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Checklist for Subfamily Erebinae Leach, 1815 (Erebine Moths)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
355
7129
27028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
72
2157
6319
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
70
2154
6314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
69
2152
6306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
27
1436
4642
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
24
1294
4335
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
7
486
1246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
283
804
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
70
229
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
70 Genera with 229 Species
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Achaea Hübner, 17759SpeciesTaxom
Aedia Hübner, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Amolita Grote, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Anisoneura Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 19066SpeciesTaxom
Arcte Kollar, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Ascalapha Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Attonda Swinhoe, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Avatha Walker, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Avitta Walker, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 188611SpeciesTaxom
Bocula Guenée, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Boryzops Richards, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Buzara Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Caenurgia Walker, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Catocala Schrank, 2002Underwing moths7SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 18883SpeciesTaxom
Cissusa Walker, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Cocytia Treitschke, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Corcobara Moore, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Coxina Guenée, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Dahlia Pagenstecher, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 191314SpeciesTaxom
Entomogramma Guenée, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Epidromia Guenée, 18694SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 188712SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 185810SpeciesTaxom
Erygia Guenée, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Euclidia Ochsenheimer, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Felinia Guenée, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Focillidia Hampson, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 18586SpeciesTaxom
Hamodes Guenée, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Hirsutipes Bethune-Baker, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Hulodes Guenée, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Kakopoda Smith, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 17945SpeciesTaxom
Lopharthrum Hampson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Lygephila Billberg, 18262SpeciesTaxom
Marapana Moore, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Mecodina Guenée, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Melipotis Hübner, 18578SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 191310SpeciesTaxom
Nagia Walker, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Neogabara Wileman & West, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 18589SpeciesTaxom
Ophyx Guenée, 187411SpeciesTaxom
Oxyodes Guenée, 19355SpeciesTaxom
Pantydia Guenée, 18864SpeciesTaxom
Parallelia Hübner, 18869SpeciesTaxom
Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 18861SpeciesTaxom
Pindara Moore, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1884Stoneflies1SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmiola Strand, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Pseudanthracia Grote, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pseudozalissa Bethune-Baker, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Pterocyclophora Hampson, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Rhesala Walker, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Rhesalides Prout, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Rhytia Hübner, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Selenisa Hayward, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Sericia Guenée, 17804SpeciesTaxom
Serrodes Guenée, 17755SpeciesTaxom
Speiredonia Hübner, 17808SpeciesTaxom
Spirama Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Sympis Guenée, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Thyas Hübner, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17793SpeciesTaxom
Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Zale Hübner, 18525SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
229 Species and 9 Subspecies
Achaea fasciculipes (Walker, 1858)⇒ Achaea simplex Walker, 1865
Achaea janata Linnaeus, 1758Caster oil looper
Achaea melicerta (Drury, 1773)⇒ Acanthodelta janata Linnaeus, 1758
Achaea orbigera Gaede, 1917
Achaea pentasema (L.B. Prout, 1919)⇒ Achaea serva Fabricius, 1775
Achaea robinsoni Holloway, 1982
Achaea serva Fabricius, 1775
Achaea simplex Walker, 1865
Achaea tigrina (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Acanthodelta janata Linnaeus, 1758
Aedia leucomelas Linnaeus, 1758Eastern Alchymist
Aedia sericea Butler, 1882
Amolita roseola Smith, 1903Scrawled soles
Anisoneura zeuzeroides Guenée, 1852
Anua coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
Anua discriminans Walker, 1858
Anua fijiensis Robinson, 1969
Anua intacta (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Ophiusa discriminans Walker, 1858
Anua keyensis (Walker, 1858)⇒ Ophiusa discriminans Walker, 1858
Anua sublutea (Bethune-Baker, 1906)⇒ Ophiusa discriminans Walker, 1858
Arcte coerula Guenée, 1852Ramie Moth
Arcte coerulea (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Arcte coerula Guenée, 1852
Arcte modesta Hoeven, 1840
Ascalapha odorata Linnaeus, 1758Black Witch
Attonda adspersa Felder & Rog..., 1874
Attonda alboserrata (Bethune-Baker, 1906)⇒ Attonda adspersa Felder & Rog..., 1874
Attonda aroana (Bethune-Baker, 1906)⇒ Attonda adspersa Felder & Rog..., 1874
Attonda nigriplaga (Bethune-Baker, 1906)⇒ Attonda adspersa Felder & Rog..., 1874
Avatha discolor Fabricius, 1794
Avitta dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1906)⇒ Avitta discipuncta Felder, 1874
Avitta ophiusalis Walker, 1858
Bastilla absentimacula Guenée, 1852
Bastilla arctotaenia Guenée, 1852
Bastilla cuneilineata Warren, 1915
Bastilla duplicata Robinson, 1975
Bastilla flexilinea Warren, 1915
Bastilla joviana Stoll, 1782
Bastilla joviania Stoll, 1782
Bastilla myops Guenée, 1852
Bastilla nielseni Holloway & S..., 2003
Bastilla solomonensis Hampson, 1913
Bastilla vitiensis Butler, 1886
Bocula odontosema Turner, 1909
Boryzops purissima Dyar, 1911
Buzara propyrrha Walker, 1858
Caenurgia togataria Walker, 1862
Catocala (Catocala) fraxini Linnaeus, 1767Blue Underwing
Catocala (Catocala) nupta Linnaeus, 1767Red Underwing
Catocala actaea actaea
Catocala hermia H. Edwards, 1880Bigspotted triggerfish
Catocala irene Behr, 1870Bluefin filefish
Catocala muliercula Guenée, 1852Little Wife Underwing
Catocala umbrosa Brou, 2002Cook's Robber Frog
Chalciope alcyona Druce, 1888
Chalciope hoplitis (Druce, 1888)⇒ Chalciope alcyona Druce, 1888
Chalciope isosceles (Druce, 1888)⇒ Chalciope alcyona Druce, 1888
Cissusa spadix Stoll, 1780Black Dotted Brown
Cocytia durvillii Boisduval, 1828
Corcobara angulipennis Moore, 1882
Corcobara thwaitesi (Moore, 1882)⇒ Corcobara angulipennis Moore, 1882
Coxina cinctipalpis J.B. Smith, 1899Black-waved Owlet
Dahlia hesperioides Pagenstecher, 1900
Dahlia ochreana (Bethune-Baker, 1908)⇒ Cerynea porphyrea Hampson, 1910
Dysgonia anetica Felder & Rog..., 1874
Dysgonia arctotaenia (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Bastilla arctotaenia Guenée, 1852
Dysgonia cuneilineata (Warren, 1915)⇒ Bastilla cuneilineata Warren, 1915
Dysgonia duplicata (Robinson, 1975)⇒ Bastilla duplicata Robinson, 1975
Dysgonia flexilinea (Warren, 1915)⇒ Bastilla flexilinea Warren, 1915
Dysgonia hicanora Turner, 1903
Dysgonia illibata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Pindara illibata Fabricius, 1775
Dysgonia joviana (Stoll, 1782)⇒ Bastilla joviania Stoll, 1782
Dysgonia koroensis Robinson, 1969
Dysgonia laetabilis⇒ Pindara illibata Fabricius, 1775
Dysgonia myops (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Bastilla joviania Stoll, 1782
Dysgonia prisca (Walker, 1858)⇒ Pindara prisca Walker, 1858
Dysgonia propyrrha (Walker, 1858)⇒ Buzara propyrrha Walker, 1858
Dysgonia solomonensis (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Bastilla solomonensis Hampson, 1913
Entomogramma torsa Guenée, 1852
Entomogramma vanua (Felder, 1874)⇒ Entomogramma torsa Guenée, 1852
Epidromia pannosa Guenée, 1852Cutworm moth
Epidromia poaphiloides Guenée, 1852
Epidromia pyraliformis (Walker, 1858)⇒ Manbuta pyraliformis Walker, 1858
Epidromia rotundata Herrich-Schä..., 1869
Erebus albicans (Pagenstecher, 1900)⇒ Erebus intermedia Pagenstecher, 1900
Erebus bismarcia (Pagenstecher, 1900)⇒ Erebus intermedia Pagenstecher, 1900
Erebus caliginea (Butler, 1887)⇒ Erebus variagatus Butler, 1887
Erebus crepuscularis Linnaeus, 1767
Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Erebus insularis (Pagenstecher, 1900)⇒ Erebus intermedia Pagenstecher, 1900
Erebus intermedia Pagenstecher, 1900
Erebus macfarlanei Butler, 1876
Erebus moriola (Butler, 1876)⇒ Erebus macfarlanei Butler, 1876
Erebus oxodoxia (Butler, 1876)⇒ Erebus macfarlanei Butler, 1876
Erebus variagatus Butler, 1887
Erebus variegata Butler, 1887
Ericeia certilinea (Prout, 1929)⇒ Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia congregata Walker, 1858
Ericeia epitheca Swinhoe, 1915
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia inangulata levuensis Prout, 1929
Ericeia leichardtii Koch, 1865
Ericeia levuensis (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia pampoecila (Bethune-Baker, 1914)⇒ Ericeia sobria Walker, 1858
Ericeia rectifascia Prout, 1928
Ericeia sobria Walker, 1858
Erygia precedens Walker, 1857
Euclidia (Callistege) mi (Clerck, 1759)⇒ Callistege mi Clerck, 1759
Euclidia (Euclidia) glyphica Linnaeus, 1758Burnet Companion
Felinia precedens Walker, 1857
Focillidia texana Hampson, 1913
Grammodes ammonia (Fabraicius, 1775)⇒ Grammodes geometrica Fabricius, 1775
Grammodes caeca (Walker, 1858)⇒ Grammodes justa Walker, 1858
Grammodes geometrica Fabricius, 1775
Grammodes justa Walker, 1858
Grammodes oculata Snellen, 1880
Grammodes oculicola Walker, 1858
Hamodes aurantiaca (Boisduval, 1832)⇒ Hamodes propitia Guérin, 1830
Hamodes marginata (Boisduval, 1832)⇒ Hamodes propitia Guérin, 1830
Hamodes propitia Guérin, 1830
Hirsutipes intensior (Felder & Rog..., 1874)⇒ Ophyx trifasciata Felder & Rog..., 1874
Hulodes caranea Cramer, 1780
Hulodes ischnethes Prout, 1932
Hulodes solomonensis Hampson, 1926
Kakopoda progenies Guenée, 1852
Lacera alope Cramer, 1780
Lacera azatothi
Lacera capella (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
Lacera contrasta Holloway, 1979
Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
Lopharthrum comprimens Walker, 1858
Lygephila lusoria Linnaeus, 1758
Lygephila pastinum Treitschke, 1826Blackneck
Mecodina praecipua Walker, 1865
Mecodina variata G.S. Robinson, 1969
Melipotis acontioides Guenée, 1852Royal Poinciana Moth
Melipotis contorta Guenée, 1852
Melipotis famelica Guenée, 1852Famelica Melipotis Moth
Melipotis fasciolaris Hübner, 1823Fasciolated Melipotis
Melipotis januaris Guenée, 1852January Melipotis
Melipotis jucunda Hübner, 1818Cape sole
Melipotis perpendicularis Guenée, 1852
Melipotis prolata Walker, 1857Prolata Melipotis
Mocis archesia⇒ Mocis undata Fabricius, 1775
Mocis cubana Hampson, 1913Cutworm moth
Mocis demonstrans (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Mocis trifasciata Stephens, 1830
Mocis discrepans (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Mocis trifasciata Stephens, 1830
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis trifasciata Stephens, 1830The Triple-barred
Mocis undata Fabricius, 1775
Mocis vitiensis Hampson, 1913
Nagia robinsoni Holloway, 1982
Neogabara plagiola Wileman & West, 1929
Ophiusa coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
Ophiusa discriminans Walker, 1858
Ophiusa disjungens Walker, 1858Guava moth
Ophiusa disjungens tongaensis Hampson, 1913
Ophiusa fijiensis Robinson, 1969
Ophiusa magica (Hübner, 1827)⇒ 
Ophiusa parcemacula T.P. Lucas, 1891
Ophiusa pygospila (Walker, 1858)⇒ Ophiusa discriminans Walker, 1858
Ophiusa sublutea (Walker, 1858)⇒ Lygephila pastinum Treitschke, 1826
Ophyx crinipes Felder & Rog..., 1874
Ophyx deformata Holloway, 1984
Ophyx elliptica Holloway, 1984
Ophyx loxographa Bethune-Baker, 1908
Ophyx meeki Bethune-Baker, 1908
Ophyx owgarra Bethune-Baker, 1906
Ophyx prereducta Holloway, 1984
Ophyx pseudoptera Lower, 1903
Ophyx reflexa Holloway, 1984
Ophyx talesea Holloway, 1984
Ophyx trifasciata Felder & Rog..., 1874
Oxyodes clytia Stoll, 1782
Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852
Oxyodes scrobiculata samoana Tams, 1935
Oxyodes scrobiculata scrobiculata Fabricius, 1775
Oxyodes scrobiculata tanymekes Tams, 1935
Pantydia capistrata Lucas, 1894
Pantydia klossi Rothschild, 1915
Pantydia metaspila Walker, 1857
Pantydia sordida (Butler, 1886)⇒ Pantydia metaspila Walker, 1857
Parallelia arctotaenia (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Bastilla arctotaenia Guenée, 1852
Parallelia duplicata (Robinson, 1975)⇒ Bastilla duplicata Robinson, 1975
Parallelia flexilinea (Warren, 1915)⇒ Bastilla flexilinea Warren, 1915
Parallelia hicanora (Turner, 1903)⇒ Dysgonia hicanora Turner, 1903
Parallelia koroensis G.S. Robinson, 1969
Parallelia prisca (Walker, 1858)⇒ Pindara prisca Walker, 1858
Parallelia propyrrha (Walker, 1858)⇒ Buzara propyrrha Walker, 1858
Parallelia solomonensis (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Bastilla solomonensis Hampson, 1913
Parallelia vitiensis (Butler, 1886)⇒ Bastilla vitiensis Butler, 1886
Pericyma cruegeri Butler, 1886Poinciana Looper
Pindara illibata Fabricius, 1775
Pindara prisca Walker, 1858
Plecoptera violacea Pagenstecher, 1884
Polydesmiola meekii Lucas, 1894
Pseudanthracia coracias Guenée, 1852Pseudanthracia Moth
Pseudozalissa bella Bethune-Baker, 1906Dissonant dart
Pterocyclophora huntei Warren, 1903
Rhesala fusiformis Holloway, 2005
Rhesala irregularis circuluncus Holloway, 1979
Rhesalides albizziae (Prout, 1929)⇒ Rhesalides asphalta Swinhoe, 1901
Rhesalides asphalta Swinhoe, 1901
Rhytia crepidolata (Cramer, 1777)⇒ Eudocima cocalus Cramer, 1777
Selenisa sueroides Guenée, 1852Legume caterpillar
Sericia anops (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Speiredonia mutabilis Fabricius, 1794
Sericia diops (Walker, 1857)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Sericia layardi (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Sericia sumbana (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Serrodes campana (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775
Serrodes campana callipepla Prout, 1929
Serrodes inara (Cramer, 1779)⇒ Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775
Serrodes mediopallens Prout, 1924
Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775Catapult moth
Speiredonia anops (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Speiredonia mutabilis Fabricius, 1794
Speiredonia mutabilis Fabricius, 1794
Speiredonia obscura Cramer, 1780
Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Speiredonia simplex Butler, 1877
Speiredonia simplex obalauae Bethune-Baker, 1915
Speiredonia strigiformis Robinson, 1975
Speiredonia zamis (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Spirama obscura (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Sympis ochreobasis Pachenstecher, 1900
Sympis parkeri Lucas, 1894
Sympis rufibasis Guenée, 1852
Thyas regia (Lucas, 1894)⇒ 
Trigonodes cephise Cramer, 1779
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Trigonodes maxima (Cramer, 1779)⇒ Trigonodes cephise Cramer, 1779
Ulotrichopus longipalpus Joicey & Talbot, 1915
Zale fictilis Guenée, 1852
Zale lunata Drury, 1773Lunate Zale
Zale minerea Guenée, 1852Colorful Zale
Zale smithi Haimbach, 1928River Frog
Zale viridans Guenée, 1852

Subnodes of Erebinae with occurrences in Melanesia
TribeAudeini
Whitshire, 1990
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCatocalini
Boisduval, 1828
31
120
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCocytiini
Boisduval, 1828
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeErebini
Leach, 1815
1
12
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHulodini
Moore, 1885
4
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHypopyrini
Guenée, 1852
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMelipotini
Grote, 1895
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOmopterini
Boisduval, 1833
6
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePericymini
Wiltshire, 1976
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePoaphilini
Guenée, 1852
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeSypnini
Holloway, 2005
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeThermesiini
Guenée, 1852
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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Erebinae at dyntaxa.se
Erebinae at itis.gov