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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2170
8011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2168
8008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
2164
8002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
28
1453
6124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
23
1331
5721
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
8
702
2735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
355
1493
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth
61
236
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
61 Genera with 236 Species
#ABCDEGHJKLMNOPRS
Aclonophlebia Hübner, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Argyrostagma Hübner, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Aroa Walker, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Bracharoa Hübner, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Carpenterella Hübner, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Casama Walker, 18655SpeciesTaxom
Collenettema Griveaud, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Conigephyra Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Creagra Hübner, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Cropera Walker, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Crorema Walker, 19315SpeciesTaxom
Dasychira Hübner, 191029SpeciesTaxom
Eudasychira Möschler, 19606SpeciesTaxom
Euproctis Hübner, 191033SpeciesTaxom
Griveaudyria Viette, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Hemerophanes Hübner, 18963SpeciesTaxom
Heteronygmia Hübner, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Homochira Hübner, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Homoeomeria Wallengren, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Hyaloperina Hübner, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Jacksoniana Hübner, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Knappetra Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Lacipa Hübner, 193615SpeciesTaxom
Laelia Stephens, 185521SpeciesTaxom
Laelioproctis Hübner, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Leucoma Hübner, 18805SpeciesTaxom
Lomadonta Hübner, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Lymantria Hübner, 19274SpeciesTaxom
Lymantriades Hübner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Marbla Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Marblepsis Hering, 19035SpeciesTaxom
Melgona Nye, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Morasa Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Mylantria Aurivillius, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Naroma Hübner, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Neomardara Hübner, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Numenes Walker, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Ocneria Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Ogoa Walker, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Olapa Walker, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Olene Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Orithrepta Hübner, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Palasea Hübner, 19159SpeciesTaxom
Paramarbla Hübner, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Paraproctis Hübner, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Pirga Hübner, 19285SpeciesTaxom
Porthesaroa Hering, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Psalis Hübner, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Pseudobazisa Bryk, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pteredoa Hübner, 19034SpeciesTaxom
Rahona Griveaud, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Rhodesana Hübner, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Rhypopteryx Aurivillius, 193817SpeciesTaxom
Ruanda Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Salvatgea Griveaud, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Sevastopuloa Hübner, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Sphragista Hübner, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Stilpnaroma Hübner, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Stracena Swinhoe, 19037SpeciesTaxom
Stracilla Hübner, 18803SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
236 Species and 11 Subspecies
Aclonophlebia flavinotata Butler, 1898
Aclonophlebia poecilanthes Collenette, 1931
Aclonophlebia triangulifera Hampson, 1910
Argyrostagma niobe Weymer, 1896
Aroa discalis Walker, 1855
Aroa incerta Rogenhofer, 1891
Bracharoa mixta Snellen, 1872
Bracharoa quadripunctata Wallengren, 1875
Bracharoa reducta Hering, 1926
Carpenterella chionobosca Collenette, 1960
Casama hemippa Swinhoe, 1906
Casama impura Hering, 1926
Casama impura promissa Hering, 1926
Casama promissa Hering, 1926
Casama vilis Walker, 1865
Collenettema crocipes Boisduval, 1833
Conigephyra pallidula Hering, 1926
Creagra liturata Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Cropera testacea Walker, 1855
Cropera testacea seminuda Hampson, 1910
Crorema evanescens Hampson, 1910
Crorema fuscinotata Hampson, 1910
Crorema mentiens Walker, 1855
Crorema setinoides Holland, 1893
Crorema submaculata Collenette, 1931
Dasychira aeschra Hampson, 1926
Dasychira aprepes Collenette, 1955
Dasychira argiloides Holland, 1893
Dasychira callipepla Collenette, 1960
Dasychira chorista Hering, 1926
Dasychira compseuta Collenette, 1939
Dasychira cratista Collenette, 1960
Dasychira elgonensis Collenette, 1939
Dasychira gonophoroides Collenette, 1939
Dasychira ilesha Collenette, 1931
Dasychira jacksoni Collenette, 1936
Dasychira jefferyi Collenette, 1937
Dasychira lulua Collenette, 1937
Dasychira mkattana Strand, 1912
Dasychira nigridisca Sevastopulo, 1957
Dasychira obliquilinea Fawcett, 1915
Dasychira ocellifera Holland, 1893
Dasychira ochreoguttata Schultze, 1934
Dasychira omodepseta Collenette, 1937
Dasychira pennatula Fabricius, 1793
Dasychira punctifera Walker, 1858
Dasychira robusta Walker, 1855
Dasychira satelles Collenette, 1939
Dasychira soyensis Collenette, 1939
Dasychira sphaleroides Hering, 1926
Dasychira stegmanni Grünberg, 1910
Dasychira thika Collenette, 1954
Dasychira thysanoessa Collenette, 1933
Dasychira umbricolora Hampson, 1910
Eudasychira calliprepes Collenette, 1933
Eudasychira cratista Collenette, 1960
Eudasychira dina Hering, 1926
Eudasychira georgiana Fawcett, 1900
Eudasychira proleprota Hampson, 1905
Eudasychira proleprota cratista Collenette, 1960
Euproctis aethiopica Snellen, 1872
Euproctis bigutta Holland, 1893
Euproctis chrysophaea Walker, 1865
Euproctis confluens Hering, 1926
Euproctis conizona Collenette, 1933
Euproctis consocia Walker, 1865
Euproctis cryphia Collenette, 1960
Euproctis dewitzi Grünberg, 1907
Euproctis divisa (Walker, 1855)⇒ Nygmia moalata Swinhoe, 1916
Euproctis euryochra Collenette, 1953
Euproctis fasciata (Walker, 1855)⇒ Knappetra fasciata Walker, 1855
Euproctis hargreavesi Collenette, 1931
Euproctis iridescens Janse, 1915
Euproctis melalepia Hampson, 1909
Euproctis molunduana Aurivillius, 1925
Euproctis neavei Tams, 1924
Euproctis nessa Swinhoe, 1906
Euproctis nigrifinis Swinhoe, 1903
Euproctis nigrovenata Hering, 1926
Euproctis pallida Kirby, 1896
Euproctis parallela Holland, 1893
Euproctis parallela nessa Swinhoe, 1906
Euproctis perpusilla Hering, 1926
Euproctis plagiata Walker, 1855
Euproctis plana (Walker, 1856)⇒ Nygmia plana Walker, 1856
Euproctis pygmaea Walker, 1855
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918
Euproctis rufopunctata Walker, 1862
Euproctis sericaria Tams, 1924
Euproctis sericaria sericaria Tams, 1924
Euproctis unipuncta Leech, 1899
Euproctis utilis Swinhoe, 1903
Euproctis xanthosoma (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Lymantriades xanthosoma Hampson, 1910
Griveaudyria ila Swinhoe, 1904
Griveaudyria subila Dall´Asta, 1982
Hemerophanes diatoma Hering, 1926
Hemerophanes enos Druce, 1896
Hemerophanes libyra (Druce, 1896)⇒ Hemerophanes flammeola Distant, 1899
Heteronygmia dissimilis Aurivillius, 1910
Heteronygmia dissimilis rufescens Hering, 1926
Homochira rendalli Distant, 1897
Homoeomeria flavicapilla Wallengren, 1860
Homoeomeria haploa Collenette, 1958
Homoeomeria hololeuca Hampson, 1910
Homoeomeria nivea Aurivillius, 1909
Hyaloperina nudiuscula Aurivillius, 1904
Jacksoniana striata Collenette, 1937
Knappetra fasciata Walker, 1855
Lacipa albula Fawcett, 1918
Lacipa elgonensis Collenette, 1952
Lacipa flavitincta Hampson, 1910
Lacipa florida Swinhoe, 1903
Lacipa gemmatula Hering, 1926
Lacipa gracilis Hopffer, 1857
Lacipa impuncta Butler, 1898
Lacipa jefferyi Collenette, 1931
Lacipa melanosticta Hampson, 1910
Lacipa nobilis Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Lacipa ostra Swinhoe, 1903
Lacipa picta Boisduval, 1847
Lacipa sarcistis Hampson, 1905
Lacipa sundara Swinhoe, 1903
Lacipa xuthoma Collenette, 1936
Laelia aurelia Fawcett, 1917
Laelia bifascia Hampson, 1905
Laelia braueri Bryk, 1915
Laelia diascia (Hampson, 1905)⇒ Laelia fracta Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia eos (Hering, 1926)⇒ Laelia rosea Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia eutricha Collenette, 1931
Laelia extorta Distant, 1897
Laelia figlina Distant, 1899
Laelia fracta Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia gigantea Hampson, 1910
Laelia gwelila Swinhoe, 1903
Laelia haematica Hampson, 1905
Laelia haematica haematica Hampson, 1905
Laelia lavia Swinhoe, 1903
Laelia nubifuga Holland, 1893
Laelia perbrunnea Hampson, 1910
Laelia rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1913
Laelia rosea Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia rufolavia Hering, 1928
Laelia stigmatica Holland, 1893
Laelia subrosea Walker, 1855
Laelioproctis thysanota Collenette, 1960
Leucoma flavifrons Hampson, 1910
Leucoma melanochila Hering, 1926
Leucoma monosticta (Butler, 1898)⇒ Pteredoa monosticta Butler, 1898
Leucoma ogovensis Holland, 1893
Leucoma parva Plötz, 1880
Lomadonta callipepla Collenette, 1960
Lymantria (Griveaudtria) leucerythra Collenette, 1930
Lymantria (Griveaudtria) microcyma Collenette, 1937
Lymantria hemipyra Collenette, 1932
Lymantria tacita (Hering, 1927)⇒ Rhypopteryx tacita Hering, 1927
Lymantriades xanthosoma Hampson, 1910
Marbla paradoxa Hering, 1926
Marblepsis kakamega Collenette, 1937
Marblepsis kenya Collenette, 1931
Marblepsis kibwezi Collenette, 1932
Marblepsis macrocera Sharpe, 1890
Marblepsis tiphia Swinhoe, 1903
Melgona conia Collenette, 1955
Morasa modesta Walker, 1855
Mylantria xanthospila Plötz, 1880
Naroma nigrolunata Collenette, 1931
Naroma signifera Walker, 1856
Naroma varipes Walker, 1865
Neomardara africana Holland, 1893
Numenes contrahens delta Strand, 1915
Ocneria rufotincta Hering, 1926
Ogoa simplex Walker, 1856
Olapa fulviceps Hampson, 1910
Olapa nigribasis Hampson, 1905
Olapa nigricosta Hampson, 1905
Olapa nigricosta minima Hering, 1926
Olapa tavetensis Holland, 1892
Olene basalis (Walker, 1855)⇒ Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823
Orgyia hopkinsi Collenette, 1937
Orithrepta edwardsi Collenette, 1939
Palasea arete Fawcett, 1915
Palasea conspersa Hering, 1927
Palasea gondona Swinhoe, 1903
Palasea melia Fawcett, 1915
Palasea melia melia Fawcett, 1915
Palasea melia menecles Fawcett, 1915
Palasea melissa Fawcett, 1915
Palasea menecles Fawcett, 1915
Palasea metella Fawcett, 1915
Paramarbla beni Bethune-Baker, 1909
Paramarbla catharia Collenette, 1933
Paramarbla lindblomi Aurivillius, 1921
Paramarbla nyctemerina Rebel, 1914
Paraproctis coulsoni Collenette, 1954
Pirga bipuncta Hering, 1926
Pirga loveni Aurivillius, 1921
Pirga magna Swinhoe, 1903
Pirga pellucida Wichgraf, 1922
Pirga turbida Hering, 1928
Porthesaroa lacipa Hering, 1926
Porthesaroa noctua Hering, 1926
Psalis africana Kiriakoff, 1956
Psalis pennulata Fabricius, 1793
Psalis securis (Hübner, 1823)⇒ Psalis pennatula Fabricius, 1793
Pseudobazisa sericea Hampson, 1910
Pteredoa fuscovenata Wichgraf, 1922
Pteredoa monosticta Butler, 1898
Pteredoa siderea Hering, 1926
Pteredoa usebia Swinhoe, 1903
Rahona barbara Hering, 1926
Rhodesana aprepes Collenette, 1956
Rhodesana daphne Hering, 1926
Rhodesana mintha Fawcett, 1918
Rhypopteryx capnitis Collenette, 1960
Rhypopteryx civilis Hering, 1926
Rhypopteryx diplogramma Hering, 1927
Rhypopteryx flavinotata Butler, 1898
Rhypopteryx hemiphanta Collenette, 1955
Rhypopteryx lymantrioides Hering, 1926
Rhypopteryx macarthuri Collenette, 1953
Rhypopteryx pachytaenia Hering, 1926
Rhypopteryx pinheyi Collenette, 1953
Rhypopteryx poecilanthes Collenette, 1931
Rhypopteryx psoloconiama Collenette, 1960
Rhypopteryx rhodalipha Felder, 1874
Rhypopteryx rufotincta Hering, 1926
Rhypopteryx summissa Hering, 1927
Rhypopteryx tacita Hering, 1927
Rhypopteryx triangulifera Hampson, 1910
Rhypopteryx xuthosticta Collenette, 1938
Ruanda eleuteriopsis Hering, 1926
Salvatgea xanthosoma Hampson, 1910
Sevastopuloa celaenocera Collenette, 1960
Sphragista kitchingi Bethune-Baker, 1909
Stilpnaroma nasisi Collenette, 1960
Stilpnaroma venosa Hering, 1926
Stracena bananae Butler, 1897
Stracena eximia Holland, 1893
Stracena kamengo Collenette, 1936
Stracena promelaena Holland, 1893
Stracena striata Schultze, 1934
Stracena summissa Hering, 1927
Stracena tottea Swinhoe, 1903
Stracilla fowleri Collenette, 1955
Stracilla ghesquierei Collenette, 1937
Stracilla translucida Oberthür, 1880

Subnodes of Lymantriinae with occurrences in Kenya
TribeLymantriini
Hampson, 1893
5
56
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOrgyiini
Wallengren, 1861
7
59
Genera
Species

Taxom



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