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Checklist for Family Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892 (Giant Lappet Moths)
and region Congo (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
516
8807
39529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
8793
39506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
495
8697
39194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
324
7111
34903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2481
11561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2480
11559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
66
2474
11548
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
25
1619
8751
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
20
1470
8376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
6
129
775
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEupterotidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Giant Lappet Moths, Monkey Moths
22
136
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Congo
22 Genera with 136 Species
#ACEGHJLPRSTV
Acrojana Aurivillius, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Camerunia Aurivillius, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Catajana Strand, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtojana Aurivillius, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Epijana Holland, 19805SpeciesTaxom
Euchera Hübner, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Gonojana Aurivillius, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Gracilanja Bouyer, 19374SpeciesTaxom
Hemijana Aurivillius, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Hibrildes Druce, 18965SpeciesTaxom
Hoplojana Aurivillius, 19806SpeciesTaxom
Jana Herrich-Schä..., 198025SpeciesTaxom
Janomima Aurivillius, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Lichenopteryx Felder, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Parajana Aurivillius, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Phasicnecus Felder, 18864SpeciesTaxom
Phiala Wallengren, 200724SpeciesTaxom
Rhodopteriana Bouyer, 18714SpeciesTaxom
Stenoglene Felder, 198036SpeciesTaxom
Striginiana Bouyer, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Teratojana Hering, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Vianga Fletcher, 18693SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Congo
136 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acrojana rosacea Butler, 1874
Acrojana sciron Druce, 1888
Camerunia flava Aurivillius, 1904
Camerunia lactiflora (Aurivillius, 1904)⇒ Camerunia flava Aurivillius, 1904
Camerunia orphne Schaus, 1893
Catajana bimaculata Dewitz, 1879
Cyrtojana trilineata Aurivillius, 1911
Epijana cinerea (Holland, 1893)⇒ Stenoglene cinerea Holland, 1893
Epijana cosima Plötz, 1880
Epijana lanosa Holland, 1893
Epijana latifasciata Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Epijana meridionalis Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Euchera abluta Holland, 1893
Gonojana crowleyi Aurivillius, 1904
Gonojana velutina Walker, 1869
Gracilanja gracilis Walker, 1855
Gracilanja grisea Berio, 1937
Gracilanja polymorpha Aurivillius, 1893
Gracilanja rosea Berio, 1937
Hemijana subrosea Aurivillius, 1893
Hibrildes albescens Joicey & Talbot, 1924
Hibrildes bicolor Talbot, 1928
Hibrildes crawshayi (Butler, 1896)⇒ Hibrildes venosa Kirby, 1896
Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887
Hibrildes venosa Kirby, 1896
Hoplojana distincta (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Rhodopteriana distincta Rothschild, 1917
Hoplojana insignifica (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Rhodopteriana insignifica Rothschild, 1917
Hoplojana overlaeti (Berger, 1980)⇒ Jana overlaeti Berger, 1980
Hoplojana rhodoptera (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Rhodopteriana rhodoptera Gerstaecker, 1871
Hoplojana tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1897)⇒ Archostola tianmushana Li, Wang & Dong, 2001
Hoplojana watsoni Berger, 1980
Jana ampla Berger, 1980
Jana basoko Berger, 1980
Jana caesarea (Weymer, 1909)⇒ Jana eurymas Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Jana demoulini Berger, 1980
Jana eurymas Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Jana fletcheri Berger, 1980
Jana fontainei Berger, 1980
Jana forbesi Berger, 1980
Jana gracilis (Walker, 1855)⇒ Gracilanja gracilis Walker, 1855
Jana hecqui Berger, 1980
Jana kivuensis Berger, 1980
Jana nigrorufa Berger, 1980
Jana obscura (Aurivillius, 1893)⇒ Rhodopteriana obscura Aurivillius, 1893
Jana overlaeti Berger, 1980
Jana plagiatus Berger, 1980
Jana polymorpha (Aurivillius, 1893)⇒ Gracilanja polymorpha Aurivillius, 1893
Jana preciosa Aurivillius, 1893
Jana pseudostrigina (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Striginiana pseudostrigina Rothschild, 1917
Jana pujoli Berger, 1980
Jana roseata Rothschild, 1917
Jana seydeli Berger, 1980
Jana strigina (Westwood, 1849)⇒ Striginiana strigina Westwood, 1849
Jana tripunctata Aurivillius, 1897
Jana vandeschricki Berger, 1980
Jana watsoni (Berger, 1980)⇒ Hoplojana watsoni Berger, 1980
Janomima dannfelti Aurivillius, 1893
Janomima ibandana Dall´Asta, 1979
Janomima mariana White, 1843
Janomima ochrea (Gaede, 1932)⇒ Janomima dannfelti Aurivillius, 1893
Lichenopteryx scotina Hering, 1932
Parajana gabunica Aurivillius, 1892
Parajana lamani Aurivillius, 1906
Phasicnecus bipunctatus (Aurivillius, 1909)⇒ Stenoglene bipunctatus Aurivillius, 1909
Phasicnecus grandiplaga (Aurivillius, 1911)⇒ Stenoglene plagiatus Aurivillius, 1911
Phasicnecus plagiatus (Aurivillius, 1911)⇒ Stenoglene plagiatus Aurivillius, 1911
Phasicnecus roseus (Druce, 1886)⇒ Stenoglene roseus Druce, 1886
Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
Phiala albida Plötz, 1880
Phiala atomaria Holland, 1892
Phiala aurivillii Bethune-Baker, 1915
Phiala costipuncta Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Phiala crassistriga Strand, 1911
Phiala cubicularis Strand, 1911
Phiala flavina Gaede, 1927
Phiala hologramma Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala inferiora Strand, 1911
Phiala infuscata Grünberg, 1907
Phiala iridescens Bouyer, 2014
Phiala marshalli Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala maxima Kühne, 2007
Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Phiala odites Schaus, 1893
Phiala postmedialis Strand, 1911
Phiala pseudatomaria Strand, 1911
Phiala rubrivena (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Phiala sabalina Rebel, 1914
Phiala simplex Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala specialis Kühne, 2007
Phiala subiridescens Holland, 1893
Phiala ueleae Kühne, 2007
Rhodopteriana distincta Rothschild, 1917
Rhodopteriana insignifica Rothschild, 1917
Rhodopteriana obscura Aurivillius, 1893
Rhodopteriana rhodoptera Gerstaecker, 1871
Stenoglene basquini Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene bipartita Rothschild, 1917
Stenoglene bipunctatus Aurivillius, 1909
Stenoglene brunneofasciata Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene cinerea Holland, 1893
Stenoglene citrina Druce, 1886
Stenoglene citrinoides Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene citrinus Druce, 1886
Stenoglene decellei Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene decellei decellei Dall'Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene decellei flava Dall'Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene dehanicus Strand, 1911
Stenoglene dufranei Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene flava Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene fontainei Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene fouassini Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene grandiplaga Holland, 1920
Stenoglene latimaculata Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene nivalis Rothschild, 1917
Stenoglene obtusa Walker, 1865
Stenoglene obtusus Walker, 1864
Stenoglene opalina Druce, 1910
Stenoglene parvula Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene paulisi Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene pellucida Joicey & Talbot, 1924
Stenoglene plagiatus Aurivillius, 1911
Stenoglene preussi Aurivillius, 1893
Stenoglene pulverulentus Joicey & Talbot, 1924
Stenoglene rosea Druce, 1886
Stenoglene roseus Druce, 1886
Stenoglene shabae Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene sigyna Aurivillius, 1893
Stenoglene sinjaevi Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene thelda Druce, 1887
Stenoglene uelei Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Stenoglene uniformis Dall´Asta & ..., 1980
Striginiana camerunica Aurivillius, 1893
Striginiana pseudostrigina Rothschild, 1917
Striginiana strigina Westwood, 1849
Teratojana flavina Hering, 1937
Vianga smithi Takano, 2024
Vianga tristis Druce, 1896
Vianga velutina Walker, 1869

Subnodes of Eupterotidae with occurrences in Congo
SubfamilyEupterotinae
Forbes, 1955
16
104
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStriphnopteryginae
Wallengren, 1858
6
32
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Eupterotidae at afromoths.net
Eupterotidae at gbif.org
Eupterotidae at irmng.org