Checklist for Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
and region South Cameroon (Cameroon)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 34
80
87 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 34
80
87 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 34
80
87 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 27
72
81 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 20
59
67 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 20
59
67 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 20
59
67 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 14
41
46 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 13
40
45 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 3
19
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Erebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths | 12
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for South Cameroon
12 Genera with 15 Species | Balacra Walker, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bergeria Kiriakoff, 1952 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasychira Hübner, 1925 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dasylaelia Hübner, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euproctis Hübner, 1925 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hypena Schrank, 1925 | Bloxworth snout | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrolaelia Hübner, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nanna Birket-Smith, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pusiola Wallengren, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rahona Griveaud, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spilosoma Curtis, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stracena Swinhoe, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for South Cameroon
15 Species | Balacra brunnea Grünberg, 1907 | | | Bergeria occidentalis (Kiriakoff, 1952) | ⇒ Bergeria octava Kiriakoff, 1961 | | Dasychira canovirescens Aurivillius, 1925 | | | Dasychira fuscoplagiata Aurivillius, 1925 | | | Dasychira orgyioides Aurivillius, 1925 | | | Dasylaelia strigata Aurivillius, 1925 | | | Euproctis kamerunica Hering, 1926 | | | Euproctis molunduana Aurivillius, 1925 | | | Hypena schultzei Aurivillius, 1925 | | | Macrolaelia corticina Aurivillius, 1925 | | | Nanna loloana Strand, 1912 | | | Pusiola monotonia Strand, 1912 | | | Rahona likilembae Aurivillius, 1925 | | | Spilosoma sulphurea (Bartel, 1903) | ⇒ Metamicroptera christophi Przybylowicz, 2005 | | Stracena flavescens Aurivillius, 1925 | |
Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in South Cameroon | Subfamily | Arctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths | 5
5 | Genera
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 | 6
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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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
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