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Checklist for Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
and region Singapore (Southeast Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
308
2505
4613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
308
2505
4613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
292
2433
4502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
167
1776
3517
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
45
690
1244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
45
690
1244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
45
690
1244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
23
495
941
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
19
480
924
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
173
240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
116
163
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Singapore
116 Genera with 163 Species
#ABCDEFGHILMNOPRSTUZ
Achaea Hübner, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Adrapsa Walker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Aedia Hübner, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Amata Fabricius, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Anisoneura Guenée, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Anthophila Haworth, 1886Bees3SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Araeopteron Hampson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Arctornis Germar, 19145SpeciesTaxom
Argina Hübner, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Asota Hübner, 18646SpeciesTaxom
Asura Walker, 1900Tiger Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Attonda Swinhoe, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Avatha Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Bertula Walker, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Bocana Walker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Bocula Guenée, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Calliteara Butler, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Carriola Swinhoe, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Catocala Schrank, 0Underwing moths1SpeciesTaxom
Ceryx Wallengren, 1780Orange Spotted Tiger Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Chiretolpis Watson, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Clethrogyna Ochsenheimer, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Composia Hübner, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Corgatha Walker, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Creatonotos Hübner, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Crocomela Kirby, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Cultripalpa Guenée, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Cyana Walker, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Cyme Felder, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Danielithosia Dubatolov & ..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Digama Moore, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Dinumma Walker, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Eilema Hübner, 1907Lichen Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Enispa Walker, 01SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 18275SpeciesTaxom
Eressa Walker, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Erygia Guenée, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Eublemma Hübner, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Euchromia Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Euclidia Ochsenheimer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Eudocima Billberg, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Eugnathia Warren, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Eugoa Walker, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Euphiuche Holloway, 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Euproctis Hübner, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Eurosia Hampson, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Felinia Guenée, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Gesonia Walker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Hadennia Moore, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Hemonia Walker, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Hipoepa Walker, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Holocraspedon Hampson, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Hulodes Guenée, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Hydrillodes Guenée, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Hypena Schrank, 1880Bloxworth snout3SpeciesTaxom
Hypopyra Guenée, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Indiania Kirti , Sing..., 19071SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Leptosia Hübner, 1910Psyche2SpeciesTaxom
Leucoma Hübner, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Lopharthrum Hampson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Lyclene Moore, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Lygniodes Guenée, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Lymantria Hübner, 17934SpeciesTaxom
Macohasa Dubatolov, V..., 20091SpeciesTaxom
Macotasa Moore, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Metaemene Hampson, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Meteugoa Hampson, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Miltochrista Hübner, 1819
0SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Neasura Hampson, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Nechesia Walker, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Nodaria Guenée, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Nudaria Haworth, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Nyctemera Hübner, 1777Leptosomas3SpeciesTaxom
Olene Hübner, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Ommatophora Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Orvasca Walker, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Oxyodes Guenée, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Palaeosiccia Hampson, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Paracles Walker, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Parallelia Hübner, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 18861SpeciesTaxom
Perina Hübner, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Phaeosia Hampson, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Philenora Rosenstock, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pindara Moore, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Platyja Hübner, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Polydesma Boisduval, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Progonia Hampson, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoblabes Zeller, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosphex Hübner, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pterocyclophora Hampson, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Rema Swinhoe, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Rhesala Walker, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Rivula Duponchel, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Serrodes Guenée, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Simplicia Guenée, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Sophta Walker, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Speiredonia Hübner, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Spirama Guenée, 17641SpeciesTaxom
Sympis Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Syntomoides Hampson, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Tortricosia Hampson, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Utetheisa Hübner, 1779Rattlebox moths1SpeciesTaxom
Zurobata Walker, 18641SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Singapore
163 Species and 4 Subspecies
Achaea janata Linnaeus, 1758Caster oil looper
Achaea serva Fabricius, 1775
Adrapsa ablualis Walker, 1859
Aedia leucomelas Linnaeus, 1758Eastern Alchymist
Aedia perdicipennis Moore, 1882
Amata huebneri Boisduval, 1829Wasp Moth
Amata stellaris Snellen, 1895
Anisoneura aluco Fabricius, 1775
Anisoneura salebrosa Guenée, 1852
Anthophila amethystodes (Meyrick, 1914)⇒ Choreutis amethystodes Meyrick, 1914
Anthophila ophiosema (Lower, 1896)⇒ Choreutis ophiosema Lower, 1896
Anthophila orthogona (Meyrick, 1886)⇒ Choreutis orthogona Meyrick, 1886
Anua coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
Araeopteron rufescens Turner, 1910
Arctornis egerina Swinhoe, 1893Digger bee
Arctornis obtusa Walker, 1862
Arctornis rutila Fabricius, 1781
Arctornis semihyalina Swinhoe, 1904
Arctornis singaporensis Strand, 1914
Argina astrea Drury, 1773Crotalaria pod borer
Asota caricae Fabricius, 1775Tropical Tiger Moth
Asota egens Walker, 1854
Asota heliconia Linnaeus, 1758Tropical Tiger Moth
Asota plaginota Butler, 1875
Asota plana Walker, 1854
Asota subsimilis Walker, 1864
Asura fulguritis Hampson, 1900
Attonda stellata (Moore, 1883)⇒ Attonda adspersa Felder & Rog..., 1874
Avatha complens Walker, 1858
Bastilla axiniphora Hampson, 1913
Bastilla crameri Moore, 1885
Bertula nigra Swinhoe, 1902
Bocana manifestalis Walker, 1859Moth
Bocula bifaria (Walker, 1863)⇒ Bocula quadrilineata Walker, 1858
Calliteara horsfieldii Saunders, 1851Horsfield's tussock moth
Carriola ecnomoda Swinhoe, 1907
Catocala actaea actaea
Ceryx imaon (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Ceryx godartii Boisduval, 1829
Chalciope mygdon Cramer, 1777
Chiretolpis xanthopera (Hampson, 1907)⇒ Lyclene xanthopera Hampson, 1907
Clethrogyna turbata Butler, 1879
Composia fidelissima vagrans Bates, 1933
Corgatha dictaria Walker, 1861
Corgatha nigripalpis (Walker, 1864)⇒ Corgatha semipardata Walker, 1862
Creatonotos (Phissama) transiens Walker, 1855
Creatonotos gangis Linnaeus, 1767Hairy caterpillar
Crocomela orthocraspeda (Warren, 1904)⇒ Crocomela flammifera Warren, 1904
Cultripalpa lunulifera Hampson, 1926
Cyana flavalba Rothschild, 1912
Cyana perornata Walker, 1854
Cyme reticulata (C. Felder, 1861)⇒ Lyclene reticulata C. Felder, 1861
Danielithosia immaculata Butler, 1880
Digama spilosoma Felder, 1874
Dinumma oxygrapha Snellen, 1880
Dysgonia axiniphora (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Bastilla axiniphora Hampson, 1913
Eilema antica (Walker, 1854)⇒ Eilema anticum Walker, 1854
Eilema pentaspila (Hampson, 1907)⇒ Macotasa orientalis Hampson, 1905
Enispa elateria
Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Erebus hieroglyphica Drury, 1773
Erebus laetitia (Hübner, 1827)⇒ Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Erebus malanga (Hübner, 1827)⇒ Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Erebus niasana (Hübner, 1827)⇒ Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Eressa confinis Walker, 1854
Ericeia eriophora Guenée, 1852
Ericeia fraterna Moore, 1885
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia pertendens Walker, 1858
Erygia apicalis Guenée, 1852
Erygia spissa Guenée, 1852
Eublemma cochylioides Guenée, 1852Eublemma Moth
Euchromia elegantissima (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Euchromia polymena Linnaeus, 1758
Euclidia (Euclidia) ardita Franclemont, 1957Erebid Moth
Eudocima (Othreis) phalonia Linnaeus, 1763
Eudocima discrepans Walker, 1857
Eugnathia diagonalis Hampson, 1910
Eugoa bilineata (Hampson, 1901)⇒ Holocraspedon bilineata Hampson, 1901
Euproctis lutea C.L. Chao, 1984
Eurosia melanopera Hampson, 1900
Felinia plagifera Walker, 1859
Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
Grammodes geometrica Fabricius, 1775
Hadennia hypenalis (Walker, , 1859&, 1858)⇒ Hadennia jutalis Walker, 1858
Hemonia ciliata (Hampson, 1914)⇒ Hemonia orbiferana Walker, 1863
Hemonia orbiferana Walker, 1863
Hipoepa fractalis Guenée, 1854Pink Striped Oakworm Moth
Holocraspedon bilineata Hampson, 1901
Hulodes caranea Cramer, 1780
Hulodes donata (Schultze, 1907)⇒ Hulodes drylla Guenée, 1852
Hulodes drylla Guenée, 1852
Hydrillodes lentalis Guenée, 1854
Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859Hypena moth
Hypena obacerralis Walker, 1858
Hypena robustalis Snellen, 1880
Hypopyra pudens Walker, 1858
Hypopyra vespertilio Fabricius, 1787
Indiania citrona Hampson, 1907
Lacera uniformis Holloway, 1979
Leptosia nina Fabricius, 1793Black-spotted White
Leptosia nina malayana Fruhstorfer, 1910Psyche
Leucoma egerina (Swinhoe, 1893)⇒ Arctornis egerina Swinhoe, 1893
Lopharthrum comprimens Walker, 1858
Lyclene xanthopera Hampson, 1907
Lygniodes endoleucus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Lymantria (Lymantria) alexandrae Schintlmeister, 1994
Lymantria (Porthetria) brunneiplaga Swinhoe, 1903
Lymantria (Porthetria) ganara Moore, 1860
Lymantria (Spinotria) serva Fabricius, 1793Crescent-moon tussock moth
Macohasa tetraspila Cerny, 2009
Macotasa orientalis Hampson, 1905
Metaemene atrigutta Walker, 1862
Meteugoa obliquiata Hampson, 1900
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis undata Fabricius, 1775
Neasura apicalis Walker, 1854
Nechesia albotentata Walker, 1862
Nodaria externalis Guenée, 1854Nais Metalmark
Nudaria albipunctella Hampson, 1914
Nudaria apicalis Walker, 1854
Nyctemera coleta coleta Stoll, 1781
Nyctemera (Nyctemera) baulus Boisduval, 1832Magpie Moth
Nyctemera (Nyctemera) lacticinia Cramer, 1777
Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823Brown Tussock Moth
Ommatophora luminosa Stoll, 1780
Ophiusa discriminans Walker, 1858
Ophiusa trapezium Guenée, 1852
Orgyia (Orgyia) antiqua Linnaeus, 1758Antique tussock moth
Orgyia postica Walker, 1855Cocoa Tussock Moth
Orvasca bicolor Heylaerts, 1892
Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865
Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852
Palaeosiccia major Kiriakoff, 1958
Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
Paracles laguerrei Toulgoët, 2000
Parallelia axiniphora (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Bastilla axiniphora Hampson, 1913
Parallelia calefaciens
Parallelia onelia Guenée, 1852
Pericyma cruegeri Butler, 1886Poinciana Looper
Perina sunda Holloway, 1999
Phaeosia orientalis (Hampson, 1905)⇒ Macotasa orientalis Hampson, 1905
Philenora lauta (Swinhoe, 1903)⇒ Holocraspedon bilineata Hampson, 1901
Pindara illibata Fabricius, 1775
Platyja umminia Cramer, 1780
Polydesma boarmoides Guenée, 1852Moth
Progonia oileusalis Walker, 1859
Pseudoblabes oophora Zeller, 1853
Pseudosphex polybia Kaye, 1911
Pterocyclophora ridleyi Hampson, 1913Fillet dart
Rema costimacula Guenée, 1852Callippe Fritillary
Rhesala imparata Hampson, 1858
Rhesala moestalis Walker, 1866
Rivula endotricha Hampson, 1926Bigheaded grasshopper
Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775Catapult moth
Simplicia discosticta Hampson, 1912
Sophta ruficeps Walker, 1864
Speiredonia mutabilis Fabricius, 1794
Spirama retorta Clerck, 1764Indian Owlet-moth
Sympis rufibasis Guenée, 1852
Syntomoides imaon Cramer, 1779
Tortricosia excisa Hampson, 1900
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) lotrix Cramer, 1779Arctiinae Moth
Zurobata vacillans Walker, 1864

Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in Singapore
SubfamilyAganainae
Boisduval, 1833
Tropical Tiger Moths
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths
36
43
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBoletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths
12
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCalpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
41
62
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHerminiinae
Leach, 1815
Dead-leaf worms, Litter Moths
9
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHypeninae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Hypenines
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth, Tussock Moths
11
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRivulinae
Grote, 1895
Rivulines
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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