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Checklist for Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
and region South Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
308
2568
4695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
307
2567
4694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
293
2521
4617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
217
2235
4301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
54
686
1107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
54
686
1107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
53
685
1102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
18
425
743
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
16
404
719
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
5
174
252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
65
101
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Zimbabwe
65 Genera with 101 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTUZ
Achaea Hübner, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Amata Fabricius, 19176SpeciesTaxom
Amphicallia Aurivillius, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Anaphosia Hampson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Archaeopilocornus Kühne, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Arctornis Germar, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Audea Walker, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Boadicea Tams, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Calesia Guenée, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Corgatha Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Cortyta Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Cyligramma Boisduval, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Eilema Hübner, 1914Lichen Moths3SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Eudocima Billberg, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Eugoa Walker, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Eyralpenus Butler, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Galtara Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Heteronygmia Hübner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Hypena Schrank, 1910Bloxworth snout2SpeciesTaxom
Hypopyra Guenée, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Lacipa Hübner, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Laelia Stephens, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Marblepsis Hering, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Maxera Walker, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Metarctia Walker, 19735SpeciesTaxom
Morasa Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Naarda Walker, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Ogovia Holland, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Ophisma Guenée, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Oruza Walker, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Osericana Walker, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Palasea Hübner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Paralacydes Aurivillius, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Paralpenus A. Watson, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Phaegorista Boisduval, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Phytometra Haworth, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1910Stoneflies11SpeciesTaxom
Pleuronodes Hampson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Plusiodonta Guenée, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Polydesma Boisduval, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Pseudlepista Hampson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonaclia Butler, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Rhanidophora Wallengren, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Rhodesana Hübner, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Secusio Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Siccia Walker, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Sommeria Hübner, 1827
0SpeciesTaxom
Sozusa Wallengren, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Sphingomorpha Guenée, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Systropha Illiger, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Tachosa Walker, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Tephrialia Hampson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Teracotona Butler, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Thyretes Boisduval, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Zekelita Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Zobida Birket-Smith, 20101SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Zimbabwe
101 Species
Achaea dasybasis Hampson, 1913
Amata alicia Butler, 1876
Amata chariessa Jordan, 1936
Amata croceizona Hampson, 1910
Amata depurpuralis Strand, 1920
Amata miozona Hampson, 1910
Amata viridescens Strand, 1917
Amphicallia bellatrix Dalman, 1823
Anaphosia eurygrapha Hampson, 1910
Anua dianaris (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Ophiusa dianaris Guenée, 1852
Archaeopilocornus lucidus Pinhey, 1968
Arctornis melanocraspis (Hampson, 1905)⇒ Marblepsis melanocraspis Hampson, 1905
Audea melanoplaga Hampson, 1902
Bastilla macrorhyncha Hampson, 1913
Boadicea flavimacula Pinhey, 1968
Calesia arhoda Hampson, 1910
Corgatha hypoxantha Hampson, 1910
Cortyta canescens Walker, 1858
Cyligramma fluctuosa Drury, 1773
Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775Cream-striped owl
Dysgonia mesonephele Hampson, 1910
Dysgonia porphyrescens Hampson, 1910
Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852Jigsaw
Eilema heterogyna Hampson, 1910
Eilema restricta Butler, 1877
Eilema similipuncta Hampson, 1914
Erebus walkeri Butler, 1875
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Eudocima (Elygea) materna Linnaeus, 1767Dot underwing moth
Eugoa dalmani (Aurivillius, 1912)⇒ Evgoa dalmanii Fåhraeus, 1872
Eyralpenus testacea Walker, 1855
Galtara nepheloptera Hampson, 1910
Grammodes microgonia Hampson, 1910
Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775Geometrician
Heteronygmia leucogyna Hampson, 1910
Hypena tetrasticta Hampson, 1910
Hypena verticalis Hampson, 1910
Hypopyra endoxantha (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Lacipa compta Collenette, 1952
Laelia aethiopica (Bethune-Baker, 1908)⇒ Euproctis aethiopica Snellen, 1872
Laelia extorta Distant, 1897
Laelia marginepunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
Laelia nepheloptera Hampson, 1910
Marblepsis tiphia Swinhoe, 1903
Maxera atripunctata Hampson, 1910
Maxera lophocera Hampson, 1910
Maxera marchalii Boisduval, 1833
Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia crocina Kiriakoff, 1973
Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901
Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Metarctia tenera Kiriakoff, 1973
Morasa modesta Walker, 1855
Naarda xanthonephra (Turner, 1908)⇒ Naarda xanthonephroides Poole, 1989
Naarda xanthonephroides Poole, 1989
Ogovia pudens Holland, 1894
Ophisma albitermia Hampson, 1910
Ophiusa gonoptera Hampson, 1910
Ophiusa obsolescens Hampson, 1918
Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773Green drab
Ophiusa tumiditermina Hampson, 1910
Oruza latifera Walker, 1869
Palasea flavicilia Hampson, 1910
Pandesma robusta Walker, 1858
Paralacydes bomfordi Pinhey, 1968
Paralpenus zimbabweiensis Dubatolov, 2011
Phaegorista xanthosoma Hampson, 1910
Phytometra haemaceps Hampson, 1910
Phytometra lentistriata Hampson, 1910
Phytometra olivescens Hampson, 1910
Phytometra umbrifera Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera aspila Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera grisea (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Plecoptera violacea Pagenstecher, 1884
Plecoptera infuscata Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera laniata Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera megarthra Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera melalepis Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera ovaliplaga Warren, 1914
Plecoptera punctilineata Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera sarcistis Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera thermozona Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera trichophora Hampson, 1910
Pleuronodes trogopera Hampson, 1910
Plusiodonta natalensis Walker, 1865
Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833Monkeypod Moth
Pseudlepista atrizona Hampson, 1910
Pseudonaclia puella Boisduval, 1847
Rhanidophora odontophora Hampson, 1926
Rhodesana crenulata Bethune-Baker, 1908
Secusio atrizonata Hampson, 1910
Siccia eberti Kühne, 2007
Sozusa scutellata Wallengren, 1860
Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777
Systropha chrysura (Perez, 1905)⇒ Systropha planidens Giraud, 1861
Tachosa aspera Kühne, 2004
Tephrialia trigonospila Hampson, 1910
Teracotona (Teracotona) rhodophaea Walker, 1865
Thyretes ustjuzhanini Dubatolov, 2012
Ulotrichopus primulina Hampson, 1902
Zekelita crassisquamata Hampson, 1910
Zobida avifex Kühne, 2010

Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in South Zimbabwe
SubfamilyAganainae
Boisduval, 1833
Tropical Tiger Moths
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths
20
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBoletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCalpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths
6
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
21
38
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHerminiinae
Leach, 1815
Dead-leaf worms, Litter Moths
2
2
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
8
11
Genera
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