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Checklist for Family Erebidae Leach, 1815 (Erebid Moths)
and region West Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
535
5529
14269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
532
5515
14254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
511
5423
14103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
327
4090
11399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
75
1450
2894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
75
1450
2894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
73
1443
2859
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
26
810
1674
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
22
727
1479
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
7
327
684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
128
218
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Australia
128 Genera with 218 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTUX
Acantholipes Lederer, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Achaea Hübner, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Acyphas Walker, 18554SpeciesTaxom
Aedia Hübner, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Aloa Walker, 18054SpeciesTaxom
Alophosoma Turner, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Amata Fabricius, 18986SpeciesTaxom
Amerila Walker, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Anestia Meyrick, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Anomis Hubner, 19024SpeciesTaxom
Anthophila Haworth, 1896Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Argina Hübner, 17732SpeciesTaxom
Aroa Walker, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Arrade Walker, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Arrhythmica Turner, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Artigisa Walker, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Asota Hübner, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Audea Walker, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Autoba Walker, 18974SpeciesTaxom
Autophila Hübner, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Avatha Walker, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 01SpeciesTaxom
Buzara Walker, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Calamidia Butler, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Caryatis Hübner, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Castulo Walker, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Catocala Schrank, 0Underwing moths1SpeciesTaxom
Cerocala Boisduval, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Cerynea Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Cheliosea Watson, 1980
0SpeciesTaxom
Corgatha Walker, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Coscinia Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Creatonotos Hübner, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Crioa Walker, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Ctenosia Hampson, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Damias Boisduval, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Daona Walker, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Dasychira Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Desmoloma Hübner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Diatenes Guenée, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Dicallomera Butler, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Dichromia Guenée, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Digama Moore, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Donuca Walker, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Dusponera Dognin, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Egone Walker, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Eilema Hübner, 1817Lichen Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Enispa Walker, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Eublemma Hübner, 186410SpeciesTaxom
Eucereon Hübner, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Euchromia Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Eudesmeola Hampson, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Eudocima Billberg, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Euproctis Hübner, 18824SpeciesTaxom
Gesonia Walker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Grammia Rambur, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 19016SpeciesTaxom
Hemonia Walker, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Hydrillodes Guenée, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Hypena Schrank, 1900Bloxworth snout1SpeciesTaxom
Hyperlopha Hampson, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Hypocala Guenée, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Lacipa Hübner, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Laelia Stephens, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Laspeyria Germar, 01SpeciesTaxom
Lemyra Walker, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Leptocneria Hübner, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Leptosia Hübner, 1793Psyche1SpeciesTaxom
Lithilaria Rosenstock, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Loxioda Warren, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Lygephila Billberg, 1820
0SpeciesTaxom
Lymantria Hübner, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Lyncestis Walker, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Mataeomera Butler, 19455SpeciesTaxom
Miltochrista Hübner, 1819
0SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Nagia Walker, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Neochera Hübner, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Niguza Walker, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Nodaria Guenée, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Numenes Walker, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Nyctemera Hübner, 1917Leptosomas3SpeciesTaxom
Olene Hübner, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Ophisma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 17733SpeciesTaxom
Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 19764SpeciesTaxom
Oruza Walker, 19333SpeciesTaxom
Orvasca Walker, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Pantydia Guenée, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Paragylla Dognin, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Paralacydes Aurivillius, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Paramsacta Hulstaert, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 18861SpeciesTaxom
Phaos Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Philenora Rosenstock, 18773SpeciesTaxom
Phytometra Haworth, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Platarctia Packard, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1926Stoneflies1SpeciesTaxom
Porphyrinia guen�..., 18551SpeciesTaxom
Prorocopis Meyrick, 19414SpeciesTaxom
Pseudephyra Butler, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Raparna Moore, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Rhapsa Walker, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchodontodes Warren, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Rivula Duponchel, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Sandava Walker, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Schrankia Hübner, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Scoliacma Meyrick, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Sophta Walker, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Speiredonia Hübner, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Spilosoma Curtis, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Spirama Guenée, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Stenarcha Hampson, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Stenoprora Hampson, 19444SpeciesTaxom
Systropha Illiger, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Tathorhynchus Hampson, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Teia Ochsenheimer, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Termessa Newman, 1856Footman2SpeciesTaxom
Thallarcha Meyrick, 19146SpeciesTaxom
Thermesia Hübner, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Tigrioides Butler, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Utetheisa Hübner, 1907Rattlebox moths3SpeciesTaxom
Xenogenes Meyrick, 18913SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
218 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acantholipes juba Swinhoe, 1902
Acantholipes trajecta Walker, 1865
Acantholipes zuboides Montague, 1914
Achaea argilla Swinhoe, 1901
Achaea janata Linnaeus, 1758Caster oil looper
Acyphas chionitis Turner, 1902White Tussock Moth
Acyphas leptotypa Turner, 1904
Acyphas pelodes Lower, 1893
Acyphas semiochrea Herrich-Schä..., 1855Omnivorous tussock moth
Aedia arctipennis Hulstaert, 1924
Aedia leucomelas Linnaeus, 1758Eastern Alchymist
Aloa costalis Walker, 1865
Aloa gangara Swinhoe, 1892
Aloa lactinea Cramer, 1777Red costate tiger moth
Aloa marginata (Donovan, 1805)⇒ Paramsacta marginata Donovan, 1805
Alophosoma cana (Turner, 1939)⇒ Calophasidia cana Turner, 1939
Amata chroma Swinhoe, 1892
Amata humeralis Butler, 1876
Amata melitospila Turner, 1905
Amata pyrocoma Meyrick, 1886
Amata tunneyi (Rothschild, 1910)⇒ Amata xanthosoma Turner, 1898
Amata xanthosoma Turner, 1898
Amerila crokeri W.S. Macleay, 1826Croker´s frother
Amerila rubripes Walker, 1864Walker´s Frother
Anestia ombrophanes Meyrick, 1886Clouded Footman
Anestia semiochrea Butler, 1886Marbled Footman
Anomis dona (Swinhoe, 1919)⇒ Anomis involuta Walker, 1857
Anomis flava Fabricius, 1775Cotton Looper
Anomis involuta Walker, 1857Hibiscus Cutworm
Anomis planalis Swinhoe, 1902Common Cotton Looper
Anthophila ophiosema (Lower, 1896)⇒ Choreutis ophiosema Lower, 1896
Argina astraea Drury, 1773Crotalaria Pod Borer
Argina astrea Drury, 1773Crotalaria pod borer
Aroa scytodes Collenette, 1932
Arrade destituta Walker, 1865Cryptic Snout Moth
Arrhythmica semifusca Turner, 1940
Artigisa lignicolaria Walker, 1866Wood-grain Artigisa
Asota plagiata Walker, 1854Two-spots Tiger Moth
Audea irioleuca Meyrick, 1897
Autoba curvata Lucas, 1894
Autoba dispar Warren, 1913
Autoba rubra Hampson, 1902
Autoba silicula Swinhoe, 1897
Autophila (Autophila) eremochroa Boursin, 1940
Avatha discolor Fabricius, 1794
Bastilla hercodes
Calamidia hirta Walker, 1854Wedge Footman
Caryatis reeveana Hidalgo, 1903
Castulo doubledayi Newman, 1856Doubleday´s Footman
Castulo laeta (Walker, 1856)⇒ Termessa laeta Walker, 1856
Catocala actaea actaea
Cerocala lineata (Druce, 1900)⇒ Cerocala illustrata Holland, 1897
Cerocala munda Druce, 1900
Cerocala oppia Druce, 1900
Cerynea trogobasis Hampson, 1910
Chalciope alcyona Druce, 1888
Corgatha pleuroplaca Turner, 1936
Coscinia cribraria Linnaeus, 1758Speckled Footman
Creatonotos gangis Linnaeus, 1767Hairy caterpillar
Ctenosia infuscata Lower, 1902
Damias catarrhoa Meyrick, 1886
Daona constellans Lucas, 1898
Daona detersalis Walker, 1866
Dasychira rhopalum Hering, 1926
Desmoloma chironomus Dyar, 1910
Diatenes aglossoides Guenée, 1852
Diatenes gerula Guenée, 1852
Diatenes igneipicta Lower, 1902
Dicallomera fascelina (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Gynaephora fascelina Linnaeus, 1758
Dichromia quinqualis Walker, 1859
Digama marmorea Butler, 1877
Digama spilosoma Felder, 1874
Donuca castalia Fabricius, 1775Brown White Banded Noctuid
Donuca orbigera Guenée, 1852
Donuca spectabilis Walker, 1865White-spotted Owl Moth
Dusponera fannia Schaus, 1916
Dysgonia senex Walker, 1858
Egone atrisquamata Hampson, 1926
Eilema lurideola (Zincken, 1817)⇒ Eilema plumbeola Zincken, 1817
Enispa parva Bethune-Baker, 1906
Ericeia subsignata Walker, 1859
Eublemma accedens (Wallengren, 1863)⇒ Eublemma anachoresis Wallengren, 1863
Eublemma cochylioides Guenée, 1852Eublemma Moth
Eublemma inconspicua Walker, 1865
Eublemma leucodesma Lower, 1899
Eublemma nymphodora (Meyrick, 1902)⇒ Eublemma parva Hübner, 1808
Eublemma ostrina Hübner, 1808Purple Marbled
Eublemma parva Hübner, 1808Small Marbled
Eublemma rivula Moore, 1882
Eublemma rufipuncta Turner, 1902
Eublemma versicolor Walker, 1864
Eucereon darantasia Druce, 1895
Eucereon tigrata Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Euchromia polymena Linnaeus, 1758
Eudesmeola lawsoni Felder, 1874
Eudocima (Elygea) materna Linnaeus, 1767Dot underwing moth
Euproctis holoxutha Turner, 1902
Euproctis idonea Swinhoe, 1903
Euproctis lutea C.L. Chao, 1984
Euproctis melanosoma Butler, 1882Black-bodied Browntail Moth
Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
Grammia oithona (Strecker, 1878)⇒ Grammia phyllira Drury, 1773
Grammodes diagarmma Lower, 1903
Grammodes justa Walker, 1858
Grammodes ocellata Tepper, 1890
Grammodes oculicola Walker, 1858
Grammodes pulcherrima Lucas, 1892
Grammodes quaesita Swinhoe, 1901
Hemonia micrommata Turner, 1899
Hydrillodes funestalis Walker, 1859
Hypena simplex (Leech, 1900)⇒ Hypena simplexoides Poole, 1989
Hyperlopha aridela Turner, 1902
Hypocala toana Swinhoe, 1915
Lacipa hypertropha Hering, 1941
Laelia obsoleta Fabricius, 1793Tinged Tussock Moth
Laelia obsoleta eremaea Meyrick, 1891
Laspeyria hapalopis
Lemyra (Lemyra) maculifascia Walker, 1856
Leptocneria binotata Butler, 1886
Leptocneria reducta Walker, 1855White cedar moth
Leptosia nina Fabricius, 1793Black-spotted White
Lithilaria melanostrotum Turner, 1906
Loxioda hampsoni Bethune-Baker, 1906
Lymantria (Porthetria) pelospila Turner, 1915
Lyncestis melanoschista Meyrick, 1897
Mataeomera coccophaga Meyrick, 1887
Mataeomera dubia Butler, 1886Scale-eating caterpillar
Mataeomera ligata TP Lucas, 1895
Mataeomera mesotaenia Turner, 1929
Mataeomera punctilinea Turner, 1945
Mocis alterna Walker, 1858Bean looper
Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Nagia stenistica Hampson, 1926
Neochera dominia Walker, 1854
Niguza anisogramma Lower, 1905
Niguza oculita Swinhoe, 1901
Niguza spiramioides Walker, 1858
Nodaria cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Simplicia cornicalis Fabricius, 1794
Numenes contrahens delta Strand, 1915
Nyctemera (Nyctemera) amicus White, 1841Cineraria Moth
Nyctemera amica White, 1841Cineraria moth
Nyctemera homogona Swinhoe, 1917
Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823Brown Tussock Moth
Ophisma gravata Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa microrrhaea
Ophiusa parcemacula T.P. Lucas, 1891
Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773Green drab
Orgyia (Orgyia) antiqua Linnaeus, 1758Antique tussock moth
Orgyia anartoides Walker, 1855Painted Apple Moth
Orgyia athlophora Turner, 1920
Orgyia papuana Riotte, 1976Papuan tussock moth
Oruza crocotoschema (Turner, 1936)⇒ Heliocheilus neurota Lower, 1903
Oruza lithochroma Turner, 1929
Oruza megalospila Turner, 1933
Orvasca aliena Butler, 1886
Pandesma submurina Walker, 1865
Pantydia canescens (Walker, 1869)⇒ Pantydia diemeni Guenée, 1852
Pantydia capistrata Lucas, 1894
Pantydia diemeni Guenée, 1852
Pantydia sparsa Guenée, 1852Noctuid Moth
Paragylla calida Miller, 1959
Paralacydes maculifascia (Walker, 1855)⇒ Roscidotoga eucryphiae Hoare, 2000
Paramsacta marginata Donovan, 1805
Pericyma cruegeri Butler, 1886Poinciana Looper
Phaos interfixa Walker, 1855
Philenora aspectalella Walker, 1864Little Mask Philenora
Philenora brunneata Daniel, 1965
Philenora elegans Butler, 1877Elegant Philenora
Phytometra formosalis Walker, 1866
Platarctia parthenos Harris, 1850St Lawrence Tiger Moth
Plecoptera plinthochroa Hampson, 1926
Porphyrinia psilogramma Lederer, 1855
Prorocopis euxantha Lower, 1902
Prorocopis melanochorda Meyrick, 1897
Prorocopis stenota Lower, 1903
Prorocopis transversilinea Turner, 1941
Pseudephyra straminea Butler, 1886
Raparna crocophara Turner, 1922
Raparna lugubris Turner, 1922Wanton Pinion
Rhapsa occidentalis Turner, 1944
Rhynchodontodes chalcias Lucas, 1895
Rivula concinna T.P. Lucas, 1895
Rivula endotricha Hampson, 1926Bigheaded grasshopper
Sandava scitisignata Walker, 1862
Schrankia costaestrigalis Stephens, 1834Pinion-streaked Snout
Scoliacma pactolias Meyrick, 1886Variable Footman
Scoliacma pasteophara Turner, 1940
Scoliacma xuthopis Hampson, 1914
Sophta hapalopis Turner, 1925
Speiredonia obscura Cramer, 1780
Spilosoma canescens Butler, 1875Dark-spotted Moth
Spilosoma glatignyi (Le Guillou, 1841)⇒ Ardonea metallica Schaus, 1892
Spilosoma lubricipeda Linnaeus, 1758White Ermine
Spirama recessa Walker, 1858
Stenarcha stenopa Meyrick, 1886
Stenoprora adelopis Lower, 1903
Stenoprora eurycycla Turner, 1936
Stenoprora lophota Lower, 1903
Stenoprora triplax Turner, 1944
Systropha chrysura (Perez, 1905)⇒ Systropha planidens Giraud, 1861
Tathorhynchus fallax Lederer, 1855
Teia athlophora Turner, 1921
Termessa amorpha Turner, 1940
Termessa laeta Walker, 1856Propitious Footman
Thallarcha catasticta Lower, 1915Four-lined Footman
Thallarcha eremicola Pescott, 1951
Thallarcha fusa Hampson, 1900
Thallarcha isophragma Meyrick, 1886
Thallarcha lechrioleuca Turner, 1940
Thallarcha rhaptophora Lower, 1914Desert Footman
Thermesia cariosa T.P. Lucas, 1895
Tigrioides nitens Walker, 1864
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) lotrix Cramer, 1779Arctiinae Moth
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Utetheisa callima Linnaeus, 1758
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchelloides Hampson, 1907Crimson Spotted Moth
Xenogenes chrysoplaca Meyrick, 1910
Xenogenes eustrotiodes Prout, 1910
Xenogenes gloriosa T.P. Lucas, 1891

Subnodes of Erebidae with occurrences in West Australia
SubfamilyAganainae
Boisduval, 1833
Tropical Tiger Moths
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths, Wasp moths
36
63
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBoletobiinae
Grote, 1895
Boletobiine Moths
18
37
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
41
69
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHerminiinae
Leach, 1815
Dead-leaf worms, Litter Moths
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHypeninae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Hypenines
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHypenodinae
Forbes, 1954
Hypenodine Moths
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHypocalinae
Guenée, 1852
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth, Tussock Moths
15
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhytometrinae
Hampson, 1913
Phytometrine Moths
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRivulinae
Grote, 1895
Rivulines
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyScoliopteryginae
Herrich-Schäffer, 1852
Scoliopterygine Moths
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom



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Erebidae at irmng.org
Erebidae at itis.gov