961
Hypena ducalis (Schaus, 1893)⇒ Hypena ducaloides Poole, 1989
Hypena ducaloides Poole, 1989
Hypena jussalis (Walker, 1859)⇒ Hypena strigata Fabricius, 1798
Hypena kratochvili Lödl, 1995
Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859Hypena moth
Hypena obacerralis Walker, 1858
Hypena saltalis Schaus, 1893
Hypena semilutea (Snellen, 1872)⇒ Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
Hypena simplicalis Zeller, 1852
Hypena subvittalis Walker, 1866
Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
Hypersada juncturalis Walker, 1866
Hypocala plumicornis (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Hypocala rostrata Fabricius, 1794
Hypocala rostrata Fabricius, 1794
Hypocala tenuis (Walker, 1866)⇒ Hyblaea tenuis Walker, 1866
Hypopyra allardi Oberthür, 1878
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra endoxantha (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra hampsoni (Aurivillius, 1925)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra lunifera (Herrich-Schä..., 1854)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra occidentalis (Herrich-Schä..., 1854)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra plumbefusa (Herrich-Schä..., 1854)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra pulverulenta (Herrich-Schä..., 1854)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hyposada hydrocampata Guenée, 1857
Hyposada juncturalis Walker, 1866
Hyposada zavattarii Berio, 1944
Ilyrgis ethiopica Hampson, 1926
Knappetra fasciata Walker, 1855
Lacipa rivularis Gaede, 1916
Laelia amaura Hering, 1926
Laelia dochmia Collenette, 1960
Laelia eos (Hering, 1926)⇒ Laelia rosea Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia eutricha Collenette, 1931
Laelia fracta Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia rosea Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia subrosea Walker, 1855
Leptosia alcesta Stoll, 1782African Spirit
Leptosia alcesta inalcesta (Bernardi, 1959)⇒ Leptosia alcesta Stoll, 1782
Leptosia hybrida Bernardi, 1952Hybrid Spirit
Leptosia marginea Mabille, 1890Black-edged Spirit
Leptosia medusa Cramer, 1777Dainty Spirit
Leptosia uganda (Dixey, 1915)⇒ Leptosia wigginsi Dixey, 1915
Leptosia wigginsi Dixey, 1915Opaque Spirit
Leptosia wigginsi pseudalcesta Bernardi, 1965
Leucoma laba Schaus, 1893
Leucoma luteipes Walker, 1855
Leucoma xanthosoma Saalmüller, 1884
Lexis bipunctigera (Wallengren, 1860)⇒ Cyana rejecta Walker, 1854
Lithosiccia takanoi Volynkin, 2023
Logunovium nigricosta Holland, 1893
Lomilema gracilipennis Wallengren, 1860
Lophocryptis argyrophora Hampson, 1914
Lophoruza mascarena de Joannis, 1910Square-spotted Blue
Lygephila immitis (Walker, 1857)⇒ Lygephila salax Guenée, 1852
Lygephila salax Guenée, 1852
Marbla divisa Walker, 1855
Marblepsis flabellaria Fabricius, 1787
Maxera brachypecten Hampson, 1926
Maxera marchalii Boisduval, 1833
Maxera nigriceps (Walker, 1858)⇒ Maxera marchalii Boisduval, 1833
Mecistorhabdia haematoessa Holland, 1893
Meganaclia perpusilla Walker, 1856
Meganaclia sippia Plötz, 1880
Metachrostis sciaphora Hampson, 1910
Metarctia burra Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Metarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893
Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892
Metarctia sheljuzhkoi Kiriakoff, 1961
Miniodes discolor Guenée, 1852
Miniodes phaeosoma Hampson, 1913
Mocis associata (Walker, 1865)⇒ Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis conveniens Walker, 1858Pale Brown Lines
Mocis detersa (Walker, 1865)⇒ Mocis conveniens Walker, 1858
Mocis diffundens (Hübner, 1831)⇒ Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis jugalis (Walker, 1858)⇒ Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis mutuata (Walker, 1858)⇒ Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca Holland, 1893
Myopsyche cytogaster Holland, 1893
Myopsyche makomensis Strand, 1912
Myopsyche notoplagia Hampson, 1898
Myopsyche victorina Plötz, 1880
Nagia gravipes Walker, 1858
Naroma signifera Walker, 1856
Naroma varipes Walker, 1865
Neomardara africana Holland, 1893
Neophemula vitrina Oberthür, 1909
Neuroxena flammea Gaede, 1926
Nodaria funerabilis Hacker, Fieb..., 2021
Nodaria lophobela Fletcher D. S., 1961Blue Metalmark
Nodaria nodosalis Herrich-Schä..., 1851
Nyctemera acraeina (Druce, 1882)⇒ Podomachla acraeina Druce, 1882
Nyctemera acraeina acraeina Druce, 1882
Nyctemera antinorii (Oberthür, 1880)⇒ Podomachla apicalis Walker, 1854
Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)⇒ Podomachla apicalis Walker, 1854
Nyctemera fallax (Walker, 1854)⇒ Chiromachla perspicua Walker, 1854
Nyctemera perspicua (Walker, 1854)⇒ Chiromachla perspicua Walker, 1854
Nyctemera xanthura Plötz, 1880
Ochrotilema flavicosta Hampson, 1901
Ochrotilema hampsoni Krüger, 2015
Oedaleosia nigricosta Hampson, 1900
Ogovia pudens Holland, 1894
Ogovia tavetensis Holland, 1892
Olene basalis (Walker, 1855)⇒ Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823
Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823Brown Tussock Moth
Ophiusa conspicienda Walker, 1858
Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865
Ophiusa finifascia Walker, 1858
Ophiusa mejanesi Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa rufescens Hampson, 1913
Orgyia basalis Walker, 1855
Oruza latifera Walker, 1869
Otroeda aino Bryk, 1915
Otroeda cafra Drury, 1780
Otroeda hesperia Cramer, 1779
Otroeda nerina Drury, 1780
Otroeda occidentis Walker, 1854
Otroeda smithi Bouyer, Lász..., 2020
Ovenna simulans Mabille, 1878
Ovenna vicaria Walker, 1854Ubiquitous Footman
Palaeosiccia punctata Hampson, 1900
Palaeugoa moa Volynkin & L..., 2020
Palaeugoa secunda Volynkin, 2017
Pangrapta eucraspeda Hampson, 1926
Pangrapta seriopuncta Hampson, 1926
Panilla hadrastis Hampson, 1926
Paqueta chloroscia Hering, 1926
Parallelia multilineata (Holland, 1894)⇒ Bastilla multilineata Holland, 1894
Parallelia palpalis (Walker, 1865)⇒ Bastilla palpalis Walker, 1865
Paralpenus flavicosta Hampson, 1909
Paramarbla indentata Holland, 1893
Parascotia hadrastis Hampson, 1926
Parascotia xylonea Hampson, 1926
Phaegorista agaristoides Boisduval, 1836
Phaegorista leucomelas Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Phaegorista micacea Walker, 1856
Phryganopsis angulifascia Strand, 1912
Phryganopsis cinerella Wallengren, 1860
Phryganopsis flavicosta Hampson, 1901
Phytometra allecta (Schaus, 1893)⇒ Phytometra duplicalis Walker, 1866
Phytometra duplicalis Walker, 1866
Phytometra silona Schaus, 1893
Pitara subarcuata Walker, 1865
Platyja semifimbria Walker, 1858
Platyja vacillans Walker, 1858
Plecoptera flaviceps Hampson, 1902
Plecoptera leucosticha Hampson, 1926
Plecoptera rufirena Hampson, 1902
Pleuronodes trogopera Hampson, 1910
Plusiodonta commoda Walker, 1865
Podomachla acraeina Druce, 1882
Podomachla antinorii Oberthür, 1880
Podomachla apicalis Walker, 1854
Polydesma collusoria Berio, 1954
Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833Monkeypod Moth
Polypogon quadrimacula Fletcher D. S., 1963
Progonia matilei Orhant, 2001
Pseudlepista flavicosta Hampson, 1910
Pseudogiria hypographa Hampson, 1926
Pseudoradiarctia affinis Bartel, 1903
Pseudoradiarctia scita Walker, 1865
Pseudostracilla infausta Hering, 1926
Pseudothyretes kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945
Pseudothyretes obscurus Przybyłowic..., 2015
Pseudothyretes perpusilla Walker, 1856
Pumililema monochroma Holland, 1893
Pusiola celida Bethune-Baker, 1911
Pusiola celidana (Bethune-Baker, 1911)⇒ Pusiola celida Bethune-Baker, 1911
Pusiola cinerella Wallengren, 1860
Pusiola zelleri (Wallengren, 1860)⇒ Phryganopsis cinerella Wallengren, 1860
Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1855)⇒ Afromurzinia lutescens Walker, 1855
Rahona ladburyi Bethune-Baker, 1911
Rhesala moestalis Walker, 1866
Rhesala nigeriensis Hampson, 1926
Rhipidarctia crameri Kiriakoff, 1961
Rhipidarctia erubescens Walker, 1865
Rhipidarctia invaria Walker, 1856
Rhynchina obliqualis Kollar, 1844
Rivula craspisticta Hampson, 1926
Sarmatia renatae Lödl, 1997
Sarothroceras alluaudi (Mabille, 1889)⇒ Sarothroceras banaka Plötz, 1880
Serrodes korana (Felder, 1874)⇒ Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775
Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775Catapult moth
Serrodes trispila Mabille, 1890
Siccia cretata Hampson, 1914
Siccia gypsia Hampson, 1914
Siccia kuehnei Volynkin, 2023
Siccia milesi Volynkin, 2023
Siccia paucipuncta Hampson, 1918
Simplicia extinctalis Zeller, 1852
Simplicia inarcualis (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Simplicia inareolalis Fryer, 1912
Simplicia inareolalis Fryer, 1912
Soloe fumipennis Hampson, 1910
Soloe trigutta Walker, 1854
Soloe tripunctata Druce, 1896
Soloella guttivaga Walker, 1854
Somatoxena lasea Druce, 1899
Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777
Spilosoma affinis (Bartel, 1903)⇒ Pseudoradiarctia affinis Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)⇒ Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca Holland, 1893
Spilosoma batesi Rothschild, 1910
Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma lutescens (Walker, 1855)⇒ Afromurzinia lutescens Walker, 1855
Spilosoma occidens Rothschild, 1910
Spilosoma occidens occidens Rothschild, 1910
Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901)⇒ Eyralpenus quadrilunata Hampson, 1901
Spilosoma semihyalina (Bartel, 1903)⇒ Afromurzinia lutescens Walker, 1855
Stenarctia abdominalis Rothschild, 1910
Strongylosia congoensis Holland, 1920
Tatorinia fumipennis Felder & Rog..., 1874
Tatorinia pallidipennis Hampson, 1926
Thyretarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957
Thyretarctia haematica Holland, 1893
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
Toana acidalica Hampson, 1910
Trichaeta bivittata Walker, 1864
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Trygodus albidula Walker, 1864
Tumicla atricraspeda Hampson, 1914
Tumicla distyi Kühne, 2007
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Utetheisa callima Linnaeus, 1758
Xylecata xanthura Plötz, 1880
Zekelita echionalis Walker, 1859
Zekelita leucodonta Hampson, 1910
Zekelita matengis Lödl & Maye..., 1998
Zekelita tinctalis Zeller, 1852
Zobida trinitas Strand, 1912

Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in Sierra Leone
SubfamilyAganainae
Boisduval, 1833
Tropical Tiger Moths
4
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths
78
222
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBoletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths
24
64
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCalpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths
14
32
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
28
110
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEulepidotinae
Grote, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHerminiinae
Leach, 1815
Dead-leaf worms, Litter Moths
7
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHypeninae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Hypenines
7
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHypocalinae
Guenée, 1852
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth, Tussock Moths
26
66
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPangraptinae
Grote, 1882
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRivulinae
Grote, 1895
Rivulines
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScoliopteryginae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
Scoliopterygine Moths
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom



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