Checklist of Superfamily Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 (Moths)
for North Nigeria (Nigeria)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 42
156
212 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 42
156
212 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 42
156
212 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 40
154
210 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 28
140
194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 28
140
194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 28
140
194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 15
90
131 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 13
85
126 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths | 5
62
92 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for North Nigeria
5 Families width 92 Species
Genera for North Nigeria
62 Genera with 92 Species
| Acanthofrontia Hampson, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1914 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Acrapex Hampson, 1914 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Adisura Moore, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aegocera Latreille, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aethodes Hampson, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afroplitis Kiriakoff, 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1913 | Cutworm | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alpenus Walker, 1920 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Amazonides Fletcher D. S., 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoba Walker, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anomis Hubner, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aspidifrontia Hampson, 1913 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Athetis Hübner, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Attatha Moore, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Audea Walker, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Baliopteryx Kiriakoff, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Busseola Thurau, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Callostrotia Hampson, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callyna Guenée, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cerynea Walker, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorochadisra Kiriakoff, 1975 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colbusa Walker, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cropera Walker, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deinopa Walker, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Desmeocraera Wallengren, 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epitoxis Wallengren, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ethiopica Hampson, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eublemma Hübner, 1969 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Eulocastra Butler, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eustrotia Hübner, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eutelia Hübner, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Garella Walker, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gesonia Walker, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gracilodes Guenée, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isadelphina Hampson, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Janthinisca Kiriakoff, 1979 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lacipa Hübner, 1881 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Laelia Stephens, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucania Ochsenheimer, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lithacodia Hübner, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lophotarsia Hampson, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Marcipa Walker, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meganola Dyar, 2012 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Mesogenea Hampson, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metachrostis Hübner, 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Metarctia Walker, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neaxestis Hampson, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontestra Hampson, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oraesia Guenée, 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ozarba Walker, 1914 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Paulisana Kiriakoff, 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plecoptera Guenée, 1926 | Stoneflies | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Plusia Ochsenheimer, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Raphia Hübner, 1921 | Raffia palm | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Roppa Kiriakoff, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Siccia Walker, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spodoptera Guenée, 1911 | Armyworm Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thacona Walker, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tricholoba Hampson, 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ugia Walker, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthodonta Gaede, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for North Nigeria
92 Species | Acanthofrontia anacantha Hampson, 1914 | | | Acontia albida Hampson, 1910 | | | Acontia sphaerophora Hampson, 1914 | | | Acontia vaualbum Hampson, 1914 | | | Acrapex cuprescens Hampson, 1914 | | | Acrapex hemiphlebia Hampson, 1914 | | | Acrapex holoscota Hampson, 1914 | | | Adisura affinis Rothschild, 1921 | | | Aegocera anthina Jordan, 1926 | | | Aethodes angustipennis Hampson, 1918 | | | Afroplitis dierli Kiriakoff, 1979 | | | Afroplitis politzari Kiriakoff, 1979 | | | Agrotis melamesa Hampson, 1913 | | | Alpenus intacta (Hampson, 1916) | ⇒ Alpenus intactus Hampson, 1916 | | Alpenus tristicta Hampson, 1920 | | | Amazonides rufescens Hampson, 1913 | | | Anoba microphaea Hampson, 1926 | | | Anomis pyrocausta Hampson, 1926 | | | Aspidifrontia berioi Hacker & Hau..., 2010 | | | Aspidifrontia pulverea Hampson, 1913 | | | Athetis magniplagia Hampson, 1918 | | | Attatha metaleuca Hampson, 1913 | | | Audea albiforma Kühne, 2005 | | | Baliopteryx baccata Hampson, 1910 | | | Busseola mesophaea Hampson, 1914 | | | Busseola rufidorsata Hampson, 1914 | | | Callostrotia flavizonata Hampson, 1914 | | | Callyna holophaea Hampson, 1911 | | | Cerynea digonia Hampson, 1914 | | | Chlorochadisra pinheyi Kiriakoff, 1975 | | | Colbusa restricta Hampson, 1918 | | | Cropera nigripes Hampson, 1910 | | | Deinopa lilacina Hampson, 1926 | | | Desmeocraera vicaria Kiriakoff, 1979 | | | Epitoxis borguensis Hampson, 1901 | | | Ethiopica exolivia Hampson, 1911 | | | Eublemma atrimedia Hampson, 1914 | | | Eublemma flaviciliata Hampson, 1910 | Checkered Setwing | | Eublemma guiera Bradley, 1969 | Great Pondhawk | | Eublemma melabasis Hampson, 1914 | | | Eublemma melasema Hampson, 1918 | | | Eublemma porphyrescens Hampson, 1914 | | | Eublemma robertsi Berio, 1969 | | | Eulocastra argyrogramma (Hampson, 1914) | ⇒ Ozarba argyrogramma Hampson, 1914 | | Eulocastra seminigra Hampson, 1914 | | | Eustrotia expatriata Hampson, 1914 | | | Eutelia violescens Hampson, 1912 | | | Garella nephelota Hampson, 1912 | | | Gesonia stictigramma Hampson, 1926 | | | Gracilodes metopis Hampson, 1926 | | | Isadelphina albistellata Hampson, 1926 | | | Janthinisca badia Kiriakoff, 1979 | | | Janthinisca citrina Kiriakoff, 1979 | | | Janthinisca gerda Kiriakoff, 1979 | | | Janthinisca linda Kiriakoff, 1979 | | | Lacipa croceigramma (Hampson, 1910) | ⇒ Lacipa quadripunctata Dewitz, 1881 | | Lacipa quadripunctata Dewitz, 1881 | | | Laelia fulvicosta Hampson, 1910 | | | Leucania miasticta Hampson, 1918 | | | Lithacodia griseifusa Hampson, 1914 | | | Lithacodia plumbifusa Hampson, 1914 | | | Lophotarsia minuta Hampson, 1914 | | | Marcipa eucrines Bethune-Baker, 1911 | | | Meganola cretacea Hampson, 1914 | | | Meganola cretaceoides Poole, 1989 | | | Meganola dissoluta Hacker, 2012 | | | Meganola parastrigula Hacker, 2012 | | | Meganola spherographa Hacker, 2012 | | | Mesogenea excavata Hampson, 1926 | | | Metachrostis politzari Hacker, 2011 | | | Metachrostis subdardouini Hacker, 2011 | | | Metarctia panyamana (Strand, 1920) | ⇒ Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901 | | Neaxestis piperita Hampson, 1905 | | | Odontestra goniosema Hampson, 1913 | | | Oraesia politzari Behounek, Ha..., 2010 | | | Ozarba argyrogramma Hampson, 1914 | | | Ozarba leptocyma Hampson, 1914 | | | Ozarba orthogramma Hampson, 1914 | | | Paulisana grisea Kiriakoff, 1979 | | | Plecoptera androconiata Hampson, 1926 | | | Plecoptera costisignata Hampson, 1926 | | | Plecoptera mesostriga Hampson, 1926 | | | Plusia hemichalcea Hampson, 1913 | | | Raphia buchanani Rothschild, 1921 | | | Roppa rhabdophora Hampson, 1910 | | | Siccia conformis Hampson, 1914 | | | Spodoptera metriodes (Bethune-Baker, 1911) | ⇒ Spodoptera littoralis Boisduval, 1833 | | Thacona tephraea Bethune-Baker, 1911 | | | Tricholoba minuta Kiriakoff, 1979 | | | Tricholoba unicolor Kiriakoff, 1979 | | | Ugia stigmaphora Hampson, 1926 | | | Xanthodonta minima Hampson, 1910 | |
Subnodes of Noctuoidea with occurrences in North Nigeria | Family | Erebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths, Underwings, Wasp Moths | 17
28 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Euteliidae
Grote, 1882
Euteliid Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Noctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Dagger moths, Miller Moths, Noctuid moths, Owlet Moths, Underwing moths, Underwings | 31
41 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nolidae
Hampson, 1894
Hatted Caterpillars, Nolid moths, Tuft moths, Tufted Moths | 3
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Notodontidae
Stephens, 1829
Bag Shelter Moths, Kitten moths, Kittens, Notodontid moths, Processionary Caterpillars, Prominent Moths, Prominents | 10
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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