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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
67
2085
8072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
67
2082
8068
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
65
2074
8045
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
27
1450
6414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
22
1328
6123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
6
125
748
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEupterotidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Giant Lappet Moths, Monkey Moths
15
75
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
15 Genera with 75 Species
Acrojana Aurivillius, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Camerunia Aurivillius, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Hibrildes Druce, 18966SpeciesTaxom
Hoplojana Aurivillius, 19236SpeciesTaxom
Jana Herrich-Schä..., 18976SpeciesTaxom
Janomima Aurivillius, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Lichenopteryx Felder, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Murphyana Bouyer, 20134SpeciesTaxom
Phiala Wallengren, 192725SpeciesTaxom
Pterocerota Hampson, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Rhodopteriana Bouyer, 20139SpeciesTaxom
Stenoglene Felder, 18865SpeciesTaxom
Striginiana Bouyer, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Tissanga Distant, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Vianga Fletcher, 18963SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
75 Species
Acrojana scutaea Strand, 1909
Camerunia albida Aurivillius, 1901
Camerunia flava Aurivillius, 1904
Camerunia lactiflora (Aurivillius, 1904)⇒ Camerunia flava Aurivillius, 1904
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 norax Druce, 1887
Hibrildes venosa Kirby, 1896
Hoplojana distincta (Rothschild, 1917)⇒ Rhodopteriana distincta Rothschild, 1917
Hoplojana indecisa Aurivillius, 1901
Hoplojana rhodoptera (Gerstaecker, 1871)⇒ Rhodopteriana rhodoptera Gerstaecker, 1871
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 preciosa Aurivillius, 1893
Jana rustica Strand, 1911
Jana tripunctata Aurivillius, 1897
Janomima dannfelti Aurivillius, 1893
Janomima mariana White, 1843
Lichenopteryx despecta Felder, 1874
Murphyana bouyeriana Darge, 2013
Murphyana hausmanni Darge, 2013
Murphyana magambana Darge, 2013
Murphyana sommereri Darge, 2013
Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
Phiala atomaria Holland, 1892
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 difficilis (Strand, 1911)⇒ Phiala alba Aurivillius, 1893
Phiala flavipennis Wallengren, 1875
Phiala fuscodorsata Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala hologramma Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala incurva Aurivillius, 1915
Phiala infuscata Grünberg, 1907
Phiala marshalli Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Phiala ochrescens (Grumb., 1927)⇒ Phiala nigrolineata Aurivillius, 1903
Phiala postmedialis Strand, 1911
Phiala pseudatomaria Strand, 1911
Phiala reussi (Strand, 1911)⇒ Phiala marshalli Aurivillius, 1904
Phiala similis (Aurivillius, 1911)⇒ Stenoglene roseus Druce, 1886
Phiala sublimbalis Strand, 1911
Phiala subochracea Strand, 1911
Phiala tanganyikae Strand, 1911
Phiala unistriga Gaede, 1927
Pterocerota virginea Hampson, 1905
Rhodopteriana distincta Rothschild, 1917
Rhodopteriana geita Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana iyayiana Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana kataviana Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana rhodoptera Gerstaecker, 1871
Rhodopteriana roseobrunnea Rothschild, 1917
Rhodopteriana rungwana Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana salaamensis Darge, 2013
Rhodopteriana ulembwana Darge, 2013
Stenoglene aequidistans Strand, 1915
Stenoglene obtusa Walker, 1865
Stenoglene obtusus Walker, 1864
Stenoglene pira Druce, 1896
Stenoglene rosea Druce, 1886
Striginiana agrippa Weymer, 1909
Striginiana strigina Westwood, 1849
Tissanga kiboriania Basquin & Darge, 2011
Vianga dargei Takano, 2024
Vianga smithi Takano, 2024
Vianga tristis Druce, 1896

Subnodes of Eupterotidae with occurrences in Tanzania
SubfamilyEupterotinae
Forbes, 1955
12
47
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStriphnopteryginae
Wallengren, 1858
3
28
Genera
Species

Taxom



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