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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
308
3697
9443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
3307
8735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
64
1621
4426
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
64
1621
4426
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
62
1618
4423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
25
1126
3311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
20
1063
3167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
5
588
1435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
280
793
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
48
163
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Malawi
48 Genera with 163 Species
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Acantholipes Lederer, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Achaea Hübner, 191024SpeciesTaxom
Aedia Hübner, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Attonda Swinhoe, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Audea Walker, 19028SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Bocula Guenée, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Calesia Guenée, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Cortyta Walker, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Crypsotidia Rothschild, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Cyligramma Boisduval, 18445SpeciesTaxom
Dermaleipa saalm�..., 18942SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 191310SpeciesTaxom
Ecpatia Turner, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Entomogramma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Gracilodes Guenée, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17756SpeciesTaxom
Heteropalpia Berio, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Hypersypnoides Berio, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Hypopyra Guenée, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 17943SpeciesTaxom
Lygephila Billberg, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Mecodina Guenée, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 17757SpeciesTaxom
Nagia Walker, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Obroatis Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 191010SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Pantydia Guenée, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Parallelia Hübner, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 18524SpeciesTaxom
Platyja Hübner, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1902Stoneflies7SpeciesTaxom
Pseudogyrtona Bethune-Baker, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdophera Staudinger, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Rhanidophora Wallengren, 19026SpeciesTaxom
Rhesala Walker, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Serrodes Guenée, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Sphingomorpha Guenée, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Spirama Guenée, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Tachosa Walker, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Tathorhynchus Hampson, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Tytroca Wiltshire, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 190212SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
163 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acantholipes circumdata Walker, 1858
Acantholipes trimeni Felder & Rog..., 1874
Achaea albicilia Walker, 1858
Achaea angustifascia (Fletcher D. S., 1963)⇒ Achaea obvia Hampson, 1913
Achaea atrimacula Gaede, 1917
Achaea boris Geyer, 1837
Achaea catella Guenée, 1852Banded Achaea
Achaea chrysopera Druce, 1912
Achaea durfa Plötz, 1880
Achaea echo Walker, 1858
Achaea faber Holland, 1894
Achaea ferreotincta Hampson, 1918
Achaea finita Guenée, 1852Finite Achaea
Achaea hypopolia (Hampson, 1918)⇒ Achaea durfa Plötz, 1880
Achaea illustrata Walker, 1858
Achaea indicabilis Walker, 1858
Achaea infinita Guenée, 1852
Achaea klugii (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Heliophisma klugii Boisduval, 1833
Achaea lienardi Boisduval, 1833Lienard's achaea
Achaea mormoides Walker, 1858
Achaea obvia Hampson, 1913
Achaea praestans Guenée, 1852
Achaea rothkirchi (Strand, 1914)⇒ Achaea durfa Plötz, 1880
Achaea tornistigma Prout, 1921
Achaea violascens Hampson, 1918
Achaea xanthoptera Hampson, 1910
Aedia iridocosma Bethune-Baker, 1911
Attonda adspersa Felder & Rog..., 1874
Audea bipunctata Walker, 1858
Audea blochwitzi Kühne, 2005
Audea fatilega (Felder & Rog..., 1874)⇒ Ulotrichopus fatilega Felder & Rog..., 1874
Audea humeralis (Hampson, 1902)⇒ Audea tegulata Hampson, 1902
Audea luteoforma Kühne, 2005
Audea melanoplaga Hampson, 1902
Audea subligata Distant, 1902
Audea tegulata Hampson, 1902
Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833
Bastilla derogans Walker, 1858
Bastilla proxima Hampson, 1902
Bastilla triplocyma Hampson, 1913
Bocula metochrea Hampson, 1926
Calesia karschi Bartel, 1903
Calesia xanthognatha Hampson, 1926
Calesia zambesita Walker, 1865
Chalciope delta Boisduval, 1833
Cortyta setifera Hampson, 1918
Crypsotidia conifera (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Crypsotidia maculifera Staudinger, 1898
Crypsotidia longicosta Kühne, 2004
Crypsotidia maculifera Staudinger, 1898
Cyligramma fluctuosa Drury, 1773
Cyligramma joa Boisduval, 1833
Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775Cream-striped owl
Cyligramma limacina Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Cyligramma magus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Dermaleipa quadrilineata Strand, 1912
Dermaleipa rubricata Holland, 1894
Dysgonia algira Linnaeus, 1767Passenger
Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833
Dysgonia conjunctura Walker, 1858
Dysgonia derogans (Walker, 1858)⇒ Bastilla derogans Walker, 1858
Dysgonia humilis Holland, 1894
Dysgonia palpalis (Walker, 1865)⇒ Bastilla palpalis Walker, 1865
Dysgonia properans Walker, 1858Jigsaw
Dysgonia proxima (Hampson, 1902)⇒ Bastilla proxima Hampson, 1902
Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852Jigsaw
Dysgonia triplocyma Hampson, 1913
Ecpatia dulcistriga Walker, 1858
Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
Erebus atavistis Hampson, 1913
Erebus walkeri Butler, 1875
Ericeia congressa Walker, 1858
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Gracilodes caffra Guenée, 1852
Gracilodes nysa Guenée, 1852
Grammodes bifasciata Petagna, 1787Parallel Lines
Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
Grammodes congesta Berio, 1956
Grammodes exclusiva (Pagenstecher, 1907)⇒ Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
Grammodes geometrica Fabricius, 1775
Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775Geometrician
Heteropalpia cortytoides Berio, 1939
Hypersypnoides congoensis Berio, 1954
Hypopyra allardi Oberthür, 1878
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra carneotincta Hampson, 1913
Hypopyra rufescens Kirby, 1896
Lacera alope Cramer, 1780
Lacera capella (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
Lygephila salax Guenée, 1852
Mecodina rufipalpis Hampson, 1926
Mocis conveniens Walker, 1858Pale Brown Lines
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis mutuaria Walker, 1858
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis repanda Fabricius, 1794Grass looper
Mocis undata Fabricius, 1775
Nagia gravipes Walker, 1858
Nagia natalensis Hampson, 1902Double-banded Zale
Nagia sacerdotis Hampson, 1926
Obroatis negeta Walker, 1858
Ophiusa dianaris Guenée, 1852Grey Drab
Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865
Ophiusa finifascia Walker, 1858
Ophiusa hypoxantha Hampson, 1918
Ophiusa mejanesi Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa selenaris Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa subdiversa Prout L. B., 1919
Ophiusa tettensis Hopffer, 1857
Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773Green drab
Ophiusa tumiditermina Hampson, 1910
Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966
Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
Pandesma robusta Walker, 1858
Pantydia scissa Walker, 1865
Parallelia triplocyma (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Dysgonia triplocyma Hampson, 1913
Pericyma atrifusa Hampson, 1902
Pericyma mendax Walker, 1858
Pericyma polygramma Hampson, 1913
Pericyma umbrina Guenée, 1852
Platyja vacillans Walker, 1858
Plecoptera aspila Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera flavilinea Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera infuscata Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera megarthra Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera melanoscia Hampson, 1926
Plecoptera punctilineata Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera rufirena Hampson, 1902
Pseudogyrtona nigrivitta Hampson, 1926
Rhabdophera hansali Felder & Rog..., 1874
Rhanidophora agrippa Druce, 1899
Rhanidophora cinctigutta Walker, 1862
Rhanidophora flavigutta Hampson, 1926
Rhanidophora odontophora Hampson, 1926
Rhanidophora phedonia Stoll, 1781
Rhanidophora ridens Hampson, 1902
Rhesala goleta Felder & Rog..., 1874
Rhesala moestalis Walker, 1866
Rhesala nyasica Hampson, 1926
Serrodes korana (Felder, 1874)⇒ Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775
Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775Catapult moth
Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777
Sphingomorpha marshalli Hampson, 1902
Spirama glaucescens Butler, 1893
Spirama griseisigna Hampson, 1913
Tachosa acronyctoides Walker, 1869
Tathorhynchus homogyna Hampson, 1902
Tathorhynchus plumbea Distant, 1898
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Trigonodes pusilla Holland, 1894
Tytroca leucoptera Hampson, 1896
Ulotrichopus catocala Felder & Rog..., 1874
Ulotrichopus fatilega Felder & Rog..., 1874
Ulotrichopus lucidus (Pinhey, 1968)⇒ Archaeopilocornus lucidus Pinhey, 1968
Ulotrichopus nigricans Laporte, 1973
Ulotrichopus phaeoleuca Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus phaeoleuca phaeoleuca Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus phaeoleucus Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus primulina Hampson, 1902
Ulotrichopus primulinodes Strand, 1914
Ulotrichopus pseudomarmoratus Kühne, 2005
Ulotrichopus tessmanni (Gaede, 1936)⇒ Ulotrichopus pseudocatocala Strand, 1918
Ulotrichopus variegata Hampson, 1902

Subnodes of Erebinae with occurrences in Malawi
TribeAudeini
Whitshire, 1990
2
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCatocalini
Boisduval, 1828
25
101
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeErebini
Leach, 1815
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHulodini
Moore, 1885
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHypopyrini
Guenée, 1852
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePandesmini
Wiltshire, 1990
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePericymini
Wiltshire, 1976
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeSypnini
Holloway, 2005
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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