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Checklist for Subfamily Erebinae Leach, 1815 (Erebine Moths)
and region China (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
16363
78101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
996
16356
78088
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
922
16029
77370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
543
11801
60222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
3395
12660
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
83
3379
12640
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
80
3361
12516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
32
2326
8722
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
28
2103
7702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
8
963
2826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
383
1387
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
74
273
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for China
74 Genera with 273 Species
#ABCDEFGHLMOPRSTZ
Acantholipes Lederer, 18132SpeciesTaxom
Achaea Hübner, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Adris Moore, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Aedia Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Anisoneura Guenée, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Anumeta Walker, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Apopestes Hübner, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Arcte Kollar, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Artena Walker, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Autophila Hübner, 19403SpeciesTaxom
Avatha Walker, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Avitta Walker, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 185211SpeciesTaxom
Bocula Guenée, 19265SpeciesTaxom
Buzara Walker, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Caenurgina McDunnough, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Calesia Guenée, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Callistege Hübner, 1759Mother Shipton moth1SpeciesTaxom
Catocala Schrank, 1991Underwing moths89SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Daddala Walker, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Dinumma Walker, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Drasteria Hübner, 18549SpeciesTaxom
Dunira Moore, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 186516SpeciesTaxom
Ecpatia Turner, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Entomogramma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 18279SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18806SpeciesTaxom
Erygia Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Euclidia Ochsenheimer, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Euclystis Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Falana Moore, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Hamodes Guenée, 20193SpeciesTaxom
Hulodes Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Hypersypnoides Berio, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Hypopyra Guenée, 17873SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 18793SpeciesTaxom
Lagoptera Hübner, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Laspeyria Germar, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Lopharthrum Hampson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Lygephila Billberg, 18228SpeciesTaxom
Lygniodes Guenée, 18674SpeciesTaxom
Mecodina Guenée, 18656SpeciesTaxom
Melipotis Hübner, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Metopta Swinhoe, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Minucia Moore, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 17756SpeciesTaxom
Ommatophora Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Ophisma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 18587SpeciesTaxom
Oxyodes Guenée, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Pantydia Guenée, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Parallelia Hübner, 18656SpeciesTaxom
Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 18861SpeciesTaxom
Pilipectus Bethune-Baker, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Pindara Moore, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Platyja Hübner, 17805SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1852Stoneflies4SpeciesTaxom
Pseudogyrtona Bethune-Baker, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Psimada Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Ramadasa Moore, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Rema Swinhoe, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Rhesala Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Scolecocampa Guenée, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Serrodes Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Spiloloma Grote, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Spirama Guenée, 17642SpeciesTaxom
Sympis Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Sypnoides Hampson, 18823SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Zale Hübner, 18891SpeciesTaxom


Species list for China
273 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acantholipes curvilinea Leech, 1900
Acantholipes regularis Hübner, 1813
Achaea janata Linnaeus, 1758Caster oil looper
Achaea serva Fabricius, 1775
Adris tyrannus (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Eudocima tyrannus Guenée, 1852
Aedia leucomelas Linnaeus, 1758Eastern Alchymist
Anisoneura aluco Fabricius, 1775
Anisoneura obscurata (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Anomis esocampta Hampson, 1926
Anisoneura salebrosa Guenée, 1852
Anua coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
Anua olista (Swinhoe, 1893)⇒ Ophiusa olista Swinhoe, 1893
Anumeta fractistrigata Alpheraky, 1883
Apopestes spectrum Esper, 1787
Arcte coerula Guenée, 1852Ramie Moth
Artena dotata Fabricius, 1794
Artena rubida Walker, 1864
Autophila (Autophila) dilucida Hübner, 1808
Autophila maculifera Staudinger, 1888
Autophila myriospea Boursin, 1940
Avatha chinensis Warren, 1913
Avitta fasciosa Moore, 1882
Bastilla absentimacula Guenée, 1852
Bastilla amygdalis Moore, 1885
Bastilla analis Guenée, 1852
Bastilla arctotaenia Guenée, 1852
Bastilla crameri Moore, 1885
Bastilla fulvotaenia Guenée, 1852
Bastilla joviana Stoll, 1782
Bastilla maturata Walker, 1858
Bastilla maturescens Walker, 1858
Bastilla praetermissa Warren, 1913
Bastilla simillima Guenée, 1852
Bocula caradrinoides Guenée, 1852
Bocula diffisa Swinhoe, 1890
Bocula marginata (Moore, 1882)⇒ Bocula xanthostola Hampson, 1926
Bocula wuyiensis J.B. Sun , H..., 2008
Bocula xanthostola Hampson, 1926
Buzara umbrosa Walker, 1865
Caenurgina erechtea Cramer, 1780Common Grass Moth
Calesia dasypterus Kollar, 1844
Callistege mi Clerck, 1759Mother Shipton
Catocala (Catocala) abacta Staudinger, 1900
Catocala (Catocala) electa VIEWEG, 1790Rosy Underwing
Catocala (Catocala) elocata Esper, 1787French Red Underwing
Catocala (Catocala) fraxini Linnaeus, 1767Blue Underwing
Catocala (Catocala) nupta Linnaeus, 1767Red Underwing
Catocala (Catocala) optima Staudinger, 1888Turanga Underwing
Catocala (Catocala) promissa Denis & Schi..., 1775Light Crimson Underwing
Catocala (Catocala) puerpera Giorna, 1791
Catocala (Catocala) remissa Staudinger, 1891
Catocala (Ephesia) fulminea Scopoli, 1763Yellow Bands Underwing
Catocala (Mormonia) abamita BREMER & GREY, 1853
Catocala (Mormonia) actaea Felder & Rog..., 1874
Catocala actaea actaea
Catocala (Mormonia) aestimabilis Staudinger, 1892
Catocala (Mormonia) agitatrix Graeser, 1888
Catocala (Mormonia) helena (Eversmann, 1856)⇒ Catocala unijuga Walker, 1858
Catocala (Mormonia) sponsa Linnaeus, 1767Dark Crimson Underwing
Catocala amatrix Hübner, 1813Sweetheart Underwing
Catocala armandi Poujade, 1888
Catocala bella Butler, 1877
Catocala bokhaica Kononenko, 1979
Catocala borthi
Catocala bunkeri (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Catocala cerogama Guenée, 1852
Catocala butleri Leech, 1900
Catocala cerogama Guenée, 1852Yellow Banded Underwing
Catocala chenyixini Ishizuka, 2011
Catocala columbina Leech, 1900
Catocala concubina (Borkhausen, 1792)⇒ Catocala nupta Linnaeus, 1767
Catocala contemnenda Staudinger, 1891
Catocala davidi (Oberthür, 1881)⇒ Catocala shirozui Sugi, 1982
Catocala dejeani (Mell, 1936)⇒ Catocala kuangtungensis Mell, 1931
Catocala desiderata Staudinger, 1888
Catocala doerriesi Staudinger, 1888
Catocala dula Bremer, 1861
Catocala ella Butler, 1877
Catocala ellamajor Ishizuka, 2010
Catocala florianii Saldaitis & ..., 2008
Catocala gansan
Catocala haitzi Bang-Haas, 1936
Catocala hampsoni (Staudinger, 1888)⇒ Catocala doerriesi Staudinger, 1888
Catocala hoenei Mell, 1936
Catocala hoferi
Catocala honrathi (Staudinger, 1888)⇒ Catocala doerriesi Staudinger, 1888
Catocala hymenoides Draeseke, 1927
Catocala illecta Walker, 1857Magdalen Underwing
Catocala inconstans Butler, 1889
Catocala infasciata Mell, 1936
Catocala invasa Leech, 1900
Catocala jansseni Prout, 1924
Catocala jouga
Catocala juncta Staudinger, 1889
Catocala jyoka Ishizuka, 2006
Catocala kaki
Catocala kasenko Ishizuka, 2007
Catocala koreana Staudinger, 1892
Catocala kuangtungensis Mell, 1931
Catocala lara Bremer, 1864
Catocala largeteaui Oberthür, 1881
Catocala lehmanni Speidel , Iv..., 2008
Catocala longipalpis Mell, 1936
Catocala mabella (Graeser, 1889)⇒ Catocala agitatrix Graeser, 1888
Catocala maculata Vincent, 1919
Catocala martyrum Oberthür, 1881
Catocala maso Ishizuka, 2011
Catocala musmi Hampson, 1913
Catocala naumanni Sviridov, 1996
Catocala nilssoni Saldaitis, P..., 2017
Catocala nymphaeoides Herrich-Schä..., 1856
Catocala ohshimai Ishizuka, 2001
Catocala paki Kishida, 1981
Catocala pataloides Mell., 1931
Catocala proxeneta Alpheraky, 1895
Catocala puella Leech, 1889
Catocala repudiata Staudinger, 1888
Catocala seibaldi Saldaitis , ..., 2010
Catocala seiohbo Ishizuka, 2002
Catocala shirozui Sugi, 1982
Catocala sinyaevi Sviridov, 2004
Catocala solntsevi Sviridov, 1997
Catocala sponsalis Walker, 1857
Catocala streckeri Staudinger, 1888
Catocala svetlana
Catocala szechuena Hampson, 1913
Catocala tapestrina Moore, 1882
Catocala thomsoni Prout, 1924
Catocala triphaenoides Oberthür, 1881
Catocala uljanae Sinyaev , Sa..., 2007
Catocala unijuga Walker, 1858Once-married Underwing
Catocala xizangensis Y.X. Chen, 1991
Chalciope mygdon Cramer, 1777
Daddala lucilla Butler, 1881
Dinumma deponens Walker, 1858Desert milkweed
Dinumma placens Walker, 1858
Drasteria axuana Püngeler, 1906
Drasteria caucasica Kolenati, 1846
Drasteria chinensis Alpheraky, 1892
Drasteria flexuosa Ménétriés, 1848
Drasteria mirifica H. Edwards, 1878
Drasteria picta (Christoph, 1877)⇒ Drasteria pictoides Poole, 1989
Drasteria rada Boisduval, 1848
Drasteria scolopax Alpheraky, 1892
Drasteria sesquistria Eversmann, 1854
Dunira diplogramma Hampson, 1912
Dysgonia algira Linnaeus, 1767Passenger
Dysgonia analis (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Bastilla analis Guenée, 1852
Dysgonia dulcis Butler, 1878
Dysgonia festinata (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Dysgonia stuposa Fabricius, 1794
Dysgonia hedemanni (BREMER & GREY, 1853)⇒ Dysgonia obscura BREMER & GREY, 1853
Dysgonia japonibia (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Dysgonia stuposa Fabricius, 1794
Dysgonia mandschuriana Staudinger, 1892
Dysgonia maturata (Walker, 1858)⇒ Bastilla maturata Walker, 1858
Dysgonia mimula (Staudinger, 1892)⇒ Dysgonia mandschuriana Staudinger, 1892
Dysgonia obscura BREMER & GREY, 1853
Dysgonia postfusca (Staudinger, 1892)⇒ Dysgonia mandschuriana Staudinger, 1892
Dysgonia praetermissa (Warren, 1913)⇒ Bastilla praetermissa Warren, 1913
Dysgonia simillima (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Bastilla simillima Guenée, 1852
Dysgonia stuposa Fabricius, 1794
Dysgonia tumefacta (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Dysgonia stuposa Fabricius, 1794
Dysgonia umbrosa (Walker, 1865)⇒ Buzara umbrosa Walker, 1865
Ecpatia longinquuva Swinhoe, 1890
Entomogramma fautrix Guenée, 1852
Erebus albicintus Kollar, 1844
Erebus caprimulgus Fabricius, 1775
Erebus clavifer Hampson, 1913
Erebus clavifera Hampson, 1913
Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Erebus hieroglyphica Drury, 1773
Erebus laetitia (Hübner, 1827)⇒ Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Erebus malanga (Hübner, 1827)⇒ Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Erebus niasana (Hübner, 1827)⇒ Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Ericeia comitata (Walker, 1865)⇒ Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia eriophora Guenée, 1852
Ericeia fraterna Moore, 1885
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia pertendens Walker, 1858
Ericeia subcinerea (Snellen, 1880)⇒ Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Erygia apicalis Guenée, 1852
Euclidia (Callistege) mi (Clerck, 1759)⇒ Callistege mi Clerck, 1759
Euclidia (Euclidia) glyphica Linnaeus, 1758Burnet Companion
Euclystis polioperas Hampson, 1926
Falana sordida Moore, 1882
Grammodes geometrica Fabricius, 1775
Hamodes hainana Wei & Wang, 2019
Hamodes pendleburyi Prout, 1932
Hamodes pseudobutleri Wei & Wang, 2019
Hulodes caranea Cramer, 1780
Hypersypnoides punctosa Walker, 1865
Hypersypnoides submarginata Walker, 1865
Hypersypnoides submarginatus (Walker, 1865)⇒ Hypersypnoides submarginata Walker, 1865
Hypopyra contractipennis Joannis, 1912
Hypopyra ossigera Guenée, 1852
Hypopyra vespertilio Fabricius, 1787
Lacera alope Cramer, 1780
Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
Lacera procellosa Butler, 1879
Lagoptera juno Dalman, 1823
Lagoptera multicolor (Dalman, 1823)⇒ Lagoptera juno Dalman, 1823
Laspeyria flexula Denis & Schi..., 1775Beautiful Hook-tip
Lopharthrum comprimens Walker, 1858
Lygephila craccae Denis & Schi..., 1775Scarce black-neck
Lygephila dorsigera Walker, 1865
Lygephila herrerai (Denis & Schi..., 1775)⇒ Lygephila craccae Denis & Schi..., 1775
Lygephila kishidai Kinoshita, 1989
Lygephila lusoria Linnaeus, 1758
Lygephila pallidivena
Lygephila pastinum Treitschke, 1826Blackneck
Lygephila viciae Hübner, 1822
Lygniodes ciliata Moore, 1867
Lygniodes ciliatus Moore, 1867
Lygniodes endoleucus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Lygniodes fuscescens (Moore, 1867)⇒ Lygniodes ciliata Moore, 1867
Mecodina aequilinea Hampson, 1926
Mecodina agrestis Swinhoe, 1890
Mecodina albodentata Swinhoe, 1895
Mecodina bisignata Walker, 1865
Mecodina diastriga Hampson, 1926
Mecodina praecipua Walker, 1865
Melipotis jucunda Hübner, 1818Cape sole
Metopta rectifasciata Ménétriés, 1863
Minucia lunaris Denis & Schi..., 1778Brown Underwing
Mocis ancilla Warren, 1913
Mocis annetta Butler, 1878
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis inferna Leech, 1900
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis undata Fabricius, 1775
Ommatophora luminosa Stoll, 1780
Ophisma gravata Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
Ophiusa disjungens Walker, 1858Guava moth
Ophiusa olista Swinhoe, 1893
Ophiusa praetermissa (Warren, 1913)⇒ Bastilla praetermissa Warren, 1913
Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773Green drab
Ophiusa trapezium Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa triphaenoides Walker, 1858
Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852
Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852
Pantydia metaspila Walker, 1857
Parallelia analis (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Bastilla analis Guenée, 1852
Parallelia maturata (Walker, 1858)⇒ Bastilla maturata Walker, 1858
Parallelia mima (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Bastilla simillima Guenée, 1852
Parallelia obumbrata (Walker, 1865)⇒ Buzara umbrosa Walker, 1865
Parallelia onelia Guenée, 1852
Parallelia umbrosa (Walker, 1865)⇒ Buzara umbrosa Walker, 1865
Pericyma cruegeri Butler, 1886Poinciana Looper
Pilipectus prunifera Hampson, 1894
Pindara illibata Fabricius, 1775
Platyja ciacula Swinhoe, 1893
Platyja rufiscripta (Swinhoe, 1904)⇒ Platyja umbrina Doubleday, 1842
Platyja umbrina Doubleday, 1842
Platyja umminea Cramer, 1780
Platyja umminia Cramer, 1780
Plecoptera luteiceps Walker, 1865
Plecoptera quaesita Swinhoe, 1886
Plecoptera recta Pagenstecher, 1886
Plecoptera reflexa Guenée, 1852
Pseudogyrtona perversa Walker, 1863
Psimada quadripennis Walker, 1858
Ramadasa pavo Walker, 1856
Rema costimacula Guenée, 1852Callippe Fritillary
Rhesala imparata Hampson, 1858
Scolecocampa liburna Geyer, 1823Dead Wood Borer Moth
Serrodes campana (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775
Spiloloma lunilinea Grote, 1873Moon Lined Moth
Spirama helicina Hübner, 1827
Spirama retorta Clerck, 1764Indian Owlet-moth
Sympis rufibasis Guenée, 1852
Sypnoides curvilinea Moore, 1867
Sypnoides fumosa Butler, 1877
Sypnoides pannosa Moore, 1882
Trigonodes compar (Cramer, 1779)⇒ Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Zale aemona (Druce, 1889)⇒ Zale peruncta Guenée, 1852

Subnodes of Erebinae with occurrences in China
TribeAudeini
Whitshire, 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCatocalini
Boisduval, 1828
40
212
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeErebini
Leach, 1815
2
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeEuclidiini
Guenée, 1852
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHulodini
Moore, 1885
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHypopyrini
Guenée, 1852
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMelipotini
Grote, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeOmmatophorini
Guenée, 1852
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeOmopterini
Boisduval, 1833
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePericymini
Wiltshire, 1976
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeSypnini
Holloway, 2005
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Erebinae at artfakta.se
Erebinae at dyntaxa.se
Erebinae at itis.gov