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Checklist for Subfamily Erebinae Leach, 1815 (Erebine Moths)
and region Congo (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
516
8807
39529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
8793
39506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
495
8697
39194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
324
7111
34903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2481
11561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2480
11559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
66
2474
11548
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
25
1619
8751
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
20
1470
8376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
844
3776
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
397
2080
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
50
250
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Congo
50 Genera with 250 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTUY
Acantholipes Lederer, 18664SpeciesTaxom
Achaea Hübner, 191052SpeciesTaxom
Aedia Hübner, 18725SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Attonda Swinhoe, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Audea Walker, 195410SpeciesTaxom
Avatha Walker, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Avitta Walker, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 191313SpeciesTaxom
Bocula Guenée, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Calesia Guenée, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Catocala Schrank, 0Underwing moths1SpeciesTaxom
Cerocala Boisduval, 19374SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Cyligramma Boisduval, 18446SpeciesTaxom
Dermaleipa saalm�..., 19201SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 191323SpeciesTaxom
Entomogramma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Gracilodes Guenée, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17756SpeciesTaxom
Heteropalpia Berio, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Hypaetra Hübner, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Hypersypnoides Berio, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Hypopyra Guenée, 18548SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Lyncestis Walker, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Mecodina Guenée, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 177510SpeciesTaxom
Nagia Walker, 18528SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 191225SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Pantydia Guenée, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Parallelia Hübner, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 19133SpeciesTaxom
Platyja Hübner, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1865Stoneflies7SpeciesTaxom
Prorocopis Meyrick, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdophera Staudinger, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Rhanidophora Wallengren, 19096SpeciesTaxom
Serrodes Guenée, 18904SpeciesTaxom
Sphingomorpha Guenée, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Spirama Guenée, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Sypnoides Hampson, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Tachosa Walker, 18604SpeciesTaxom
Tathorhynchus Hampson, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 19077SpeciesTaxom
Yidalpta Nye, 18721SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Congo
250 Species and 5 Subspecies
Acantholipes acephala Walker, 1858
Acantholipes circumdata Walker, 1858
Acantholipes trimeni Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acantholipes vetustalis (Walker, 1866)⇒ Acantholipes circumdatus Walker, 1858
Achaea albicilia Walker, 1858
Achaea albifimbria Walker, 1869
Achaea albilimba Berio, 1954
Achaea angustifascia (Fletcher D. S., 1963)⇒ Achaea obvia Hampson, 1913
Achaea atrimacula Gaede, 1917
Achaea basalis Berio, 1954
Achaea basilewskyi Berio, 1954
Achaea basobscura Berio, 1965
Achaea bergeri Berio, 1954
Achaea boris Geyer, 1837
Achaea busira Strand, 1918
Achaea catella Guenée, 1852Banded Achaea
Achaea catocalina Holland, 1894
Achaea catocaloides Guenée, 1852
Achaea durfa Plötz, 1880
Achaea echo Walker, 1858
Achaea ezea Cramer, 1779
Achaea faber Holland, 1894
Achaea finita Guenée, 1852Finite Achaea
Achaea fontainei Berio, 1956
Achaea hieroglyphigera Strand, 1911
Achaea illustrata Walker, 1858
Achaea indicabilis Walker, 1858
Achaea intercisa Walker, 1865
Achaea jamesoni Prout L. B., 1919
Achaea klugii (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Heliophisma klugii Boisduval, 1833
Achaea leucopasa Walker, 1858
Achaea leucopera Druce, 1912
Achaea lienardi Boisduval, 1833Lienard's achaea
Achaea limbata (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Achaea finita Guenée, 1852
Achaea macronephra Berio, 1956
Achaea mania (Walker, 1858)⇒ Achaea nigristriata Laporte, 1979
Achaea mormoides Walker, 1858
Achaea nigristriata Laporte, 1979
Achaea oblita (Walker, 1858)⇒ Achaea boris Geyer, 1837
Achaea obvia Hampson, 1913
Achaea occidens Hampson, 1913
Achaea ochrocraspeda (A.E. Prout, 1921)⇒ Achaea durfa Plötz, 1880
Achaea ophismoides (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Achaea lienardi Boisduval, 1833
Achaea partita (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Achaea lienardi Boisduval, 1833
Achaea phaeobasis Hampson, 1913
Achaea rectivia Hampson, 1913
Achaea regularidia Strand, 1912
Achaea rivularis Butler, 1875
Achaea rothkirchi (Strand, 1914)⇒ Achaea durfa Plötz, 1880
Achaea russoi Strand, 1918
Achaea teterrima Hampson, 1913
Achaea thermopera Hampson, 1913
Achaea violaceofascia Saalmüller, 1891
Achaea violascens Hampson, 1918
Achaea xanthodera Holland, 1894
Achaea xanthoptera Hampson, 1910
Aedia iridocosma Bethune-Baker, 1911
Aedia iridocosma occidens Hacker, 2022
Aedia nigrescens Wallengren, 1856
Aedia nigrescens nigrescens Wallengren, 1856
Aedia nigrescens trista Snellen, 1872
Anua tettensis (Hopffer, 1857)⇒ Ophiusa tirhacoides Holloway, 2005
Anua xylochroa (Druce, 1912)⇒ Ophiusa xylochroa Druce, 1912
Attonda adspersa Felder & Rog..., 1874
Audea bipunctata Walker, 1858
Audea blochwitzi Kühne, 2005
Audea fatua (Walker, 1858)⇒ Audea bipunctata Walker, 1858
Audea hemihyala Karsch, 1896
Audea hypostigmata (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Audea bipunctata Walker, 1858
Audea kathrina Kühne, 2005
Audea luteoforma Kühne, 2005
Audea nigrior Kühne, 2005
Audea tegulata Hampson, 1902
Audea zimmeri Berio, 1954
Avatha ethiopica Hampson, 1913
Avitta atripuncta Hampson, 1926
Avitta ceromacra Berio, 1956
Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833
Bastilla arcifera Druce, 1912
Bastilla conjunctura Walker, 1858
Bastilla conjuncturana Strand, 1918
Bastilla derogans Walker, 1858
Bastilla erectata Hampson, 1902
Bastilla goniophora Hampson, 1910
Bastilla humilis Holland, 1894
Bastilla irregulata Berio, 1956
Bastilla multilineata Holland, 1894
Bastilla palpalis Walker, 1865
Bastilla proxima Hampson, 1902
Bastilla trogosema Hampson, 1913
Bocula metochrea Hampson, 1926
Bocula terminata Walker, 1869
Calesia marginata Walker, 1869
Catocala actaea actaea
Cerocala basilewskyi Berio, 1954
Cerocala bergeri (Berio, 1954)⇒ Cerocala mindingiensis Romieux, 1937
Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896
Cerocala mindingiensis Romieux, 1937
Chalciope delta Boisduval, 1833
Chalciope pusilla Holland, 1894
Cyligramma amblyops Mabille, 1891
Cyligramma ambylops Mabille, 1891
Cyligramma fluctuosa Drury, 1773
Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775Cream-striped owl
Cyligramma limacina Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Cyligramma magus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Dermaleipa nubilata (Holland, 1920)⇒ 
Dysgonia adunca Prout L. B., 1919
Dysgonia algira Linnaeus, 1767Passenger
Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833
Dysgonia arcifera Druce, 1912
Dysgonia conjunctura Walker, 1858
Dysgonia conjuncturana Strand, 1918
Dysgonia derogans (Walker, 1858)⇒ Bastilla derogans Walker, 1858
Dysgonia diffusa Prout, 1921
Dysgonia erectata Hampson, 1902
Dysgonia festina (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Dysgonia algira Linnaeus, 1767
Dysgonia goniophora Hampson, 1910
Dysgonia humilis Holland, 1894
Dysgonia irregulata Berio, 1956
Dysgonia isotima Prout L. B., 1919
Dysgonia macrorhyncha Hampson, 1913
Dysgonia multilineata (Holland, 1894)⇒ Bastilla multilineata Holland, 1894
Dysgonia palpalis (Walker, 1865)⇒ Bastilla palpalis Walker, 1865
Dysgonia porphyrescens Hampson, 1910
Dysgonia properans Walker, 1858Jigsaw
Dysgonia prorasigna Hampson, 1913
Dysgonia proxima (Hampson, 1902)⇒ Bastilla proxima Hampson, 1902
Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852Jigsaw
Dysgonia trogosema (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Bastilla trogosema Hampson, 1913
Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
Erebus atavistis Hampson, 1913
Erebus macrops Linnaeus, 1768
Erebus walkeri Butler, 1875
Ericeia congregata Walker, 1858
Ericeia lituraria Saalmüller, 1880
Gracilodes caffra Guenée, 1852
Gracilodes finissima Berio, 1956
Grammodes bifasciata Petagna, 1787Parallel Lines
Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
Grammodes congesta Berio, 1956
Grammodes curvilinea (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775
Grammodes geometrica Fabricius, 1775
Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775Geometrician
Heteropalpia cortytoides Berio, 1939
Hypaetra atriplaga (Walker, 1869)⇒ Anereuthina atriplaga Walker, 1869
Hypersypnoides congoensis Berio, 1954
Hypersypnoides flandriana Berio, 1954
Hypopyra allardi Oberthür, 1878
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra endoxantha (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra hampsoni (Aurivillius, 1925)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra lunifera (Herrich-Schä..., 1854)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra occidentalis (Herrich-Schä..., 1854)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra plumbefusa (Herrich-Schä..., 1854)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra pulverulenta (Herrich-Schä..., 1854)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Lacera alope Cramer, 1780
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939
Mecodina imperatrix Holland, 1894
Mocis conveniens Walker, 1858Pale Brown Lines
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis jugalis (Walker, 1858)⇒ Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis mutuaria Walker, 1858
Mocis persinuosa Hampson, 1910
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis repanda Fabricius, 1794Grass looper
Mocis subaenescens (Walker, 1869)⇒ Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis undata Fabricius, 1775
Nagia accolytis (Hampson, 1926)⇒ Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Nagia ecclesiastica (Butler, 1874)⇒ Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Nagia griveaudi (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Nagia hieratica (Hampson, 1926)⇒ Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Nagia homotima (Tams, 1935)⇒ Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Nagia monastica (Hampson, 1926)⇒ Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Nagia proselytis (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa camptogramma Prout A. E., 1919
Ophiusa cancellata Saalmüller, 1891
Ophiusa conspicienda Walker, 1858
Ophiusa david Holland, 1894
Ophiusa davidioides Strand, 1918
Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865
Ophiusa expedita (Walker, 1858)⇒ Ophiusa tirhacoides Holloway, 2005
Ophiusa finifascia Walker, 1858
Ophiusa gonoptera Hampson, 1910
Ophiusa inangulata Gaede, 1917
Ophiusa mejanesi Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa mimetica Berio, 1954
Ophiusa obsolescens Hampson, 1918
Ophiusa overlaeti Berio, 1956
Ophiusa pseudotirhaca Berio, 1956
Ophiusa rogata Berio, 1954
Ophiusa salita Distant, 1898
Ophiusa tettensis Hopffer, 1857
Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773Green drab
Ophiusa tirhacoides Holloway, 2005
Ophiusa tirrhaca Hampson, 1894Green Drab
Ophiusa tumiditermina Hampson, 1910
Ophiusa verecunda Holland, 1894
Ophiusa verecundoides Strand, 1918
Ophiusa xylochroa Druce, 1912
Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852Moth
Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966
Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
Pantydia scissa Walker, 1865
Parallelia proxima (Hampson, 1902)⇒ Bastilla proxima Hampson, 1902
Pericyma cilipes (Walker, 1857)⇒ Pericyma mendax Walker, 1858
Pericyma mendax Walker, 1858
Pericyma polygramma Hampson, 1913
Platyja laportei Berio, 1975
Platyja remaudi Laporte, 1972
Platyja vacillans Walker, 1858
Plecoptera androconiata Hampson, 1926
Plecoptera chalciope Strand, 1918
Plecoptera flaviceps Hampson, 1902
Plecoptera melanoscia Hampson, 1926
Plecoptera poderis Wallengren, 1863
Plecoptera resistens Walker, 1858
Plecoptera reversa Walker, 1865
Prorocopis euxantha Lower, 1902
Rhabdophera hansali Felder & Rog..., 1874
Rhanidophora aethiops Grünberg, 1907
Rhanidophora cinctigutta Walker, 1862
Rhanidophora lutatus Grünberg, 1907
Rhanidophora piguerator Hampson, 1926
Rhanidophora ridens Hampson, 1902
Rhanidophora septipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1909
Serrodes cordifera (Mabille, 1890)⇒ Trichopalpina zethesia Hampson, 1926
Serrodes korana (Felder, 1874)⇒ Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775
Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775Catapult moth
Serrodes trispila Mabille, 1890
Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777
Sphingomorpha marshalli Hampson, 1902
Spirama glaucescens Butler, 1893
Spirama griseisigna Hampson, 1913
Sypnoides equatorialis Holland, 1894
Sypnoides flandriana Berio, 1954
Tachosa acronyctoides Walker, 1869
Tachosa albicans Berio, 1954
Tachosa aspera Kühne, 2004
Tachosa fumata Wallengren, 1860
Tathorhynchus homogyna Hampson, 1902
Tathorhynchus plumbea Distant, 1898
Trigonodes exportata (Cramer, 1779)⇒ Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Ulotrichopus catocaloides (Strand, 1918)⇒ Ulotrichopus pseudocatocala Strand, 1918
Ulotrichopus nigricans Laporte, 1973
Ulotrichopus phaeoleuca Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus phaeoleuca phaeoleuca Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus primulina Hampson, 1902
Ulotrichopus pseudocatocala Strand, 1918
Ulotrichopus stertzi (Püngeler, 1907)⇒ Ulotrichopus leucopasta Hampson, 1902
Yidalpta selenialis Snellen, 1872

Subnodes of Erebinae with occurrences in Congo
TribeAudeini
Whitshire, 1990
2
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCatocalini
Boisduval, 1828
27
181
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeErebini
Leach, 1815
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHulodini
Moore, 1885
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHypopyrini
Guenée, 1852
2
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOphiusini
Guenée, 1837
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePandesmini
Wiltshire, 1990
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePericymini
Wiltshire, 1976
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeSypnini
Holloway, 2005
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



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