Checklist of Family Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 (Armyworms)
for Botswana (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
2337
4562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
2335
4557 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 297
2273
4403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1925
3869 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 46
638
1185 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 46
637
1184 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 46
637
1184 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
441
914 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
422
873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 6
204
405 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Noctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths | 87
188 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Botswana
87 Genera with 188 Species
| Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1856 | | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Acontiola Staudinger, 1865 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Aconzarba Hacker, 1865 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Adisura Moore, 1902 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Agoma Kiriakoff, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1808 | Cutworm | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Amefrontia Hampson, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amyna Guenée, 1794 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anedhella Viette, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antiophlebia Felder, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aspidifrontia Hampson, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asplenia Hampson, 1913 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Athalia Leach, 1920 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Athetis Hübner, 1883 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Attatha Moore, 1917 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Baniana Walker, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Brevipecten Hampson, 2007 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Brithys Hübner, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callopistria Hübner, 1884 | Fern Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caradrina Ochsenheimer, 1861 | Mottled rustic | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caranilla Moore, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catamecia Staudinger, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Catephia Ochsenheimer, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cetola Walker, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysodeixis Hübner, 1789 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cirrodes Hampson, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cometaster Hampson, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Copifrontia Hampson, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cretonia vegetus´´ Sw..., 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crionica Hampson, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryphia Hübner, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenoplusia Dufay, 1852 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenusa Hampson, 1863 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cuneisigna Hampson, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclopera Hampson, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deltote Reichenbach, 2014 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diaphone Hübner, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Diparopsis Hampson, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ectolopha Hampson, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Egnasia Walker, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Emmelia Hübner, 1898 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Eustrotia Hübner, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euterpiodes Hampson, 1898 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Euxoa Hübner, 1940 | Coast dart | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Feliniopsis Roepke, 2007 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Helicoverpa Hardwick, 1805 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heliocheilus Grote, 1999 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heliothis Ochsenheimer, 1902 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Heraclia Hübner, 1875 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hiccoda Moore, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypanua Hampson, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iambia Walker, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leiorhynx Hampson, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucochlaena Hampson, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucovis Hampson, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maliattha Walker, 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Masalia Moore, 1902 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metapioplasta Wallengren, 1856 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Mitrophrys Karsch, 1854 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mythimna Ochsenheimer, 1902 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Namangana Staudinger, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ochrocalama Hampson, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ochropleura Hübner, 1831 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedebasis Hampson, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ozarba Walker, 1865 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Paida Jordan, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paracroria Hampson, 1902 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pardoxia Moreno & Gon..., 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plecopterodes Hampson, 1860 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Plusia Ochsenheimer, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prionofrontia Hampson, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proruaca Distant, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protarache Hampson, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudozarba Warren, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Radara Walker, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Raghuva Moore, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saalmuellerana Fletcher & V..., 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schausia Karsch, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesamia Guenée, 2024 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Spodoptera Guenée, 1857 | Armyworm Moths | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Thiacidas Walker, 1917 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thysanoplusia Ichinose, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Timora Walker, 1902 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Trichoplusia McDunnough, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vittaplusia Behounek , L..., 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthodes Guenée, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthomera Hampson, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Botswana
188 Species and 9 Subspecies | Acontia (Acontarache) bechuana Hacker, Legr..., 2010 | | | Acontia (Emmelia) antica Walker, 1862 | | | Acontia (Emmelia) conifrons Aurivillius, 1879 | | | Acontia (Emmelia) gratiosa Wallengren, 1856 | | | Acontia (Emmelia) imitatrix (Wallengren, 1856) | ⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856 | | Acontia (Emmelia) natalis Guenée, 1852 | | | Acontia (Emmelia) transfigurata (Wallengren, 1856) | ⇒ Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856 | | Acontia (Uracontia) melaphora Hampson, 1910 | | | Acontia achatina Weymer, 1896 | | | Acontia aurelia Hacker, Legr..., 2008 | | | Acontia chrysoproctis Hampson, 1902 | | | Acontia discoidea Hopffer, 1857 | | | Acontia dispar Walker, 1858 | | | Acontia dorothea Hacker, Legr..., 2008 | | | Acontia guttifera Felder & Rog..., 1874 | | | Acontia insocia Walker, 1858 | | | Acontia porphyrea Butler, 1898 | | | Acontia simo Wallengren, 1860 | | | Acontia tinctilis Wallengren, 1875 | | | Acontia trimaculata (Aurivillius, 1879) | ⇒ Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874 | | Acontia trychaenoides Wallengren, 1856 | | | Acontia umbrigera Felder & Rog..., 1874 | | | Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856 | | | Acontia zelleri Wallengren, 1856 | | | Acontiola festiva Berio, 1950 | | | Acontiola heliastis Hampson, 1902 | | | Acontiola subterminalis Hampson, 1910 | | | Acontiola varia Walker, 1865 | | | Aconzarba decissima Walker, 1865 | | | Aconzarba decissima decissima Walker, 1865 | | | Adisura aerugo Felder & Rog..., 1874 | | | Adisura straminea Hampson, 1902 | | | Agoma trimenii Felder, 1874 | Trimen's false tiger | | Agrotis (Agrotis) segetum Denis & Schi..., 1775 | Black cutworm | | Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) | ⇒ Agrotis ipsilon Hufnagel, 1766 | | Amefrontia hendersoni Pinhey, 1968 | | | Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852) | ⇒ Ilattia axis Guenée, 1852 | | Amyna punctum Fabricius, 1794 | | | Anedhella rectiradiata Hampson, 1902 | | | Antiophlebia bracteata Felder, 1874 | | | Aspidifrontia glaucescens Hampson, 1905 | | | Asplenia melanodonta Hampson, 1896 | | | Asplenia melanodonta erffai Grünberg, 1913 | | | Athalia deckerti | | | Athalia marginipennis Enderlein, 1920 | | | Athetis albirena Hampson, 1902 | | | Athetis melanephra Hampson, 1909 | | | Athetis partita (Walker, 1857) | ⇒ Athetis pigra Guenée, 1852 | | Athetis satellita Hampson, 1902 | | | Athetis satellitia Hampson, 1902 | | | Athetis singula Möschler, 1883 | | | Attatha barlowi Prout A. E., 1921 | | | Attatha superba Janse, 1917 | | | Baniana arvorum Guenée, 1852 | | | Baniana culminifera Hampson, 1910 | | | Brevipecten cornuta Hampson, 1902 | | | Brevipecten wolframmeyi Hacker & Fib..., 2007 | | | Brithys crini Fabricius, 1775 | Amaryllis Borer | | Callopistria yerburii Butler, 1884 | | | Caradrina (Platyperigea) montana Bremer, 1861 | Civil Rustic | | Caranilla angularis (Boisduval, 1833) | ⇒ Bastilla angularis Boisduval, 1833 | | Catamecia connectens Hampson, 1902 | | | Catephia squamosa Wallengren, 1856 | Scaly Alchemyst | | Cetola pulchra Bethune-Baker, 1911 | | | Chrysodeixis (Chrysodeixis) acuta Walker, 1858 | Tomato Looper | | Chrysodeixis (Chrysodeixis) chalcites Esper, 1789 | Golden Twin-spot | | Cirrodes phoenicea Hampson, 1910 | | | Cometaster pyrula Hopffer, 1857 | | | Copifrontia xantherythra Hampson, 1905 | Blotched Orange | | Cretonia ethiopica Hampson, 1910 | | | Crionica diversipennis Gaede, 1939 | | | Cryphia muralis par Hübner, 1813 | | | Cryphia fulvifusa Hampson, 1911 | | | Ctenoplusia (Ctenoplusia) fracta Walker, 1858 | | | Ctenoplusia (Ctenoplusia) furcifera Walker, 1857 | | | Ctenoplusia (Ctenoplusia) limbirena Guenée, 1852 | Scar Bank Gem | | Ctenusa brevipecten (Hampson, 1902) | ⇒ Ctenusa pallida Hampson, 1902 | | Ctenusa carnicolor (Hampson, 1902) | ⇒ Ctenusa pallida Hampson, 1902 | | Ctenusa marginifera (Wallengren, 1863) | ⇒ Ctenusa varians Wallengren, 1863 | | Ctenusa pallida Hampson, 1902 | | | Ctenusa rufirena (Hampson, 1902) | ⇒ Ctenusa pallida Hampson, 1902 | | Ctenusa varians Wallengren, 1863 | | | Cuneisigna rivulata Hampson, 1902 | | | Cyclopera bucephalidia Hampson, 1902 | | | Deltote johnjoannoui Mey & Kühne, 2014 | | | Diaphone eumela Stoll, 1781 | Cherry Spot | | Diaphone mossambicensis (Hopffer, 1862) | ⇒ Diaphone eumela Stoll, 1781 | | Diparopsis castanea Hampson, 1902 | Red bollworm | | Ectolopha viridescens Hampson, 1902 | | | Egnasia vicaria Walker, 1866 | | | Emmelia antica Walker, 1862 | | | Emmelia antica antica Walker, 1862 | | | Emmelia aurivillii Hacker, Legr..., 2008 | | | Emmelia conifrons Aurivillius, 1879 | | | Emmelia imitatrix Wallengren, 1856 | | | Emmelia natalis Guenée, 1852 | | | Emmelia natalis natalis Guenée, 1852 | | | Emmelia parilella Strand, 1917 | | | Emmelia tanzaniae Hacker, Legr..., 2008 | | | Emmelia tanzaniae hampsoniana Hacker, Legr..., 2008 | | | Emmelia torrefacta Distant, 1898 | | | Eustrotia decissima Walker, 1865 | | | Euterpiodes croceizona Krüger, 2012 | | | Euterpiodes cyanofascia Krüger, 2012 | | | Euterpiodes pienaari Distant, 1898 | | | Euxoa perierga dolomedes Boursin, 1940 | | | Feliniopsis hosplitoides Laporte, 1979 | | | Feliniopsis hosplitoides aarviki Hacker & Fib..., 2007 | | | Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, 1805 | African cotton bollworm | | Heliocheilus stigmatia Hampson, 1903 | | | Heliocheilus thelycritus Matthews, 1999 | | | Heliothis (Heliothis) scutuligera Guenée, 1852 | | | Heliothis (Masalia) galatheae Wallengren, 1856 | | | Heliothis (Masalia) leucosticta Hampson, 1902 | | | Heraclia adulatrix (Westwood, 1881) | ⇒ Heraclia butleri Walker, 1869 | | Heraclia butleri Walker, 1869 | | | Heraclia melanchiton Mabille, 1891 | | | Heraclia superba Butler, 1875 | | | Hiccoda nigripalpis Walker, 1866 | White pine sawfly | | Hypanua roseitincta Hampson, 1918 | | | Iambia inferalis Walker, 1863 | | | Leiorhynx argentifascia Hampson, 1902 | | | Leucochlaena aenigma Pinhey, 1968 | Southern Ptichodis Moth | | Leucovis alba Rothschild, 1897 | | | Maliattha subblandula Hacker, 2016 | | | Masalia bechuana Seymour, 1972 | | | Masalia galatheae (Wallengren, 1856) | ⇒ Heliothis galatheae Wallengren, 1856 | | Masalia leucosticta (Hampson, 1902) | ⇒ Heliothis leucosticta Hampson, 1902 | | Metapioplasta gratiosa Wallengren, 1856 | | | Metapioplasta insocia (Walker, 1857) | ⇒ Acontia insocia Walker, 1858 | | Metapioplasta simo (Wallengren, 1860) | ⇒ Metapioplasta insocia Walker, 1857 | | Metapioplasta transfigurata Wallengren, 1856 | | | Metapioplasta transfigurata transfigurata Wallengren, 1856 | | | Mitrophrys latreillii Herrich-Schä..., 1853 | | | Mitrophrys magna Walker, 1854 | Velda Pinemoth | | Mythimna (Morphopoliana) languida Walker, 1858 | | | Mythimna (Prodigithymna) prominens Walker, 1856 | | | Mythimna natalensis Butler, 1875 | | | Mythimna sarca Hampson, 1902 | | | Namangana adela Hampson, 1902 | | | Ochrocalama xanthia Hampson, 1905 | | | Ochropleura leucogaster FREYER, 1831 | Radford's Flame Shoulder | | Oedebasis adela Hampson, 1902 | | | Ozarba albifascia Walker, 1865 | | | Ozarba bipartita Hampson, 1902 | Orthezia lady beetle | | Ozarba catoxantha Hampson, 1910 | | | Ozarba consanguis Hampson, 1902 | | | Ozarba corniculans Wallengren, 1860 | | | Ozarba heliastis Hampson, 1902 | | | Ozarba hemiochra Hampson, 1910 | | | Ozarba irrationalis Hacker, 2016 | | | Ozarba isocampta Hampson, 1910 | | | Ozarba nigroviridis Hampson, 1902 | | | Ozarba subterminalis Hampson, 1910 | | | Ozarba varia Walker, 1865 | | | Paida pulchra Trimen, 1863 | | | Paracroria griseocincta Hampson, 1902 | | | Paracroria griseotincta Hampson, 1902 | | | Pardoxia graellsi (Feisthamel, 1837) | ⇒ Pardoxia graellsii Feisthamel, 1837 | | Plecopterodes deprivata Warren, 1914 | | | Plecopterodes exigua Gaede, 1914 | | | Plecopterodes lutosa Grünberg, 1910 | | | Plecopterodes moderata Wallengren, 1860 | | | Plusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852) | ⇒ Ctenoplusia limbirena Guenée, 1852 | | Prionofrontia erygidia Hampson, 1902 | | | Proruaca recurrens Hampson, 1902 | | | Protarache melaphora (Hampson, 1910) | ⇒ Acontia melaphora Hampson, 1910 | | Pseudozarba aethiops Distant, 1898 | | | Radara subcupralis Walker, 1866 | | | Radara vacillans Walker, 1862 | | | Raghuva stigmatia (Hampson, 1903) | ⇒ Heliocheilus thelycritus Matthews, 1999 | | Saalmuellerana media Walker, 1857 | | | Schausia coryndoni Rothschild, 1896 | | | Sesamia calamistis (Hampson, 1910) | ⇒ Sesamia jansei Tams & J. Bo..., 1953 | | Sesamia echinochloa Le Ru, 2022 | | | Sesamia jansei Tams & J. Bo..., 1953 | | | Sesamia kafulo Le Ru, 2022 | | | Sesamia satauensis Le Ru, 2024 | | | Spodoptera apertura Walker, 1865 | | | Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852 | Cape lawn Moth | | Spodoptera exempta Walker, 1857 | African armyworm | | Spodoptera exigua Hübner, 1808 | African armyworm | | Spodoptera frugiperda Smith & Abbot, 1797 | Corn leaf worm | | Spodoptera littoralis Boisduval, 1833 | African cotton leafworm | | Spodoptera triturata Walker, 1857 | Lawn caterpillar | | Thiacidas duplicata Grünberg, 1910 | | | Thiacidas fasciata Fawcett, 1917 | | | Thysanoplusia (Thysanoplusia) orichalcea Fabricius, 1775 | Golden Plusia | | Timora bechuana Seymour, 1972 | | | Timora galatheae Wallengren, 1856 | | | Timora leucosticta Hampson, 1902 | | | Trichoplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856) | ⇒ Vittaplusia vittata Wallengren, 1856 | | Vittaplusia (Vittaplusia) vittata Wallengren, 1856 | Streaked Plusia | | Xanthodes albago Fabricius, 1794 | | | Xanthomera leucoglene Mabille, 1880 | |
Subnodes of Noctuidae with occurrences in Botswana | Subfamily | Acontiinae
Guenée, 1841
Acontiines | 8
41 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Acronictinae
Harris, 1841
Acronictines | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Agaristinae
Boisduval, 1833
Forester Moths | 6
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Amphipyrinae
Guenée, 1837
Amphipyrines | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Bagisarinae
Crumb, 1956
Bagisarine Moths | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Bryophilinae
Guenée, 1852
Bryophiline Moths | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Catocalinae
Boisduval, 1828
Catocaline Moths | 10
21 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Eustrotiinae
Grote, 1882
Eustrotiines | 7
21 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Hadeninae
Guenée, 1837
Hadenine Noctuid Moths | 12
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Heliothinae
Boisduval, 1828
| 7
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Noctuinae
Latreille, 1809
Cutworm, Dart Moths, Noctuine Noctuid Moths | 13
34 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Plusiinae
Boisduval, 1828
Plusiines | 6
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Thiacidinae
Hacker & Zilli, 2007
| 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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