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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
482
6547
17544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
480
6543
17539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
6450
17312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
303
5522
15636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
67
1983
5266
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
67
1981
5263
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
65
1975
5248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
25
1244
3625
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
20
1163
3452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
5
639
1792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
275
823
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyErebinae
Leach, 1815
Erebine Moths
52
195
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zimbabwe
52 Genera with 195 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTU
Acantholipes Lederer, 18743SpeciesTaxom
Achaea Hübner, 191020SpeciesTaxom
Aedia Hübner, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Archaeopilocornus Kühne, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Audea Walker, 19549SpeciesTaxom
Avitta Walker, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Bocula Guenée, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Calesia Guenée, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Cerocala Boisduval, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Cortyta Walker, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Crypsotidia Rothschild, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Cyligramma Boisduval, 18444SpeciesTaxom
Dysgonia Hübner, 18528SpeciesTaxom
Ecpatia Turner, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Entomogramma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Epidromia Guenée, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Euphiusa Hampson, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Exophyla Guenée, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Gracilodes Guenée, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17758SpeciesTaxom
Heteropalpia Berio, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Hypersypnoides Berio, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Hypopyra Guenée, 19135SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Lygephila Billberg, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Lyncestis Walker, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Lyncestoides Hacker & Sal..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 20004SpeciesTaxom
Nagia Walker, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Ophisma Guenée, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Ophiusa Ochsenheimer, 190214SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Pantydia Guenée, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Pericyma Herrich-Schä..., 18524SpeciesTaxom
Platyja Hübner, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1863Stoneflies22SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdophera Staudinger, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Rhanidophora Wallengren, 19026SpeciesTaxom
Rhesala Walker, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Serrodes Guenée, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Sphingomorpha Guenée, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Spirama Guenée, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Tachosa Walker, 18603SpeciesTaxom
Tathorhynchus Hampson, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Trigonodes Guenée, 17792SpeciesTaxom
Tytroca Wiltshire, 19135SpeciesTaxom
Ulotrichopus Wallengren, 200512SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
195 Species and 4 Subspecies
Acantholipes circumdata Walker, 1858
Acantholipes namacensis Guenée, 1852
Acantholipes trimeni Felder & Rog..., 1874
Achaea albitermia Hampson, 1910
Achaea boris Geyer, 1837
Achaea catella Guenée, 1852Banded Achaea
Achaea dasybasis Hampson, 1913
Achaea echo Walker, 1858
Achaea finita Guenée, 1852Finite Achaea
Achaea indeterminata Walker, 1865
Achaea infinita Guenée, 1852
Achaea klugii (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Heliophisma klugii Boisduval, 1833
Achaea lienardi Boisduval, 1833Lienard's achaea
Achaea limbata (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Achaea finita Guenée, 1852
Achaea mormoides Walker, 1858
Achaea obvia Hampson, 1913
Achaea praestans Guenée, 1852
Achaea sordida Walker, 1865
Achaea synethes Hampson, 1913
Achaea trapezoides Guenée, 1862
Achaea violaceofascia Saalmüller, 1891
Achaea violascens Hampson, 1918
Achaea xanthoptera Hampson, 1910
Aedia nigrescens Wallengren, 1856
Aedia pallididisca Hampson, 1926
Aedia virescens Hampson, 1902
Anua dianaris (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Ophiusa dianaris Guenée, 1852
Anua melaconisia (Hampson, 1905)⇒ Ophiusa microtirhaca Sugi, 1990
Archaeopilocornus lucidus Pinhey, 1968
Audea bipunctata Walker, 1858
Audea blochwitzi Kühne, 2005
Audea humeralis (Hampson, 1902)⇒ Audea tegulata Hampson, 1902
Audea luteoforma Kühne, 2005
Audea melanoplaga Hampson, 1902
Audea nigrior Kühne, 2005
Audea tegulata Hampson, 1902
Audea watusi Kühne, 2005
Audea zimmeri Berio, 1954
Avitta lineosa Saalmüller, 1891
Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833
Bastilla macrorhyncha Hampson, 1913
Bocula terminata Walker, 1869
Calesia arhoda Hampson, 1910
Calesia othello Fawcett, 1916
Calesia xanthognatha Hampson, 1926
Calesia zambesita Walker, 1865
Cerocala contraria Walker, 1865
Cerocala vermiculosa Herrich-Schä..., 1858
Chalciope delta Boisduval, 1833
Cortyta canescens Walker, 1858
Cortyta canescens canescens Walker, 1858
Crypsotidia bibrachiata Kühne, 2005
Crypsotidia inquirendus Strand, 1909
Crypsotidia longicosta Kühne, 2004
Cyligramma fluctuosa Drury, 1773
Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775Cream-striped owl
Cyligramma limacina Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Cyligramma magus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Dysgonia abnegans Walker, 1858
Dysgonia algira Linnaeus, 1767Passenger
Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833
Dysgonia derogans (Walker, 1858)⇒ Bastilla derogans Walker, 1858
Dysgonia mesonephele Hampson, 1910
Dysgonia porphyrescens Hampson, 1910
Dysgonia proxima (Hampson, 1902)⇒ Bastilla proxima Hampson, 1902
Dysgonia torrida Guenée, 1852Jigsaw
Ecpatia dulcistriga Walker, 1858
Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
Epidromia gargilius Schaus, 1912
Erebus atavistis Hampson, 1913
Erebus macrops Linnaeus, 1768
Erebus walkeri Butler, 1875
Ericeia congregata Walker, 1858
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia sobria Walker, 1858
Euphiusa harmonica Hampson, 1902
Exophyla multistrata Hampson, 1910
Exophyla multistriata Hampson, 1910
Gracilodes caffra Guenée, 1852
Gracilodes nysa Guenée, 1852
Grammodes bifasciata Petagna, 1787Parallel Lines
Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
Grammodes euclidioides Guenée, 1852
Grammodes exclusiva (Pagenstecher, 1907)⇒ Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
Grammodes geometrica Fabricius, 1775
Grammodes microgonia Hampson, 1910
Grammodes monodonta Berio, 1956
Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775Geometrician
Heteropalpia cortytoides Berio, 1939
Heteropalpia exarata Mabille, 1890
Heteropalpia exarata exarata Mabille, 1890
Hypersypnoides congoensis Berio, 1954
Hypopyra africana Kirby, 1896
Hypopyra allardi Oberthür, 1878
Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Hypopyra carneotincta Hampson, 1913
Hypopyra endoxantha (Hampson, 1913)⇒ Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Lacera alope Cramer, 1780
Lygephila salax Guenée, 1852
Lyncestis amphix Cramer, 1777
Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939
Lyncestoides kruegeri Hacker & Fib..., 2006
Mocis conveniens Walker, 1858Pale Brown Lines
Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Mocis mutuaria Walker, 1858
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Nagia natalensis Hampson, 1902Double-banded Zale
Nagia sacerdotis Hampson, 1926
Ophisma albitermia Hampson, 1910
Ophiusa cancellata Saalmüller, 1891
Ophiusa dianaris Guenée, 1852Grey Drab
Ophiusa finifascia Walker, 1858
Ophiusa gonoptera Hampson, 1910
Ophiusa mejanesi Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa melaconisia Hampson, 1905
Ophiusa microtirhaca Sugi, 1990
Ophiusa obsolescens Hampson, 1918
Ophiusa pseudotirhaca Berio, 1956
Ophiusa salita Distant, 1898
Ophiusa selenaris Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773Green drab
Ophiusa tumiditermina Hampson, 1910
Ophiusa violascens Hampson, 1902
Pandesma muricolor Berio, 1966
Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
Pandesma robusta Walker, 1858
Pantydia andersoni Felder & Rog..., 1874
Pantydia scissa Walker, 1865
Pericyma atrifusa Hampson, 1902
Pericyma mendax Walker, 1858
Pericyma scandulata Felder & Rog..., 1874
Pericyma umbrina Guenée, 1852
Platyja ennomoides Zilli & Lász..., 2020
Platyja semifimbria Walker, 1858
Platyja vacillans Walker, 1858
Plecoptera annexa Distant, 1898
Plecoptera aspila Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera flaviceps Hampson, 1902
Plecoptera flavilinea Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera grisea (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Plecoptera violacea Pagenstecher, 1884
Plecoptera infuscata Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera laniata Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera megarthra Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera melalepis Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera melanoscia Hampson, 1926
Plecoptera misera Butler, 1883
Plecoptera ovaliplaga Warren, 1914
Plecoptera poderis Wallengren, 1863
Plecoptera punctilinea Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera punctilineata Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera resistens Walker, 1858
Plecoptera rufirena Hampson, 1902
Plecoptera sarcistis Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera stuhlmanni Pagenstecher, 1893
Plecoptera thermozona Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera trichophora Hampson, 1910
Plecoptera tripalis Wallengren, 1863
Rhabdophera hansali Felder & Rog..., 1874
Rhanidophora albigutta Fawcett, 1915
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
Serrodes korana (Felder, 1874)⇒ Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775
Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775Catapult moth
Serrodes trispila Mabille, 1890
Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777
Sphingomorpha marshalli Hampson, 1902
Spirama glaucescens Butler, 1893
Spirama griseisigma Hampson, 1913
Spirama griseisigna Hampson, 1913
Tachosa acronyctoides Walker, 1869
Tachosa aspera Kühne, 2004
Tachosa fumata Wallengren, 1860
Tathorhynchus exsiccata Lederer, 1855Alfalfa Looper
Tathorhynchus homogyna Hampson, 1902
Tathorhynchus plumbea Distant, 1898
Trigonodes exportata (Cramer, 1779)⇒ Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Tytroca balnearia (Distant, 1898)⇒ Tytroca leucoptera Hampson, 1896
Tytroca balnearia balnearia Distant, 1898
Tytroca leucoptera Hampson, 1896
Tytroca metaxantha Hampson, 1902
Tytroca phaeocyma Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus catocala Felder & Rog..., 1874
Ulotrichopus fatilega Felder & Rog..., 1874
Ulotrichopus glaucescens Hampson, 1902
Ulotrichopus leucopasta Hampson, 1902
Ulotrichopus nigricans Laporte, 1973
Ulotrichopus phaeoleuca Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus phaeoleuca phaeoleuca Hampson, 1913
Ulotrichopus primulina Hampson, 1902
Ulotrichopus pseudomarmoratus Kühne, 2005
Ulotrichopus stertzi (Püngeler, 1907)⇒ Ulotrichopus leucopasta Hampson, 1902
Ulotrichopus tinctipennis Hampson, 1902
Ulotrichopus varius Kühne, 2005

Subnodes of Erebinae with occurrences in Zimbabwe
TribeAudeini
Whitshire, 1990
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeCatocalini
Boisduval, 1828
28
130
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeErebini
Leach, 1815
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeHulodini
Moore, 1885
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHypopyrini
Guenée, 1852
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOmopterini
Boisduval, 1833
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeOphiusini
Guenée, 1837
2
3
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