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Checklist for Subfamily Erebinae Leach, 1815 (Erebine Moths)
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3469
10524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
58
1314
4091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
58
1313
4089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
58
1313
4089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
25
914
3175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
21
830
3009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
7
470
1743
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
215
781
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
45
164
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
45 Genera with 164 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTU
Acantholipes Lederer, 18744SpeciesTaxom
Achaea Hübner, 186220SpeciesTaxom
Aedia Hübner, 191618SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Audea Walker, 19549SpeciesTaxom
Avatha Walker, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 1918
0SpeciesTaxom
Calesia Guenée, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Cerocala Boisduval, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Clytie Hübner, 19913SpeciesTaxom
Cortyta Walker, 20162SpeciesTaxom
Crypsotidia Rothschild, 19019SpeciesTaxom
Cyligramma Boisduval, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Dermaleipa saalm�..., 18941SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 19135SpeciesTaxom
Entomogramma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Exophyla Guenée, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Gnamptonyx Hampson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Gracilodes Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17754SpeciesTaxom
Heteropalpia Berio, 18656SpeciesTaxom
Hypopyra Guenée, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Hypotacha Hampson, 19397SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Lyncestoides Hacker & Sal..., 20102SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 17945SpeciesTaxom
Nagia Walker, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 18525SpeciesTaxom
Pantydia Guenée, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 20164SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1898Stoneflies4SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdophera Staudinger, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Rhanidophora Wallengren, 17813SpeciesTaxom
Rhesala Walker, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Serrodes Guenée, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Sphingomorpha Guenée, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Tachosa Walker, 19126SpeciesTaxom
Tathorhynchus Hampson, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Tytroca Wiltshire, 19139SpeciesTaxom
Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 19027SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
164 Species and 12 Subspecies
Acantholipes aurea Berio, 1966
Acantholipes namacensis Guenée, 1852
Acantholipes transiens Berio, 1956
Acantholipes trimeni Felder & Rog..., 1874
Achaea albicilia Walker, 1858
Achaea albitermia Hampson, 1910
Achaea boris Geyer, 1837
Achaea catella Guenée, 1852Banded Achaea
Achaea echo Walker, 1858
Achaea ezea Cramer, 1779
Achaea faber Holland, 1894
Achaea finita Guenée, 1852Finite Achaea
Achaea illustrata Walker, 1858
Achaea indeterminata Walker, 1865
Achaea klugii (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Heliophisma klugii Boisduval, 1833
Achaea lienardi Boisduval, 1833Lienard's achaea
Achaea limbata (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Achaea finita Guenée, 1852
Achaea monodi Laporte, 1975
Achaea obvia Hampson, 1913
Achaea occidens Hampson, 1913
Achaea praestans Guenée, 1852
Achaea regularidia Strand, 1912
Achaea saboeaereginae Laporte, 1975
Achaea trapezoides Guenée, 1862
Aedia actinalis Hacker, 2016
Aedia albirena Hampson, 1926
Aedia eurymelas Hampson, 1916
Aedia iridocosma Bethune-Baker, 1911
Aedia iridocosma marmoreata Hacker, 2016
Aedia konsonata Hacker, 2016
Aedia mesonephele Hampson, 1916
Aedia nigrescens Wallengren, 1856
Aedia nigrescens berhanoui Laporte, 1984
Aedia nigrescens nigrescens Wallengren, 1856
Aedia peculiaris Hacker, 2022
Aedia pericyma Hampson, 1916
Aedia poliochroa Hampson, 1916
Aedia poliochroa poliochroa Hampson, 1916
Aedia politzari Hacker, 2016
Aedia pyramidalis Hampson, 1916
Aedia pyramidalis pyramidalis Hampson, 1926
Aedia serapis Fawcett, 1916
Anua dianaris (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Ophiusa dianaris Guenée, 1852
Audea blochwitzi Kühne, 2005
Audea hemihyala Karsch, 1896
Audea melaleuca Walker, 1865
Audea melanoplaga Hampson, 1902
Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
Audea postalbida (Berio, 1954)⇒ Audea subligata Distant, 1902
Audea subligata Distant, 1902
Audea tegulata Hampson, 1902
Audea zimmeri Berio, 1954
Avatha ethiopica Hampson, 1913
Calesia zamberita
Calesia zambesita Walker, 1865
Cerocala confusa Warren, 1913
Cerocala illustrata Holland, 1897
Cerocala masaica Hampson, 1913
Chalciope delta Boisduval, 1833
Clytie rungsi Laporte, 1975
Clytie sancta Staudinger, 1897
Clytie thibauti Laporte, 1991
Cortyta canescens Walker, 1858
Cortyta canescens septentrionalis Hacker, 2016
Crypsotidia bullula Kühne, 2005
Crypsotidia conifera (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Crypsotidia maculifera Staudinger, 1898
Crypsotidia digitata Kühne, 2005
Crypsotidia gigantea Kühne, 2005
Crypsotidia maculifera Staudinger, 1898
Crypsotidia postfusca Kühne, 2005
Crypsotidia voolastoni (Rothschild, 1901)⇒ Crypsotidia maculifera Staudinger, 1898
Crypsotidia wollastoni (Rothschild, 1901)⇒ Crypsotidia maculifera Staudinger, 1898
Crypsotidia woolastoni Rothschild, 1901
Cyligramma fluctuosa Drury, 1773
Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775Cream-striped owl
Cyligramma limacina Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Cyligramma magus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Cyligramma simplex Grünberg, 1910
Dermaleipa rubricata Holland, 1894
Dysgonia abnegans Walker, 1858
Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833
Dysgonia properans Walker, 1858Jigsaw
Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852Jigsaw
Dysgonia trogosema (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Bastilla trogosema Hampson, 1913
Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
Erebus walkeri Butler, 1875
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Exophyla multistriata Hampson, 1910
Exophyla thibauti Laporte, 1991
Gnamptonyx innexa Walker, 1858
Gracilodes caffra Guenée, 1852
Grammodes bifasciata Petagna, 1787Parallel Lines
Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
Grammodes exclusiva (Pagenstecher, 1907)⇒ Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775Geometrician
Heteropalpia cortytoides Berio, 1939
Heteropalpia exarata Mabille, 1890
Heteropalpia exarata exarata Mabille, 1890
Heteropalpia robusta Wiltshire, 1988
Heteropalpia robusta robusta Wiltshire, 1988
Heteropalpia vetusta Walker, 1865
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypotacha arbaminchensis Laporte, 1984
Hypotacha fiorii Berio, 1943
Hypotacha glaucata Holland, 1897
Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968
Hypotacha legrandi Berio, 1959
Hypotacha ochribasalis Hampson, 1896
Hypotacha raffaldii Berio, 1939
Lacera alope Cramer, 1780
Lyncestoides unilinea Swinhoe, 1885
Lyncestoides unilinea africana Hacker & Sal..., 2010
Mocis conveniens Walker, 1858Pale Brown Lines
Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis mutuaria Walker, 1858
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis repanda Fabricius, 1794Grass looper
Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Nagia syba (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa dianaris Guenée, 1852Grey Drab
Ophiusa rungsi (Laporte, 1975)⇒ Ophiusa dianaris Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773Green drab
Ophiusa triphaenoides Walker, 1858
Pandesma anysa Guenée, 1852Moth
Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966
Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
Pandesma robusta Walker, 1858
Pandesma tempica (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Ophiusa dianaris Guenée, 1852
Pantydia dufayi Laporte, 1975
Pantydia scissa Walker, 1865
Pericyma mendax Walker, 1858
Pericyma metaleuca Hampson, 1913
Pericyma minyas Fawcett, 1916
Pericyma schreieri Hacker, 2016
Plecoptera hypoxantha Hampson, 1926
Plecoptera melanoscia Hampson, 1926
Plecoptera zavattarii Berio, 1944
Plecoptera zonaria Distant, 1898
Rhabdophera clathrum Guenée, 1852
Rhabdophera hansali Felder & Rog..., 1874
Rhanidophora aurantiaca Hampson, 1902
Rhanidophora cinctigutta Walker, 1862
Rhanidophora phedonia Stoll, 1781
Rhesala goleta Felder & Rog..., 1874
Rhesala moestalis Walker, 1866
Rhesala ragazzii Berio, 1936
Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775Catapult moth
Serrodes trispila Mabille, 1890
Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777
Tachosa acronyctoides Walker, 1869
Tachosa aspera Kühne, 2004
Tachosa fumata Wallengren, 1860
Tachosa guichardi Wiltshire, 1982
Tachosa malagasy (Viette, 1966)⇒ Tachosa acronyctoides Walker, 1869
Tachosa sagittalis Strand, 1912
Tathorhynchus exsiccata Lederer, 1855Alfalfa Looper
Tathorhynchus homogyna Hampson, 1902
Tathorhynchus leucobasis Bethune-Baker, 1911
Trigonodes exportata (Cramer, 1779)⇒ Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Tytroca alabuensis Wiltshire, 1970
Tytroca alabuensis alabuensis Wiltshire, 1970
Tytroca balnearia (Distant, 1898)⇒ Tytroca leucoptera Hampson, 1896
Tytroca balnearia mutabilis Hacker, 2016
Tytroca dispar Püngeler, 1904
Tytroca heterophysa Hacker, 2016
Tytroca leucoptera Hampson, 1896
Tytroca metaxantha Hampson, 1902
Tytroca phaeocyma Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus griseus Kühne, 2005
Ulotrichopus nigricans Laporte, 1973
Ulotrichopus phaeoleuca Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus phaeoleuca phaeoleuca Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus primulina Hampson, 1902
Ulotrichopus recchiai Berio, 1978
Ulotrichopus tinctipennis Hampson, 1902

Subnodes of Erebinae with occurrences in Ethiopia
TribeAudeini
Whitshire, 1990
3
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCatocalini
Boisduval, 1828
26
106
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeErebini
Leach, 1815
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHulodini
Moore, 1885
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHypopyrini
Guenée, 1852
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeOphiusini
Guenée, 1837
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePandesmini
Wiltshire, 1990
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePericymini
Wiltshire, 1976
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom



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