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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
435
15998
93602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
4923
29836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
4919
29827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
83
4908
29785
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
30
3088
21330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
24
2761
19757
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
6
190
1614
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEupterotidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Giant Lappet Moths, Monkey Moths
31
169
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Africa
31 Genera with 169 Species
#ACDEGHJLMPRSTV
Acrojana Aurivillius, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Camerunia Aurivillius, 18934SpeciesTaxom
Catajana Strand, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Dracopoloma Takano & Morgan, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Epijana Holland, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Euchera Hübner, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Gonojana Aurivillius, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Gracilanja Bouyer, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Hemijana Aurivillius, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Hibrildes Druce, 18969SpeciesTaxom
Hoplojana Aurivillius, 192311SpeciesTaxom
Jana Herrich-Schä..., 189716SpeciesTaxom
Janomima Aurivillius, 19017SpeciesTaxom
Lichenopteryx Felder, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Malagasanja Bouyer, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Marmaroplegma Wallengren, 19154SpeciesTaxom
Murphyana Bouyer, 20135SpeciesTaxom
Parajana Aurivillius, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Phasicnecus Felder, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Phiala Wallengren, 186543SpeciesTaxom
Phyllalia Walker, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Poloma Walker, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Pterocerota Hampson, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Rhodopteriana Bouyer, 201315SpeciesTaxom
Stenoglene Felder, 200721SpeciesTaxom
Striginiana Bouyer, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Striphnopteryx Wallengren, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Tantaliana Bouyer, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Tissanga Distant, 20124SpeciesTaxom
Trichophiala Aurivillius, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Vianga Fletcher, 18964SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
169 Species
Acrojana sciron Druce, 1888
Acrojana scutaea Strand, 1909
Acrojana simillima Rothschild, 1932
Camerunia albida Aurivillius, 1901
Camerunia flava Aurivillius, 1904
Camerunia lactiflora (Aurivillius, 1904)⇒ Camerunia flava Aurivillius, 1904
Camerunia orphne Schaus, 1893
Catajana bimaculata Dewitz, 1879
Dracopoloma castanea Aurivillius, 1901
Epijana cosima Plötz, 1880
Epijana vingerhoedti Bouyer, 2012
Euchera albida Plötz, 1880
Gonojana crowleyi Aurivillius, 1904
Gracilanja gracilis Walker, 1855
Hemijana subrosea Aurivillius, 1893
Hemijana variegata Rothschild, 1917
Hibrildes albopunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1915)⇒ Hibrildes venosa Kirby, 1896
Hibrildes ansorgei (Kirby, 1896)⇒ Hibrildes venosa Kirby, 1896
Hibrildes carpenteri (Poulton, 1929)⇒ Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887
Hibrildes crawshayi (Butler, 1896)⇒ Hibrildes venosa Kirby, 1896
Hibrildes fuscata (Her., 1926)⇒ Hibrildes venosa Kirby, 1896
Hibrildes neavi Hampson, 1910
Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887
Hibrildes sheffieldi (Poulton, 1929)⇒ Hibrildes norax Druce, 1887
Hibrildes venosa Kirby, 1896
Hoplojana abyssinica (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Rhodopteriana abyssinica Rothschild, 1917
Hoplojana anaemica (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Rhodopteriana anaemica Hampson, 1910
Hoplojana distincta (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Rhodopteriana distincta Rothschild, 1917
Hoplojana indecisa Aurivillius, 1901
Hoplojana nigrorufa (Berger, 1980)⇒ Jana nigrorufa Berger, 1980
Hoplojana politzari Basquin, 2013
Hoplojana rhodoptera (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Rhodopteriana rhodoptera Gerstaecker, 1871
Hoplojana roseobrunnea (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Rhodopteriana roseobrunnea Rothschild, 1917
Hoplojana rustica (Strand, 1911)⇒ Jana rustica Strand, 1911
Hoplojana tripunctata (Aurivillius, 1897)⇒ Archostola tianmushana Li, Wang & Dong, 2001
Hoplojana zernyi Gschwandner., 1923
Jana caesarea (Weymer, 1909)⇒ Jana eurymas Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Jana eurymas Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Jana fletcheri Berger, 1980
Jana forbesi Berger, 1980
Jana germana Rothschild, 1917
Jana hecqui Berger, 1980
Jana kivuensis Berger, 1980
Jana nigrorufa Berger, 1980
Jana palliatella (Viette, 1954)⇒ Malagasanja palliatella Viette, 1954
Jana plagiatus Berger, 1980
Jana preciosa Aurivillius, 1893
Jana roseata Rothschild, 1917
Jana rustica Strand, 1911
Jana seydeli Berger, 1980
Jana tantalus (Herrich-Schä..., 1854)⇒ Tantaliana tantalus Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Jana tripunctata Aurivillius, 1897
Janomima claria (Strand, 1911)⇒ Janomima dannfelti Aurivillius, 1893
Janomima dannfelti Aurivillius, 1893
Janomima deduplicata (Strand, 1911)⇒ Janomima dannfelti Aurivillius, 1893
Janomima germana Rothschild, 1917
Janomima karschi (Weyman., 1903)⇒ Janomima dannfelti Aurivillius, 1893
Janomima mariana White, 1843
Janomima westwoodi (Aurivillius, 1901)⇒ Janomima mariana White, 1843
Lichenopteryx despecta Felder, 1874
Lichenopteryx scotina Hering, 1932
Malagasanja palliatella Viette, 1954
Marmaroplegma conspersa Aurivillius, 1921
Marmaroplegma lineosa Walker, 1862
Marmaroplegma paragarda Wallengren, 1860Speared Monkey
Marmaroplegma unicolor Janse, 1915
Murphyana bouyeriana Darge, 2013
Murphyana hausmanni Darge, 2013
Murphyana magambana Darge, 2013
Murphyana rayi Bouyer, 2012
Murphyana sommereri Darge, 2013
Parajana gabunica Aurivillius, 1892
Phasicnecus obtusus (Walker, 1864)⇒ Stenoglene obtusa Walker, 1865
Phasicnecus roseus (Druce, 1886)⇒ Stenoglene roseus Druce, 1886
Phiala abyssinica Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
Phiala albidorsata Gaede, 1927
Phiala atomaria Holland, 1892
Phiala aurivillii Bethune-Baker, 1915
Phiala bergeri Rougeot, 1975
Phiala bistrigata Aurivillius, 1901
Phiala chrysargyra (Wichgraf, 1914)⇒ Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Phiala costipuncta Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Phiala crassistriga Strand, 1911
Phiala cubicularis Strand, 1911
Phiala curvistriga Strand, 1911
Phiala dasypoda Wallengren, 1860
Phiala difficilis (Strand, 1911)⇒ Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
Phiala flavina Gaede, 1927
Phiala flavipennis Wallengren, 1875
Phiala fuscodorsata Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala hologramma Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala incana Distant, 1897
Phiala incurva Aurivillius, 1915
Phiala infuscata Grünberg, 1907
Phiala longilinea Berio, 1939
Phiala marshalli Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Phiala nigrovenata (Baker, 1904)⇒ Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Phiala novemlineata Aurivillius, 1911
Phiala nyassana Strand, 1909
Phiala ochrescens (Grumb., 1927)⇒ Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Phiala parabiota Kühne, 2007
Phiala postmedialis Strand, 1911
Phiala pretoriana Wichgraf, 1908
Phiala pseudatomaria Strand, 1911
Phiala punctulata Pagenstecher, 1903
Phiala reussi (Strand, 1911)⇒ Phiala marshalli Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala sabalina Rebel, 1914
Phiala similis (Aurivillius, 1911)⇒ Stenoglene roseus Druce, 1886
Phiala simplex Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala strigifera (Strand, 1911)⇒ Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
Phiala sublimbalis Strand, 1911
Phiala subochracea Strand, 1911
Phiala tanganyikae Strand, 1911
Phiala unistriga Gaede, 1927
Phiala venusta Walker, 1865
Phyllalia flavicostata Fawcett, 1903
Poloma variegata Rothschild, 1917
Pterocerota virginea Hampson, 1905
Rhodopteriana abyssinica Rothschild, 1917
Rhodopteriana anaemica Hampson, 1910
Rhodopteriana distincta Rothschild, 1917
Rhodopteriana funebris Gaede, 1927
Rhodopteriana geita Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana gishwatiana Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana iyayiana Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana kataviana Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana nakitomana Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana rhodoptera Gerstaecker, 1871
Rhodopteriana roseobrunnea Rothschild, 1917
Rhodopteriana rungwana Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana salaamensis Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana sidamoensis Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana ulembwana Darge, 2013
Stenoglene aequidistans Strand, 1915
Stenoglene bipunctatus Aurivillius, 1909
Stenoglene bithynia Druce, 1887
Stenoglene clucki Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene elgonae Bethune-Baker, 1927
Stenoglene flavidior Rothschild, 1917
Stenoglene gregorii Butler, 1894
Stenoglene hilaris Felder, 1874
Stenoglene inversus Gaede, 1927
Stenoglene kenyensis Bouyer, 2012
Stenoglene labda Druce, 1887
Stenoglene livingstonensis Strand, 1909
Stenoglene monteironis Rothschild, 1917
Stenoglene obtusa Walker, 1865
Stenoglene obtusus Walker, 1864
Stenoglene pira Druce, 1896
Stenoglene preussi Aurivillius, 1893
Stenoglene rosea Druce, 1886
Stenoglene roseus Druce, 1886
Stenoglene similis Rothschild, 1917
Stenoglene sulphureoides Kühne, 2007
Striginiana agrippa Weymer, 1909
Striginiana strigina Westwood, 1849
Striphnopteryx edulis Boisduval, 1847
Tantaliana tantalus Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Tissanga kiboriania Basquin & Darge, 2011
Tissanga murphyi Bouyer, 2012
Tissanga pretoriae Distant, 1892
Tissanga zambiana Darge & Minetti, 2012
Trichophiala devylderi Aurivillius, 1879
Vianga crowleyi Aurivillius, 1904
Vianga dargei Takano, 2024
Vianga smithi Takano, 2024
Vianga tristis Druce, 1896

Subnodes of Eupterotidae with occurrences in East Africa
SubfamilyEupterotinae
Forbes, 1955
21
107
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStriphnopteryginae
Wallengren, 1858
10
62
Genera
Species

Taxom



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