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Checklist for Subfamily Erebinae Leach, 1815 (Erebine Moths)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
67
1719
4069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
67
1717
4067
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
66
1715
4064
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
25
1028
2345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
21
897
2062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
8
476
1066
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
257
678
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
63
161
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
63 Genera with 161 Species
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Acantholipes Lederer, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Achaea Hübner, 17754SpeciesTaxom
Aedia Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Amphigonia Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Arcte Kollar, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Artena Walker, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Avatha Walker, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Avitta Walker, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 18529SpeciesTaxom
Bocula Guenée, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Buzara Walker, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Calesia Guenée, 18746SpeciesTaxom
Catocala Schrank, 0Underwing moths2SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Corcobara Moore, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Delgamma Moore, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Diascia Hampson, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Dinumma Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Dordura Moore, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Dunira Moore, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 186512SpeciesTaxom
Entomogramma Guenée, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 17685SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18589SpeciesTaxom
Erygia Guenée, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Falana Moore, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Hulodes Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Hypopyra Guenée, 17873SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Lygephila Billberg, 18263SpeciesTaxom
Lygniodes Guenée, 17944SpeciesTaxom
Marapana Moore, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Mecodina Guenée, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Micreremites Warren, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Nagia Walker, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ophisma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 18588SpeciesTaxom
Oxyodes Guenée, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pantydia Guenée, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Parallelia Hübner, 18655SpeciesTaxom
Pilipectus Bethune-Baker, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Pindara Moore, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Platyja Hübner, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1886Stoneflies3SpeciesTaxom
Pseudogyrtona Bethune-Baker, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Psimada Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Pterocyclophora Hampson, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Ramadasa Moore, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Rema Swinhoe, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Rhesala Walker, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Sericia Guenée, 17806SpeciesTaxom
Serrodes Guenée, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Speiredonia Hübner, 17808SpeciesTaxom
Sphingomorpha Guenée, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Spirama Guenée, 17644SpeciesTaxom
Sympis Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Talmela Walker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 18851SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
161 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acantholipes trajecta Walker, 1865
Achaea janata Linnaeus, 1758Caster oil looper
Achaea mercatoria Fabricius, 1775
Achaea mezentia Stoll, 1780
Achaea serva Fabricius, 1775
Aedia leucomelas Linnaeus, 1758Eastern Alchymist
Amphigonia hepatizans Guenée, 1852
Anua coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
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 taprobana Moore, 1885
Artena dotata Fabricius, 1794
Avatha bubo Geyer, 1832
Avatha discolor Fabricius, 1794
Avitta ophiusalis Walker, 1858
Avitta quadrilinea Walker, 1864
Avitta rufifrons Moore, 1887
Avitta subsignans Walker, 1858
Bastilla absentimacula Guenée, 1852
Bastilla amygdalis Moore, 1885
Bastilla analis Guenée, 1852
Bastilla arctotaenia Guenée, 1852
Bastilla arcuata Moore, 1877
Bastilla crameri Moore, 1885
Bastilla fulvotaenia Guenée, 1852
Bastilla joviana Stoll, 1782
Bastilla simillima Guenée, 1852
Bocula pallens Moore, 1882
Bocula xanthostola Hampson, 1926
Buzara onelia Guenée, 1852
Buzara umbrosa Walker, 1865
Calesia dasyptera Kollar, 1844
Calesia flabellifera Moore, 1878
Calesia fuscicorpus Hampson, 1891
Calesia haemorrhoa Guenée, 1852
Calesia rufipalpis Walker, 1858
Calesia stillifera Felder, 1874
Catocala actaea actaea
Catocala irene valeria
Chalciope mygdon Cramer, 1777
Corcobara angulipennis Moore, 1882
Corcobara thwaitesi (Moore, 1882)⇒ Corcobara angulipennis Moore, 1882
Delgamma pangonia Guenée, 1852Strawberry Cutworm
Diascia transvitta Moore, 1887
Dinumma placens Walker, 1858
Dordura aliena Walker, 1864
Dunira maculapex Hampson, 1893
Dunira punctimargo Wileman, 1911
Dunira scitula Walker, 1865
Dysgonia algira Linnaeus, 1767Passenger
Dysgonia analis (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Bastilla analis Guenée, 1852
Dysgonia calefasciens Walker, 1858
Dysgonia crameri (Moore, 1885)⇒ Bastilla crameri Moore, 1885
Dysgonia festinata (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Dysgonia stuposa Fabricius, 1794
Dysgonia japonibia (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Dysgonia stuposa Fabricius, 1794
Dysgonia rigidistria Guenée, 1852
Dysgonia simillima (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Bastilla simillima Guenée, 1852
Dysgonia stuposa Fabricius, 1794
Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852Jigsaw
Dysgonia tumefacta (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Dysgonia stuposa Fabricius, 1794
Dysgonia umbrosa (Walker, 1865)⇒ Buzara umbrosa Walker, 1865
Entomogramma fautrix Guenée, 1852
Entomogramma torsa Guenée, 1852
Erebus caprimulgus Fabricius, 1775
Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Erebus hieroglyphica Drury, 1773
Erebus ipsa Swinhoe, 1918
Erebus macrops Linnaeus, 1768
Ericeia congregata Walker, 1858
Ericeia congressa Walker, 1858
Ericeia elongata (Prout, 1929)⇒ Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia eriophora Guenée, 1852
Ericeia fraterna Moore, 1885
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia lituraria Saalmüller, 1880
Ericeia optatura (Walker, 1858)⇒ Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia pertendens Walker, 1858
Erygia apicalis Guenée, 1852
Erygia spissa Guenée, 1852
Falana sordida Moore, 1882
Grammodes geometrica Fabricius, 1775
Hulodes caranea Cramer, 1780
Hypopyra meridionalis Hampson, 1913
Hypopyra unistrigata Guenée, 1952
Hypopyra vespertilio Fabricius, 1787
Lacera alope Cramer, 1780
Lygephila dorsigera Walker, 1865
Lygephila lusoria Linnaeus, 1758
Lygephila pastinum Treitschke, 1826Blackneck
Lygniodes ciliata Moore, 1867
Lygniodes e-antiqua (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Lygniodes vampyurs Fabricius, 1794
Lygniodes vampyrus Fabricius, 1794
Lygniodes vampyurs Fabricius, 1794
Marapana pulverata Guenée, 1852
Mecodina praecipua Walker, 1865
Micreremites rasalis Warren, 1891
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis undata Fabricius, 1775
Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Ophisma gravata Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
Ophiusa discriminans Walker, 1858
Ophiusa disjungens Walker, 1858Guava moth
Ophiusa pygospila (Walker, 1858)⇒ Ophiusa discriminans Walker, 1858
Ophiusa sublutea (Walker, 1858)⇒ Lygephila pastinum Treitschke, 1826
Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773Green drab
Ophiusa trapezium Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa triphaenoides Walker, 1858
Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852
Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852
Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
Pantydia metaspila Walker, 1857
Pantydia pallidilinea (Walker, 1858)⇒ Pantydia metaspila Walker, 1857
Parallelia analis (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Bastilla analis Guenée, 1852
Parallelia mima (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Bastilla simillima Guenée, 1852
Parallelia obumbrata (Walker, 1865)⇒ Buzara umbrosa Walker, 1865
Parallelia onelia Guenée, 1852
Parallelia umbrosa (Walker, 1865)⇒ Buzara umbrosa Walker, 1865
Pilipectus prunifera Hampson, 1894
Pindara illibata Fabricius, 1775
Platyja umminia Cramer, 1780
Plecoptera fetna (Swinhoe, 1885)⇒ Plecoptera quaesita Swinhoe, 1886
Plecoptera lobelia (Swinhoe, 1885)⇒ Plecoptera quaesita Swinhoe, 1886
Plecoptera quaesita Swinhoe, 1886
Pseudogyrtona perversa Walker, 1863
Psimada quadripennis Walker, 1858
Pterocyclophora pictimargo Hampson, 1893
Ramadasa pavo Walker, 1856
Rema tetraspila Walker, 1865
Rhesala figurata (Moore, 1885)⇒ Rhesala moestalis Walker, 1866
Rhesala imparata Hampson, 1858
Rhesala moestalis Walker, 1866
Sericia anops (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Speiredonia mutabilis Fabricius, 1794
Sericia diops (Walker, 1857)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Sericia itynx Fabricius, 1787
Sericia layardi (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Sericia parvipennis (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Speiredonia martabanica Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Sericia sumbana (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Serrodes campana (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775
Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775Catapult moth
Speiredonia itynx Fabricius, 1787
Speiredonia levis Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Speiredonia martabanica Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Speiredonia mutabilis Fabricius, 1794
Speiredonia obscura Cramer, 1780
Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Speiredonia substruens Walker, 1858
Speiredonia zamis (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777
Spirama helicina Hübner, 1827
Spirama indenta Hampson, 1891
Spirama obscura (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Spirama retorta Clerck, 1764Indian Owlet-moth
Sympis rufibasis Guenée, 1852
Talmela accingalis Walker, 1859
Trigonodes cephise Cramer, 1779
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Ulotrichopus rama Moore, 1885

Subnodes of Erebinae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
TribeAmphigoniini
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeAudeini
Whitshire, 1990
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCatocalini
Boisduval, 1828
30
80
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeErebini
Leach, 1815
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHulodini
Moore, 1885
4
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHypopyrini
Guenée, 1852
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePandesmini
Wiltshire, 1990
1
1
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