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Checklist for Tribe Melanthiini Duponchel, 1845
and region Afrotropical (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
209
6733
56403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
185
6591
56071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
83
4302
27836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
82
4295
27811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
4286
27718
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
27
2443
17860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
23
2132
16193
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Geometroidea
Leach, 1815
Geometrid, Inchworm Moths, Swallowtail Moths
4
396
4247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGeometridae
Leach, 1815
Cankerworm moths, Cankerworms, Carpets, Emeralds, Waves
373
4147
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLarentiinae
Duponchel, 1845
Larentiine Moths, Larentiines
46
509
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelanthiini
Duponchel, 1845
4
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Afrotropical
4 Genera with 24 Species
Collix Guenée, 19277SpeciesTaxom
Eccymatoge L.B. Prout, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Horisme Hübner, 198815SpeciesTaxom
Melanthia Duponchel, 18991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afrotropical
24 Species
Collix biokoensis Herbulot, 1999
Collix brevipalpis Herbulot, 1999
Collix foraminata Guenée, 1858
Collix inaequata Guenée, 1862
Collix intrepida Prout, 1932
Collix muscosata Fletcher D. S., 1956
Collix psephena Prout, 1927
Eccymatoge melanoterma Prout, 1913
Horisme albiplaga Herbulot, 1988
Horisme albostriata Pagenstecher, 1907
Horisme alticameruna Herbulot, 1988
Horisme cuprea Herbulot, 1972
Horisme disparata Herbulot, 1988
Horisme filia Prout, 1913
Horisme gaudata Fletcher D. S., 1956
Horisme jansei Fletcher D. S., 1956
Horisme longispicata Fletcher D. S., 1956
Horisme minuata Walker, 1860
Horisme obscurata Prout, 1913
Horisme pallidimacula Prout, 1925
Horisme punctiscripta Prout, 1917
Horisme wittei Debauche, 1938
Horisme xerophila Herbulot, 1988
Melanthia ustiplaga Warren, 1899


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