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Checklist for Subfamily Lymantriinae Hampson, 1893 (Brown-tail 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
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
7
700
2596
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
312
1299
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLymantriinae
Hampson, 1893
Brown-tail moths, Gypsy moths, Schadspinner, Tussock moth
54
214
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
54 Genera with 214 Species
#ABCDEGHKLMNOPRS
Abynotha Swinhoe, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Aclonophlebia Hübner, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Argyrostagma Hübner, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Aroa Walker, 19217SpeciesTaxom
Barlowia Hübner, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Bracharoa Hübner, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Cadurca Hübner, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Casama Walker, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Chrysocyma Hübner, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Conigephyra Hübner, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Cropera Walker, 19215SpeciesTaxom
Crorema Walker, 19317SpeciesTaxom
Dasychira Hübner, 191023SpeciesTaxom
Eudasychira Möschler, 192611SpeciesTaxom
Euproctidion Hübner, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Euproctis Hübner, 191226SpeciesTaxom
Euproctoides Hübner, 19034SpeciesTaxom
Griveaudyria Viette, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Hemerophanes Hübner, 19265SpeciesTaxom
Heteronygmia Hübner, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Homochira Hübner, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Homoeomeria Wallengren, 19126SpeciesTaxom
Hyaloperina Hübner, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Knappetra Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Lacipa Hübner, 193618SpeciesTaxom
Laelia Stephens, 195620SpeciesTaxom
Laelioproctis Hübner, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Leptaroa Hampson, 19266SpeciesTaxom
Leucoma Hübner, 19266SpeciesTaxom
Lymantria Hübner, 18794SpeciesTaxom
Marblepsis Hering, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Morasa Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Mylantria Aurivillius, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Naroma Hübner, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Numenes Walker, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Ocneria Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Ogoa Walker, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Olapa Walker, 19597SpeciesTaxom
Olene Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Otroeda Walker, 19184SpeciesTaxom
Palasea Hübner, 19274SpeciesTaxom
Paramarbla Hübner, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Pirga Hübner, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Pirgula Tessmann, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Psalis Hübner, 20242SpeciesTaxom
Pseudobazisa Bryk, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pteredoa Hübner, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Rahona Griveaud, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Rhodesana Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Rhypopteryx Aurivillius, 19579SpeciesTaxom
Ruanda Hübner, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Schalidomitra Strand, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Stracena Swinhoe, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Stracilla Hübner, 18801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
214 Species and 18 Subspecies
Abynotha meinickei Hering, 1926
Aclonophlebia civilis Hering, 1926
Aclonophlebia lugardi Swinhoe, 1903
Aclonophlebia lymantrioides Hering, 1926
Argyrostagma niobe Weymer, 1896
Aroa discalis Walker, 1855
Aroa melanoleuca Hampson, 1905
Aroa pampoecila Collenette, 1930
Aroa scytodes Collenette, 1932
Aroa tomisa Druce, 1896
Aroa vosseleri Grünberg, 1907
Aroa xanthypopteros Wichgraf, 1921
Barlowia charax Druce, 1896
Bracharoa charax Druce, 1896
Bracharoa mixta Snellen, 1872
Bracharoa quadripunctata Wallengren, 1875
Bracharoa reducta Hering, 1926
Cadurca dianeura Hering, 1928
Casama intermissa Hering, 1926
Casama promissa Hering, 1926
Chrysocyma mesopotamia Hampson, 1905
Conigephyra leucoptera Hering, 1926
Conigephyra pallidula Hering, 1926
Conigephyra splendida Hering, 1926
Cropera phlebitis Hampson, 1905
Cropera sericea Hampson, 1910
Cropera testacea Walker, 1855
Cropera testacea testacea Walker, 1855
Cropera unipunctata Wichgraf, 1921
Crorema adspersa Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Crorema bipunctata Wichgraf, 1921
Crorema collenettei Hering, 1932
Crorema euproctoides (Hering, 1926)⇒ Crorema fulvinotata Butler, 1893
Crorema evanescens Hampson, 1910
Crorema fulvinotata Butler, 1893
Crorema submaculata Collenette, 1931
Dasychira albicostata Holland, 1893
Dasychira barbara Hering, 1926
Dasychira burtti Collenette, 1960
Dasychira daphne Hering, 1926
Dasychira daphnoides Hering, 1926
Dasychira embrithes Collenette, 1933
Dasychira gonophora Holland, 1893
Dasychira hastifera Hering, 1926
Dasychira leucostigmata Hering, 1926
Dasychira mahoma Collenette, 1958
Dasychira melarhina Collenette, 1938
Dasychira mkattana Strand, 1912
Dasychira multipunctis Strand, 1912
Dasychira nebulifera Hering, 1926
Dasychira nigerrima Hering, 1926
Dasychira ophthalmodes Hering, 1926
Dasychira polia (Hering, 1926)⇒ Eudasychira poliotis Hampson, 1910
Dasychira prospera Hering, 1926
Dasychira punctifera Walker, 1858
Dasychira rhopalum Hering, 1926
Dasychira scotina Hering, 1926
Dasychira stegmanni Grünberg, 1910
Dasychira subochracea Aurivillius, 1910
Eudasychira amata Hering, 1926
Eudasychira blasphemia Hering, 1926
Eudasychira bokuma Collenette, 1960
Eudasychira georgiana Fawcett, 1900
Eudasychira georgiana georgiana Fawcett, 1901
Eudasychira metathermes Hampson, 1905
Eudasychira metathermes blasphemia Hering, 1926
Eudasychira polia Hering, 1926
Eudasychira poliotis Hampson, 1910
Eudasychira proleprota Hampson, 1905
Eudasychira tessmanni Hering, 1926
Euproctidion striata Collenette, 1931
Euproctis aethiopica Snellen, 1872
Euproctis areolata Hering, 1928
Euproctis beato Bryk, 1934
Euproctis bicolor Janse, 1915
Euproctis bigutta Holland, 1893
Euproctis crocata Boisduval, 1847
Euproctis dentata Hering, 1926
Euproctis dewitzi Grünberg, 1907
Euproctis distincta Felder, 1874
Euproctis erythropoecila Collenette, 1933
Euproctis fasciata (Walker, 1855)⇒ Knappetra fasciata Walker, 1855
Euproctis mayottensis Collenette, 1955
Euproctis melaleuca Holland, 1893
Euproctis multidentata Hering, 1926
Euproctis neavei Tams, 1924
Euproctis pallida Kirby, 1896
Euproctis parallela Holland, 1893
Euproctis parallela nessa Swinhoe, 1906
Euproctis phaeosticta Kiriakoff, 1958
Euproctis producta Walker, 1863
Euproctis pusillima Strand, 1912
Euproctis rubricosta Fawcett, 1918
Euproctis rufopunctata Walker, 1862
Euproctis sericaria Tams, 1924
Euproctis sericaria sericaria Tams, 1924
Euproctis ukamica Strand, 1912
Euproctoides acrisia Plötz, 1880
Euproctoides acrisia conjunctifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Euproctoides conjunctifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Euproctoides eddela Swinhoe, 1903
Griveaudyria ila Swinhoe, 1904
Hemerophanes diatoma Hering, 1926
Hemerophanes eucrita Collenette, 1953
Hemerophanes flammeola Distant, 1899
Hemerophanes libyra (Druce, 1896)⇒ Hemerophanes flammeola Distant, 1899
Hemerophanes litigiosa Hering, 1926
Heteronygmia dissimilis Aurivillius, 1910
Heteronygmia dissimilis dissimilis Aurivillius, 1910
Heteronygmia dissimilis rufescens Hering, 1926
Homochira rendalli Distant, 1897
Homoeomeria haploa Collenette, 1958
Homoeomeria hololeuca Hampson, 1910
Homoeomeria nivea Aurivillius, 1909
Homoeomeria nivea nivea Aurivillius, 1909
Homoeomeria nivea reimeri Strand, 1912
Homoeomeria reimeri Strand, 1912
Hyaloperina erythroma Collenette, 1960
Knappetra fasciata Walker, 1855
Lacipa argyroleuca (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Lacipa gracilis Hopffer, 1857
Lacipa bizonoides Butler, 1893
Lacipa ephala Collenette, 1952
Lacipa florida Swinhoe, 1903
Lacipa floridula Hering, 1926
Lacipa gracilis Hopffer, 1857
Lacipa impuncta Butler, 1898
Lacipa innocens (Hering, 1928)⇒ Lacipa bizonoides Butler, 1893
Lacipa leuca Collenette, 1952
Lacipa melanosticta Hampson, 1910
Lacipa pseudolacipa Hering, 1926
Lacipa pulverea Distant, 1898
Lacipa pulverea ephala Collenette, 1952
Lacipa quadripunctata Dewitz, 1881
Lacipa quadripunctata leuca Collenette, 1952
Lacipa sarcistoides (Hering, 1926)⇒ Lacipa quadripunctata Dewitz, 1881
Lacipa tau Collenette, 1931
Lacipa xuthoma Collenette, 1936
Laelia amaura Hering, 1926
Laelia atrifilata Hampson, 1905
Laelia eos (Hering, 1926)⇒ Laelia rosea Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia extorta Distant, 1897
Laelia extrema Hering, 1926
Laelia fracta Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia gephyra Hering, 1926
Laelia hera Druce, 1898
Laelia herbida Walker, 1856
Laelia janenschi Hering, 1926
Laelia lignicolor Holland, 1893
Laelia mediofasciata Hering, 1926
Laelia municipalis Distant, 1897
Laelia ordinata Karsch, 1895
Laelia phenax Collenette, 1932
Laelia pluto Hering, 1926
Laelia rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1913
Laelia rosea Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Laelia subrosea Walker, 1855
Laelia subrosea gigas Collenette, 1956
Laelioproctis thysanota Collenette, 1960
Leptaroa deleta Hering, 1926
Leptaroa flava Hering, 1926
Leptaroa ochricoloria Strand, 1911
Leptaroa ochricoloria flava Hering, 1926
Leptaroa ochricoloria ochricoloria Strand, 1911
Leptaroa paupera Hering, 1926
Leucoma discissa Grünberg, 1910
Leucoma maria Kirby, 1896
Leucoma parva Plötz, 1880
Leucoma platyrhabda Collenette, 1931
Leucoma vosseleri (Grünberg, 1907)⇒ Aroa vosseleri Grünberg, 1907
Leucoma xanthocephala Hering, 1926
Lymantria (Griveaudtria) microcyma Collenette, 1937
Lymantria (Griveaudtria) rubroviridis Hering, 1927
Lymantria (Lymantria) monacha Linnaeus, 1758Black Arches
Lymantria pruinosa Butler, 1879
Marblepsis hyalinula Hering, 1926
Marblepsis tiphia Swinhoe, 1903
Morasa modesta Walker, 1855
Mylantria xanthospila Plötz, 1880
Naroma signifera Walker, 1856
Naroma varipes Walker, 1865
Numenes contrahens delta Strand, 1915
Ocneria rufotincta Hering, 1926
Ogoa fuscovenata Wichgraf, 1922
Ogoa lutea Grünberg, 1907
Ogoa simplex Walker, 1856
Olapa fulviceps Hampson, 1910
Olapa minima Hering, 1926
Olapa nigricosta Hampson, 1905
Olapa nigricosta minima Hering, 1926
Olapa tavetensis Holland, 1892
Olapa telesilla Druce, 1899
Olapa terina Collenette, 1959
Olene basalis (Walker, 1855)⇒ Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823
Otroeda aino Bryk, 1915
Otroeda cafra Drury, 1780
Otroeda vesperina Walker, 1854
Otroeda vesperina tenuimargo Prout, 1918
Palasea marwitzi Grünberg, 1907
Palasea metella Fawcett, 1915
Palasea miniata Grünberg, 1907
Palasea pruinosa Hering, 1927
Paramarbla beni Bethune-Baker, 1909
Paramarbla teroensis Collenette, 1937
Pirga pellucida Wichgraf, 1922
Pirga weisei Karsch, 1900
Pirgula atrinotata Butler, 1897
Pirgula decempunctata (Butler, 1897)⇒ Pirgula atrinotata Butler, 1897
Pirgula quinquepunctata Wichgraf, 1921
Psalis africana Kiriakoff, 1956
Psalis bashfordae László & Pow..., 2024
Pseudobazisa sericea Hampson, 1910
Pteredoa monosticta Butler, 1898
Pteredoa usebia Swinhoe, 1903
Rahona barbara Hering, 1926
Rhodesana daphne Hering, 1926
Rhypopteryx civilis Hering, 1926
Rhypopteryx flavinotata Butler, 1898
Rhypopteryx inconspicua Hampson, 1916
Rhypopteryx lymantrioides Hering, 1926
Rhypopteryx macarthuri Collenette, 1953
Rhypopteryx pachytaenia Hering, 1926
Rhypopteryx perspicua Hering, 1928
Rhypopteryx rubripunctata Weymer, 1892
Rhypopteryx syntomoides Collenette, 1957
Ruanda aetheria Strand, 1909
Schalidomitra ambages Strand, 1911
Stracena bananae Butler, 1897
Stracena pellucida Grünberg, 1907
Stracena summissa Hering, 1927
Stracena tavetensis Holland, 1892
Stracilla translucida Oberthür, 1880

Subnodes of Lymantriinae with occurrences in Tanzania
TribeLymantriini
Hampson, 1893
5
51
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOrgyiini
Wallengren, 1861
6
48
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Lymantriinae at dyntaxa.se
Lymantriinae at itis.gov