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Checklist for Subfamily Lymantriinae Hampson, 1893 (Brown-tail moths)
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
49
1354
4084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
22
944
3149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
19
898
3067
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
487
1317
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
242
771
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth
31
98
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ghana
31 Genera with 98 Species
#ABCDEGHKLMNOPRS
Aroa Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Bracharoa Hübner, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Conigephyra Hübner, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Cropera Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Crorema Walker, 19603SpeciesTaxom
Dasychira Hübner, 193127SpeciesTaxom
Eudasychira Möschler, 18875SpeciesTaxom
Euproctis Hübner, 19269SpeciesTaxom
Euproctoides Hübner, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Griveaudyria Viette, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Heteronygmia Hübner, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Knappetra Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Lacipa Hübner, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Laelia Stephens, 185510SpeciesTaxom
Leucoma Hübner, 18847SpeciesTaxom
Lomadonta Hübner, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Marblepsis Hering, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Mylantria Aurivillius, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Naroma Hübner, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Neomardara Hübner, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Olapa Walker, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Olene Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Opoboa Tessmann, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Otroeda Walker, 20205SpeciesTaxom
Paqueta Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Porthesaroa Hering, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Psalis Hübner, 20241SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonotodonta Hübner, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Rahona Griveaud, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Ruanda Hübner, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Stracena Swinhoe, 18933SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
98 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aroa discalis Walker, 1855
Bracharoa mixta Snellen, 1872
Conigephyra atrisquamata Hampson, 1910
Conigephyra unipunctata Möschler, 1887
Cropera testacea Walker, 1855
Crorema mentiens Walker, 1855
Crorema ochracea Snellen, 1872
Crorema phaulia (Collenette, 1960)⇒ Crorema mentiens Walker, 1855
Dasychira astraphaea Collenette, 1931
Dasychira astrophaea Collenette, 1931
Dasychira bacchans Karsch, 1898
Dasychira basigutta Walker, 1855
Dasychira bergmannii Swinhoe, 1904
Dasychira cardinalli Collenette, 1939
Dasychira endophaea Hampson, 1910
Dasychira goodii Holland, 1893
Dasychira heiroglyphica Swinhoe, 1904
Dasychira hieroglyphica Swinhoe, 1904
Dasychira klajim Bryk, 1935
Dasychira libella Swinhoe, 1904
Dasychira omissa Hering, 1926
Dasychira phaeogramma Collenette, 1939
Dasychira pheosia Hampson, 1910
Dasychira postalba Swinhoe, 1906
Dasychira pulchra Swinhoe, 1906
Dasychira punctifera Walker, 1858
Dasychira rhabdota Collenette, 1933
Dasychira robusta Walker, 1855
Dasychira rocana Swinhoe, 1906
Dasychira sordida Möschler, 1887
Dasychira sphaleroides Hering, 1926
Dasychira statheuta Collenette, 1937
Dasychira stegmanni Grünberg, 1910
Dasychira subflava Walker, 1855
Dasychira triselena Collenette, 1931
Eudasychira dina Hering, 1926
Eudasychira georgiana Fawcett, 1900
Eudasychira georgiana incristata Collenette, 1931
Eudasychira incristata Collenette, 1931
Eudasychira quinquepunctata Möschler, 1887
Euproctis ceramozona Collenette, 1931
Euproctis cryphia Collenette, 1960
Euproctis fasciata (Walker, 1855)⇒ Knappetra fasciata Walker, 1855
Euproctis fumitincta Hampson, 1910
Euproctis lepidographa Hampson, 1910
Euproctis melanopholis Hampson, 1910
Euproctis pygmaea Walker, 1855
Euproctis rufiterga Hampson, 1910
Euproctis tabida Hering, 1926
Euproctoides acrisia Plötz, 1880
Griveaudyria ila Swinhoe, 1904
Heteronygmia chismona Swinhoe, 1903
Heteronygmia manicata Aurivillius, 1892
Knappetra fasciata Walker, 1855
Lacipa argyroleuca (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Lacipa gracilis Hopffer, 1857
Lacipa quadripunctata Dewitz, 1881
Lacipa rivularis Gaede, 1916
Laelia atrisquamata Hampson, 1910
Laelia braueri Bryk, 1915
Laelia eos (Hering, 1926)⇒ Laelia rosea Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia fracta Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia gigantea Hampson, 1910
Laelia incerta Hering, 1926
Laelia pheosia Hampson, 1910
Laelia pulcherrima Hering, 1926
Laelia rosea Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia subrosea Walker, 1855
Leucoma aurifrons Möschler, 1887
Leucoma dicella Collenette, 1960
Leucoma luteipes Walker, 1855
Leucoma ogovensis Holland, 1893
Leucoma parva Plötz, 1880
Leucoma xanthocephala Hering, 1926
Leucoma xanthosoma Saalmüller, 1884
Lomadonta obscura Swinhoe, 1904
Lomadonta ochriaria Hampson, 1910
Marblepsis flabellaria Fabricius, 1787
Mylantria xanthospila Plötz, 1880
Naroma cadica Plötz, 1880
Naroma signifera Walker, 1856
Naroma varipes Walker, 1865
Neomardara africana Holland, 1893
Olapa terina Collenette, 1959
Olene basalis (Walker, 1855)⇒ Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823
Opoboa chrysoparala Collenette, 1932
Otroeda cafra Drury, 1780
Otroeda hesperia Cramer, 1779
Otroeda nerina Drury, 1780
Otroeda planax Drury, 1780
Otroeda smithi Bouyer, Lász..., 2020
Paqueta chloroscia Hering, 1926
Porthesaroa aclyta Collenette, 1953
Psalis bashfordae László & Pow..., 2024
Pseudonotodonta virescens Möschler, 1887
Rahona hypnotoides Collenette, 1957
Ruanda nuda Holland, 1897
Stracena flavipectus Swinhoe, 1903
Stracena fuscivena Swinhoe, 1903
Stracena promelaena Holland, 1893

Subnodes of Lymantriinae with occurrences in Ghana
TribeLymantriini
Hampson, 1893
3
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOrgyiini
Wallengren, 1861
4
39
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Lymantriinae at artfakta.se
Lymantriinae at dyntaxa.se
Lymantriinae at itis.gov