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Checklist of Superfamily Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 (Moths)
for Nairobi (Kenya)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
167
752
1020
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
167
752
1020
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
159
721
974
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
117
647
901
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
32
296
434
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
32
296
434
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
32
296
434
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
14
227
343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
12
215
330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
4
76
100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nairobi
4 Families width 100 Species
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809Armyworms56SpeciesTaxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815Erebid Moths37SpeciesTaxom
Nolidae Hampson, 1894Hatted Caterpillars6SpeciesTaxom
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829Bag Shelter Moths1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nairobi
76 Genera with 100 Species
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B
C
D
E
G
H
L
M
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Abrostola Ochsenheimer, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 20104SpeciesTaxom
Acrapex Hampson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Agrapha Hübner, 19722SpeciesTaxom
Agrotana Bethune-Baker, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Amazonides Fletcher D. S., 19132SpeciesTaxom
Amerila Walker, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Aroa Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Athetis Hübner, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Automolis Hübner, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Bamra Moore, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Caripodia Hampson, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Cerynea Walker, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Condica Walker, 1911Groundlings And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Cosmia Ochsenheimer, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoplusia Dufay, 19722SpeciesTaxom
Cyligramma Boisduval, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Dasychira Hübner, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Digama Moore, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Egnasia Walker, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Eilema Hübner, 1912Lichen Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Erebus Latreille, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Eriopyga Guenée, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Estigmene Hübner, 1910Ermine Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Eublemma Hübner, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Euplexia Stephens, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Euproctis Hübner, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Eustrotia Hübner, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Eustrotiopis1SpeciesTaxom
Euterpiodes Hampson, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Euxootera Fletcher, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Grammodes Guenée, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Hadjina Staudinger, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Halochroa Hampson, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Helicoverpa Hardwick, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Heraclia Hübner, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Hopetounia Swinhoe, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Hypoperigea Hampson, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Hypotacha Hampson, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Lacipa Hübner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Leiorhynx Hampson, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Leptosia Hübner, 1782Psyche1SpeciesTaxom
Leucania Ochsenheimer, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Leucotrachea Janse, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Lithacodia Hübner, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Marca Saalmüller, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Meganola Dyar, 19144SpeciesTaxom
Metarctia Walker, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Micragrotis Hampson, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Morasa Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Naroma Hübner, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Nolidia Van Son, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Odontestra Hampson, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Onychipodia Hampson, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Ozarba Walker, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Paraproctis Hübner, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Perigea Guenée, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Phavaraea Walker, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Photedes Lederer, 1911Cordgrass Borers1SpeciesTaxom
Plecoptera Guenée, 1926Stoneflies1SpeciesTaxom
Plecopterodes Hampson, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Pteredoa Hübner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Radiarctia Dubatolov, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Rhyacia Hübner, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Rhypopteryx Aurivillius, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Sphingomorpha Guenée, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Stracena Swinhoe, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Stracilla Hübner, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Tathorhynchus Hampson, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Taveta Fawcett, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Teracotona Butler, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Thysanoplusia Ichinose, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Trichoplusia McDunnough, 19722SpeciesTaxom
Tytroca Wiltshire, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Xanthodes Guenée, 19121SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nairobi
100 Species
Abrostola marmorea Dufay, 1958
Abrostola nairobiensis (Dufay, 1958)⇒ Abrostola brevipennis Dufay, 1958
Acontia (Emmelia) antica Walker, 1862
Acontia (Emmelia) atripars Hampson, 1914
Acontia brabanti Le Cerf, 1911
Acontia hausmanni Hacker, 2010
Acrapex ochracea (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Acrapex carnea Hampson, 1905
Agrapha proseides Dufay, 1972
Agrapha triteia Dufay, 1972
Agrotana jacksoni Bethune-Baker, 1911
Amazonides griseofusca Hampson, 1913
Amazonides ustula Hampson, 1913
Amerila androfusca Pinhey, 1952
Anua dianaris (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Ophiusa dianaris Guenée, 1852
Aroa discalis Walker, 1855
Athetis atrispherica Hampson, 1914
Athetis glaucopis Bethune-Baker, 1911
Athetis scotopis Bethune-Baker, 1911
Automolis pallida Hampson, 1901
Bamra glaucopasta Bethune-Baker, 1911
Bamra marmorifera Walker, 1858
Caripodia persimilis (Hampson, 1914)⇒ Aglossosia persimilis Hampson, 1914
Cerynea rhodotrichia (Walker, 1866)⇒ Cerynea thermesialis Walker, 1866
Condica andrena Smith, 1911Rough triggerfish
Cosmia monotona Hampson, 1914
Ctenoplusia (Ctenoplusia) scoteina Dufay, 1972
Ctenoplusia polyteles Dufay, 1972
Cyligramma fluctuosa Drury, 1773
Cyligramma latona Cramer, 1775Cream-striped owl
Dasychira thysanoessa Collenette, 1933
Digama strabonis (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Sommeria strabonis Hampson, 1910
Egnasia treicegcroma (Bethune-Baker, 1911)⇒ Egnasia vicaria Walker, 1866
Eilema elongata Rothschild, 1912
Erebus walkeri Butler, 1875
Eriopyga prasinocyma Draudt, 1924
Estigmene multivittata Rothschild, 1910
Eublemma bicolora Bethune-Baker, 1911
Eublemma brunneosa Bethune-Baker, 1911
Eublemma postrufa (Hampson, 1914)⇒ Eublemma postrufoides Poole, 1989
Euplexia azyga Hampson, 1908
Euplexia pullomedia (Bethune-Baker, 1911)⇒ Euplexia melanocycla Hampson, 1908
Euproctis sericaria Tams, 1924
Eustrotia cumalinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
Eustrotia nephrostricta Hampson, 1914
Eustrotiopis chlorota Hampson, 1926
Euterpiodes latipennis Krüger, 2012
Euxootera melanomesa Hampson, 1913
Euxootera trimaculata Laporte, 1984
Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775Geometrician
Hadjina atrinota Hampson, 1909
Hadjina obscura Hampson, 1918
Halochroa eudela Fletcher D. S., 1963
Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, 1805African cotton bollworm
Heraclia gruenbergi Wichgraf, 1911
Heraclia nandi Kiriakoff, 1974
Hopetounia marginata Hampson, 1926
Hypoperigea medionota Hampson, 1920
Hypotacha legrandi Berio, 1959
Lacipa melanosticta Hampson, 1910
Leiorhynx atrirena de Joannis, 1913
Leptosia alcesta Stoll, 1782African Spirit
Leucania confluens Bethune-Baker, 1909
Leucotrachea melanodonta Hampson, 1908
Lithacodia mesomela Hampson, 1914Common Gluphisia
Marca arcuata (Bethune-Baker, 1911)⇒ Marca proclinata Saalmüller, 1891
Meganola chalcographa Hacker, 2012
Meganola diplozona Hampson, 1914
Meganola genitaliana Hacker, 2012
Meganola melanosticta Hampson, 1914
Metarctia margaretha Kiriakoff, 1957
Micragrotis cinerosa Bethune-Baker, 1911
Morasa modesta Walker, 1855
Naroma varipes Walker, 1865
Nolidia decrepita Hacker, 2012
Nolidia improvisa Hacker, 2012
Odontestra pseudosubgothica Berio, 1964
Onychipodia bimarginata (Butler, 1894)⇒ Onychipodia strammea Hampson, 1914
Ozarba legrandi Berio, 1959
Ozarba nairobiensis Berio, 1977
Paraproctis coulsoni Collenette, 1954
Perigea cupricolora Hampson, 1914
Phavaraea poliana Druce, 1893
Photedes homora Bethune-Baker, 1911
Plecoptera melanoscia Hampson, 1926
Plecopterodes synethes Hampson, 1913
Pteredoa siderea Hering, 1926
Radiarctia jacksoni Rothschild, 1910
Rhyacia (Standfussrhyacia) junonia Staudinger, 1881
Rhypopteryx tacita Hering, 1927
Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777
Stracena summissa Hering, 1927
Stracilla fowleri Collenette, 1955
Tathorhynchus leucobasis Bethune-Baker, 1911
Taveta eucosmia Hampson, 1926
Teracotona major Rothschild, 1933
Thysanoplusia (Thysanoplusia) flavirosea Dufay, 1972
Trichoplusia callista Dufay, 1972
Trichoplusia capnista Dufay, 1972
Tytroca metaxantha Hampson, 1902
Xanthodes dinarodes Hampson, 1912

Subnodes of Noctuoidea with occurrences in Nairobi
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths, Underwings, Wasp Moths
34
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Dagger moths, Miller Moths, Noctuid moths, Owlet Moths, Underwing moths, Underwings
39
56
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNolidae
Hampson, 1894
Hatted Caterpillars, Nolid moths, Tuft moths, Tufted Moths
2
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNotodontidae
Stephens, 1829
Bag Shelter Moths, Kitten moths, Kittens, Notodontid moths, Processionary Caterpillars, Prominent Moths, Prominents
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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