Checklist for Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
and region South India (India)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 379
3720
8175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 378
3718
8173 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 355
3609
7939 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 226
2781
6374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 46
789
1441 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 46
789
1441 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 46
789
1441 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 22
550
1038 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 20
534
1017 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 7
213
300 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Erebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths | 110
165 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Genera for South India
110 Genera with 165 Species #ABCDEGHKLMNOPRSTUZ
| Acantholipes Lederer, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Achaea Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aedia Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aloa Walker, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amata Fabricius, 1781 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Amerila Walker, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amsacta Walker, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anomis Hubner, 1865 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anthophila Haworth, 1886 | Bees | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anua Walker, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Areas Walker, 1840 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Argina Hübner, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Artaxa Walker, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Artena Walker, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asota Hübner, 1878 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Athyrma Hübner, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Avatha Walker, 1888 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Avitta Walker, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bastilla Swinhoe, 1782 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Britha Walker, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calesia Guenée, 1874 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Calliteara Butler, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catocala Schrank, 1891 | Underwing moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ceryx Wallengren, 1780 | Orange Spotted Tiger Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chalciope Hübner, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilkasa Swinhoe, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Creatonotos Hübner, 1767 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cultripalpa Guenée, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Curoba Walker, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyana Walker, 1773 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Dasychira Hübner, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dichromia Guenée, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Diduga Moore, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Drasteria Hübner, 1881 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dysgonia Hübner, 1852 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eilema Hübner, 1854 | Lichen Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enispa Walker, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episparis Walker, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erebus Latreille, 1768 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ericeia Walker, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eublemma Hübner, 1864 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Euchromia Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eudocima Billberg, 1816 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Euplocia Hübner, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gesonia Walker, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goniocraspedon Hampson, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grammia Rambur, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Grammodes Guenée, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Haploa Hübner, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteropalpia Berio, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hulodes Guenée, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypena Schrank, 1859 | Bloxworth snout | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypocala Guenée, 1879 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hypopyra Guenée, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Khadira Moore, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lacera Guenée, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Laora Walker, 1855 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Laspeyria Germar, 1810 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Leptosia Hübner, 1793 | Psyche | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lopharthrum Hampson, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lyclene Moore, 2009 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lygniodes Guenée, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lymantria Hübner, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Mangina Kaleka & Kirti, 2001 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Marblepsis Hering, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Miltochrista Hübner, 1819 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Mocis Hübner, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neochera Hübner, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nodaria Guenée, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Numenes Walker, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nyctemera Hübner, 1874 | Leptosomas | 6 | Species | Taxom | Ocneria Hübner, 1819 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Olene Hübner, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Olepa Watson, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Ommatophora Guenée, 1852 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ophideres Boisduval, 1816 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 1858 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Oraesia Guenée, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orvasca Walker, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyodes Guenée, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Padenia Moore, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pandesma Guenée, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Pangora Moore, 1879 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Parallelia Hübner, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pareuchaetes Grote, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pericallia Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Perina Hübner, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pindara Moore, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyja Hübner, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plecoptera Guenée, 1852 | Stoneflies | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pleurona Walker, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polydesma Boisduval, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoblabes Zeller, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Rajendra Moore, 1879 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ramadasa Moore, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schistophleps Hampson, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Serrodes Guenée, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Simplicia Guenée, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Somena Walker, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Sommeria Hübner, 1827 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Speiredonia Hübner, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphingomorpha Guenée, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spilosoma Curtis, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spirama Guenée, 1764 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Systropha Illiger, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Tatargina Butler, 1877 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Trigonodes Guenée, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Utetheisa Hübner, 1877 | Rattlebox moths | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Zurobata Walker, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for South India
165 Species and 3 Subspecies | Acantholipes trajecta Walker, 1865 | | | Achaea janata Linnaeus, 1758 | Caster oil looper | | Aedia leucomelas Linnaeus, 1758 | Eastern Alchymist | | Aloa lactinea Cramer, 1777 | Red costate tiger moth | | Amata elongata Hampson, 1900 | | | Amata passalis Fabricius, 1781 | | | Amerila astreus Drury, 1773 | | | Amsacta lineola Fabricius, 1793 | | | Anomis flava Fabricius, 1775 | Cotton Looper | | Anomis mesogona Walker, 1857 | | | Anomis privata Walker, 1865 | Hibiscus Leaf Caterpillar Moth | | Anthophila novarae (Felder, 1875) | ⇒ Choreutis novarae Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | Anthophila orthogona (Meyrick, 1886) | ⇒ Choreutis orthogona Meyrick, 1886 | | Anua coronata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ | | Areas cana (Hoeven, 1840) | ⇒ Areas galactina Hoev., 1840 | | Areas galactina Hoev., 1840 | | | Areas orientalis (Hoeven, 1840) | ⇒ Areas galactina Hoev., 1840 | | Argina astrea Drury, 1773 | Crotalaria pod borer | | Artaxa guttata Walker, 1855 | | | Artena dotata Fabricius, 1794 | | | Asota canaraica Moore, 1878 | | | Asota caricae Fabricius, 1775 | Tropical Tiger Moth | | Asota egens Walker, 1854 | | | Asota ficus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Asota heliconia Linnaeus, 1758 | Tropical Tiger Moth | | Asota orbona Vollenhoven, 1863 | | | Asota paliura Swinhoe, 1893 | | | Asota plaginota Butler, 1875 | | | Asota plana Walker, 1854 | | | Asota plana plana | | | Asota sericea Moore, 1878 | | | Athyrma bubo (Hübner, 1832) | ⇒ Avatha bubo Geyer, 1832 | | Avatha complens Walker, 1858 | | | Avatha dohertyi (Moore, 1877) | ⇒ Avatha stigmata Moore, 1877 | | Avatha stigmata Moore, 1877 | | | Avatha tripunctata (Pagenstecher, 1888) | ⇒ Avatha stigmata Moore, 1877 | | Avitta quadrilinea Walker, 1864 | | | Avitta subsignans Walker, 1858 | | | Bastilla amygdalis Moore, 1885 | | | Bastilla crameri Moore, 1885 | | | Bastilla fulvotaenia Guenée, 1852 | | | Bastilla joviana Stoll, 1782 | | | Britha biguttata Walker, 1866 | | | Calesia haemorrhoa Guenée, 1852 | | | Calesia phaiosoma Hampson, 1891 | | | Calesia stillifera Felder, 1874 | | | Calliteara grotei Moore, 1859 | | | Catocala actaea actaea | | | Catocala aholibah Strecker, 1874 | Aholibah Underwing | | Catocala faustina Strecker, 1873 | Channel flounder | | Catocala macula Hampson, 1891 | | | Ceryx imaon (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Ceryx godartii Boisduval, 1829 | | Chalciope mygdon Cramer, 1777 | | | Chilkasa falcata (Swinhoe, 1885) | ⇒ Chilkasa perhamata Hampson, 1894 | | Creatonotos (Phissama) transiens Walker, 1855 | | | Creatonotos gangis Linnaeus, 1767 | Hairy caterpillar | | Cultripalpa partita Guenée, 1852 | | | Curoba sangarida Cramer, 1781 | | | Cyana guttifera Walker, 1856 | | | Cyana obliquilineata Hampson, 1900 | | | Cyana peregrina Walker, 1854 | | | Cyana puella Drury, 1773 | | | Dasychira rhopalum Hering, 1926 | | | Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885 | | | Dichromia sagitta Fabricius, 1775 | | | Diduga flavicostata Snellen, 1879 | | | Drasteria hastingsii (Edwards, 1878) | ⇒ Drasteria mirifica H. Edwards, 1878 | | Drasteria howlandii Grote, 1865 | | | Drasteria sabulosa Edwards, 1881 | Horned whiff | | Dysgonia algira Linnaeus, 1767 | Passenger | | Dysgonia stuposa Fabricius, 1794 | | | Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852 | Jigsaw | | Eilema antica (Walker, 1854) | ⇒ Eilema anticum Walker, 1854 | | Enispa elateria | | | Episparis tortuosalis Moore, 1867 | | | Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827 | | | Erebus hieroglyphica Drury, 1773 | | | Erebus macrops Linnaeus, 1768 | | | Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852 | | | Ericeia pertendens Walker, 1858 | | | Eublemma accedens (Wallengren, 1863) | ⇒ Eublemma anachoresis Wallengren, 1863 | | Eublemma roseana Moore, 1881 | | | Eublemma versicolor Walker, 1864 | | | Euchromia polymena Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Eudocima (Elygea) materna Linnaeus, 1767 | Dot underwing moth | | Eudocima (Eudocima) salaminia Cramer, 1777 | Fruit-piercing moth | | Eudocima (Khadira) aurantia Moore, 1877 | Fruit sucking moth | | Eudocima (Othreis) phalonia Linnaeus, 1763 | | | Eudocima (Rhytia) cocalus Cramer, 1777 | Cocalus Fruit Piercing Moth | | Eudocima homaena Hübner, 1816 | | | Euplocia membliaria Cramer-Stoll., 1780 | Dusky Dancer | | Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859 | | | Goniocraspedon mistura Swinhoe, 1891 | | | Grammia (Grammia) ornata Packard, 1864 | Ornate Tiger Moth | | Grammia oithona (Strecker, 1878) | ⇒ Grammia phyllira Drury, 1773 | | Grammodes geometrica Fabricius, 1775 | | | Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775 | Geometrician | | Haploa lecontei vestalis | | | Heteropalpia vetusta Walker, 1865 | | | Hulodes caranea Cramer, 1780 | | | Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859 | Hypena moth | | Hypocala biarcuata Walker, 1858 | | | Hypocala deflorata Fabricius, 1794 | Moth | | Hypocala violacea Butler, 1879 | | | Hypopyra vespertilio Fabricius, 1787 | | | Khadira aurantia (Moore, 1877) | ⇒ Eudocima aurantia Moore, 1877 | | Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794 | | | Leptosia nina Fabricius, 1793 | Black-spotted White | | Lopharthrum comprimens Walker, 1858 | | | Lyclene kishidai Kirti & Gill, 2009 | | | Lygniodes hypoleuca Guenée, 1852 | | | Lymantria (Spinotria) serva Fabricius, 1793 | Crescent-moon tussock moth | | Marblepsis tiphia Swinhoe, 1903 | | | Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000 | | | Neochera dominia Walker, 1854 | | | Nodaria cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Simplicia cornicalis Fabricius, 1794 | | Numenes trigonalis (Hoeven, 1840) | ⇒ Areas galactina Hoev., 1840 | | Nyctemera (Coleta) coleta Cramer, 1781 | Marbled white moth | | Nyctemera (Nyctemera) baulus Boisduval, 1832 | Magpie Moth | | Nyctemera (Nyctemera) lacticinia Cramer, 1777 | | | Nyctemera hampsoni Swinhoe, 1889 | | | Nyctemera nicobarensis Reich, 1932 | | | Nyctemera variolosa (Felder, 1874) | ⇒ Nyctemera nicobarensis Reich, 1932 | | Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823 | Brown Tussock Moth | | Olepa ricini Fabricius, 1775 | | | Ophideres bilineosa (Hübner, 1816) | ⇒ Eudocima homaena Hübner, 1816 | | Ophiusa discriminans Walker, 1858 | | | Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773 | Green drab | | Ophiusa trapezium Guenée, 1852 | | | Ophiusa triphaenoides Walker, 1858 | | | Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794 | Small oresia | | Orgyia postica Walker, 1855 | Cocoa Tussock Moth | | Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865 | | | Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852 | | Padenia transversa Walker, 1854 | | | Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852 | Moth | | Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852 | | | Parallelia absentimacula Guenée, 1852 | | | Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata Rego Barros, 1956 | | | Pericallia ricini (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Olepa ricini Fabricius, 1775 | | Perina nuda Fabricius, 1787 | | | Pindara illibata Fabricius, 1775 | | | Platyja ciacula Swinhoe, 1893 | | | Plecoptera reflexa Guenée, 1852 | | | Pleurona falcata Walker, 1866 | | | Polydesma boarmoides Guenée, 1852 | Moth | | Pseudoblabes oophora Zeller, 1853 | | | Ramadasa pavo Walker, 1856 | | | Schistophleps bipuncta (Hampson, 1891) | ⇒ Chamaita ranruna Matsumura, 1927 | | Serrodes campana (Guenée, 1852) | ⇒ Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775 | | Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775 | Catapult moth | | Simplicia bimarginata Walker, 1863 | | | Somena scintillans Walker, 1856 | Yellow tail tussock moth | | Speiredonia obscura Cramer, 1780 | | | Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777 | | | Spilosoma vestalis Packard, 1864 | Vestal Tiger Moth | | Spirama helicina Hübner, 1827 | | | Spirama retorta Clerck, 1764 | Indian Owlet-moth | | Systropha chrysura (Perez, 1905) | ⇒ Systropha planidens Giraud, 1861 | | Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779 | Chaciope Deliana | | Utetheisa (Utetheisa) antennata Swinhoe, 1893 | | | Utetheisa (Utetheisa) lotrix Cramer, 1779 | Arctiinae Moth | | Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Utetheisa callima Linnaeus, 1758 | | Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchelloides Hampson, 1907 | Crimson Spotted Moth | | Utetheisa leucospilota Moore, 1877 | | | Zurobata vacillans Walker, 1864 | |
Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in South India | Subfamily | Aganainae
Boisduval, 1833
Tropical Tiger Moths | 4
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Arctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths | 32
43 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Boletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths | 6
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Calpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths | 5
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Erebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths | 44
68 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Herminiinae
Leach, 1815
Dead-leaf worms, Litter Moths | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hypeninae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Hypenines | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hypocalinae
Guenée, 1852
| 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Lymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth, Tussock Moths | 12
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Scoliopteryginae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
Scoliopterygine Moths | 1
3 | Genus
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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