Checklist for Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
and region Tanga Region (Northeast Tanzania, Tanzania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 184
922
1151 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 184
922
1151 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 172
888
1102 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 134
783
987 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 35
244
394 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 35
244
394 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 35
244
394 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 18
185
316 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
172
302 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 4
42
65 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Erebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths | 20
23 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Tanga Region
20 Genera with 23 Species | Amata Fabricius, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Amerila Walker, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aroa Walker, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyana Walker, 2013 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Digama Moore, 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemerophanes Hübner, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteronygmia Hübner, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homoeomeria Wallengren, 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucoma Hübner, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mecodina Guenée, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metarctia Walker, 1961 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Numenes Walker, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oraesia Guenée, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pirga Hübner, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podomachla Strand, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudohyaleucerea Rego Barros ..., 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Soloe Walker, 1952 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichaeta Swinhoe, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Utetheisa Hübner, 1906 | Rattlebox moths | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Tanga Region
23 Species and 1 Subspecies | Amata chrysozona Hampson, 1898 | | | Amata phaeozona Zerny, 1912 | | | Amerila howardi Pinhey, 1955 | | | Aroa scytodes Collenette, 1932 | | | Cyana ochrata Karisch, 2013 | | | Cyana usambara Karisch, 2013 | | | Digama rileyi Kiriakoff, 1958 | | | Hemerophanes diatoma Hering, 1926 | | | Heteronygmia dissimilis Aurivillius, 1910 | | | Homoeomeria haploa Collenette, 1958 | | | Leucoma maria Kirby, 1896 | | | Mecodina africana Holland, 1894 | | | Metarctia lindemannae Kiriakoff, 1961 | | | Metarctia pavlitzkae Kiriakoff, 1961 | | | Numenes contrahens delta Strand, 1915 | | | Oraesia provocans Walker, 1857 | | | Pirga weisei Karsch, 1900 | | | Podomachla usambarae Oberthür, 1893 | | | Pseudohyaleucerea melanthoides Schaus, 1920 | | | Soloe plicata Pinhey, 1952 | | | Trichaeta schultzei Aurivillius, 1905 | | | Ulotrichopus usambarae Kühne, 2005 | | | Utetheisa fatua Heyn., 1906 | |
Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in Tanga Region | Subfamily | Aganainae
Boisduval, 1833
Tropical Tiger Moths | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Arctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths | 8
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Calpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Erebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Lymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth, Tussock Moths | 7
7 | 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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