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Checklist for Subfamily Erebinae Leach, 1815 (Erebine Moths)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
3464
10323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
24
1133
4496
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
20
1029
4268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
580
1780
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
284
1013
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
51
157
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nigeria
51 Genera with 157 Species
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Acantholipes Lederer, 18743SpeciesTaxom
Achaea Hübner, 191029SpeciesTaxom
Aedia Hübner, 18568SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Audea Walker, 19028SpeciesTaxom
Avatha Walker, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Avitta Walker, 19403SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Bocula Guenée, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Calesia Guenée, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Cerocala Boisduval, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Crypsotidia Rothschild, 19019SpeciesTaxom
Cyligramma Boisduval, 19106SpeciesTaxom
Delgamma Moore, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Dermaleipa saalm�..., 19131SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 19139SpeciesTaxom
Ecpatia Turner, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Entomogramma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Exophyla Guenée, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Facidia Walker, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Gnamptonyx Hampson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Gracilodes Guenée, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17756SpeciesTaxom
Heteropalpia Berio, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Hypopyra Guenée, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Hypotacha Hampson, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Mecodina Guenée, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 17758SpeciesTaxom
Nagia Walker, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Ophisma Guenée, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 17737SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Pantydia Guenée, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Parallelia Hübner, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 19133SpeciesTaxom
Platyja Hübner, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1858Stoneflies6SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdophera Staudinger, 18743SpeciesTaxom
Rhesala Walker, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Rhesalides Prout, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Serrodes Guenée, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Sphingomorpha Guenée, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Sypnoides Hampson, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Tachosa Walker, 19823SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Tytroca Wiltshire, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 19022SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
157 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acantholipes aurea Berio, 1966
Acantholipes circumdata Walker, 1858
Acantholipes trimeni Felder & Rog..., 1874
Achaea albicilia Walker, 1858
Achaea albifimbria Walker, 1869
Achaea boris Geyer, 1837
Achaea catella Guenée, 1852Banded Achaea
Achaea catocalina Holland, 1894
Achaea catocaloides Guenée, 1852
Achaea echo Walker, 1858
Achaea ezea Cramer, 1779
Achaea faber Holland, 1894
Achaea finita Guenée, 1852Finite Achaea
Achaea illustrata Walker, 1858
Achaea indicabilis Walker, 1858
Achaea intercisa 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 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 renata A.E. Prout, 1927
Achaea schuetzei (Bryk, 1915)⇒ Achaea nigristriata Laporte, 1979
Achaea teterrima Hampson, 1913
Achaea thermopera Hampson, 1913
Achaea trapezoides Guenée, 1862
Achaea violaceofascia Saalmüller, 1891
Achaea xanthodera Holland, 1894
Achaea xanthoptera Hampson, 1910
Aedia cryptodisca Hampson, 1926
Aedia dipterygia Hampson, 1926
Aedia iridocosma Bethune-Baker, 1911
Aedia iridocosma occidens Hacker, 2022
Aedia leucomelas Linnaeus, 1758Eastern Alchymist
Aedia microcelis Hampson, 1926
Aedia nigrescens Wallengren, 1856
Aedia nigrescens nigrescens Wallengren, 1856
Anua despecta (Holland, 1894)⇒ Ophiusa despecta Holland, 1894
Audea albiforma Kühne, 2005
Audea endophaea (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Audea hemihyala Karsch, 1896
Audea hemihyala Karsch, 1896
Audea humeralis (Hampson, 1902)⇒ Audea tegulata Hampson, 1902
Audea kathrina Kühne, 2005
Audea melaleuca Walker, 1865
Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
Audea tegulata Hampson, 1902
Avatha ethiopica Hampson, 1913
Avitta insignifica Hampson, 1926
Avitta ionomesa Hampson, 1926
Avitta simplicior Gaede, 1940
Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833
Bastilla humilis Holland, 1894
Bastilla palpalis Walker, 1865
Bastilla trogosema Hampson, 1913
Bocula ichthyuropis Hampson, 1926
Bocula sticticraspis Hampson, 1926
Calesia fulviceps Hampson, 1926
Cerocala albicornis (Berio, 1966)⇒ Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896
Cerocala caelata Karsch, 1896
Chalciope pusilla Holland, 1894
Crypsotidia conifera (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Crypsotidia maculifera Staudinger, 1898
Crypsotidia maculifera Staudinger, 1898
Crypsotidia mesosema (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Crypsotidia postfusca Kühne, 2005
Crypsotidia parva (Rothschild, 1921)⇒ Hellula parva Rothschild, 1921
Crypsotidia piscicaudae Kühne, 2005
Crypsotidia postfusca Kühne, 2005
Crypsotidia remanei Wiltshire, 1977
Crypsotidia voolastoni (Rothschild, 1901)⇒ Crypsotidia maculifera Staudinger, 1898
Crypsotidia wollastoni (Rothschild, 1901)⇒ Crypsotidia maculifera Staudinger, 1898
Cyligramma fluctuosa Drury, 1773
Cyligramma griseata Gaede, 1936
Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775Cream-striped owl
Cyligramma limacina Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Cyligramma magus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Cyligramma simplex Grünberg, 1910
Delgamma pangonia Guenée, 1852Strawberry Cutworm
Dermaleipa metaphaea (Hampson, 1913)⇒ 
Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833
Dysgonia arcifera Druce, 1912
Dysgonia conjunctura Walker, 1858
Dysgonia humilis Holland, 1894
Dysgonia palpalis (Walker, 1865)⇒ Bastilla palpalis Walker, 1865
Dysgonia perexcurvata Hampson, 1918
Dysgonia pudica Möschler, 1887
Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852Jigsaw
Dysgonia trogosema (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Bastilla trogosema Hampson, 1913
Ecpatia dulcistriga Walker, 1858
Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
Erebus walkeri Butler, 1875
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia sobria Walker, 1858
Exophyla melanocleis Hampson, 1926
Facidia luteilinea Hampson, 1926
Gnamptonyx innexa Walker, 1858
Gracilodes metopis Hampson, 1926
Gracilodes opisthenops Hampson, 1926
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 exarata Mabille, 1890
Heteropalpia exarata exarata Mabille, 1890
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968
Lacera alope Cramer, 1780
Mecodina africana Holland, 1894
Mecodina ochrigrapta Hampson, 1926
Mocis conveniens Walker, 1858Pale Brown Lines
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis ibona Plötz, 1880
Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis mutuaria Walker, 1858
Mocis persinuosa Hampson, 1910
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis undata Fabricius, 1775
Nagia evanescens Hampson, 1926
Nagia microsema Hampson, 1926
Ophisma teterrima Hampson, 1913
Ophiusa conspicienda Walker, 1858
Ophiusa david Holland, 1894
Ophiusa despecta Holland, 1894
Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865
Ophiusa finifascia Walker, 1858
Ophiusa selenaris Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773Green drab
Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966
Pantydia scissa Walker, 1865
Parallelia trogosema (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
Pericyma atrifusa Hampson, 1902
Pericyma mendax Walker, 1858
Pericyma polygramma Hampson, 1913
Platyja luteilinea Hampson, 1926
Platyja vacillans Walker, 1858
Plecoptera androconiata Hampson, 1926
Plecoptera costisignata Hampson, 1926
Plecoptera flavilinea Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera geminilinea Hampson, 1926
Plecoptera mesostriga Hampson, 1926
Plecoptera resistens Walker, 1858
Rhabdophera arefacta Swinhoe, 1884
Rhabdophera clathrum Guenée, 1852
Rhabdophera hansali Felder & Rog..., 1874
Rhesala moestalis Walker, 1866
Rhesala nigeriensis Hampson, 1926
Rhesalides nigeriensis Hampson, 1926
Serrodes trispila Mabille, 1890
Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777
Sypnoides equatorialis Holland, 1894
Tachosa acronyctoides Walker, 1869
Tachosa aspera Kühne, 2004
Tachosa guichardi Wiltshire, 1982
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Tytroca leucoptera Hampson, 1896
Ulotrichopus stertzi (Püngeler, 1907)⇒ Ulotrichopus leucopasta Hampson, 1902
Ulotrichopus tinctipennis Hampson, 1902

Subnodes of Erebinae with occurrences in Nigeria
TribeAudeini
Whitshire, 1990
4
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCatocalini
Boisduval, 1828
30
108
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeErebini
Leach, 1815
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHulodini
Moore, 1885
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHypopyrini
Guenée, 1852
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePandesmini
Wiltshire, 1990
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePericymini
Wiltshire, 1976
1
3
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