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Checklist of Superfamily Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 (Moths)
for West India (India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
263
1708
2833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
262
1707
2832
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
245
1640
2723
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
148
1243
2076
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
38
595
957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
38
595
957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
37
594
956
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
18
432
704
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
16
426
696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
5
162
200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West India
6 Families width 200 Species and 1 Subspecies
Erebidae Leach, 1815Erebid Moths0SpeciesTaxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809Armyworms0SpeciesTaxom
Nolidae Hampson, 1894Hatted Caterpillars0SpeciesTaxom
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829Bag Shelter Moths0SpeciesTaxom
Yponomeutidae Stephens, 1829Ermine Moths0SpeciesTaxom
Euteliidae Grote, 1882Euteliid Moths0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West India
200 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acantholipes circumdata Walker, 1858
Acantholipes trajecta Walker, 1865
Achaea janata Linnaeus, 1758Caster oil looper
Achaea mercatoria Fabricius, 1775
Adisura leucanioides (Moore, 1881)⇒ Adisura bella Gaede, 1915
Aegocera bimacula Walker, 1854
Aegocera venulia Cramer, 1777
Aemene taprobanis Walker, 1854
Aloa lactinea Cramer, 1777Red costate tiger moth
Amata cyssea Stoll, 1782
Amata extensa Walker, 1866
Amata passalis Fabricius, 1781
Amata phegea Linnaeus, 1758Nine-spotted
Amerila astreus Drury, 1773
Anarta (Calocestra) trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)⇒ Nutmeg trifolii Hufnagel, 1766
Anoba pectinata Hampson, 1896
Anomis combinans Walker, 1857
Anomis flava Fabricius, 1775Cotton Looper
Antheua servula Drury, 1773
Anua coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
Arctornis cygna Moore, 1879
Argina astrea Drury, 1773Crotalaria pod borer
Aroa clara Swinhoe, 1885
Arsacia rectalis Walker, 1863
Artaxa guttata Walker, 1855
Artena dotata Fabricius, 1794
Artena submira Walker, 1858
Asota caricae Fabricius, 1775Tropical Tiger Moth
Asota ficus Fabricius, 1775
Asota plana Walker, 1854
Ataboruza divisa Walker, 1862
Attatha regalis Moore, 1872
Axylia sicca (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Diarsia sicca Guenée, 1852
Azazia rubricans Boisduval, 1833
Bastilla fulvotaenia Guenée, 1852
Bastilla joviana Stoll, 1782
Beana terminigera Walker, 1858
Bireta (Bireta) longivitta Walker, 1856Insidious flower bug
Bocana manifestalis Walker, 1859Moth
Brithys crini Fabricius, 1775Amaryllis Borer
Calesia stillifera Felder, 1874
Calliteara grotei Moore, 1859
Callyna costiplaga Moore, 1885
Callyna monoleuca Walker, 1858
Carea angulata Fabricius, 1793
Catephia linteola (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Nagia linteola Guenée, 1852
Ceryx imaon (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Ceryx godartii Boisduval, 1829
Chalciope mygdon Cramer, 1777
Chamaita nympha Moore, 1887
Chasmina fasciculosa Walker, 1858
Chrysodeixis (Chrysodeixis) acuta Walker, 1858Tomato Looper
Chrysodeixis (Chrysodeixis) eriosoma Doubleday, 1843Cabbage semi-looper
Chrysopera combinans Walker, 1857
Condica andrena Smith, 1911Rough triggerfish
Condica illecta Walker, 1865Cutworm
Creatonotos (Phissama) transiens Walker, 1855
Creatonotos gangis Linnaeus, 1767Hairy caterpillar
Crithote horridipes Walker, 1864
Cryptothripa occulta Swinhoe, 1885
Ctenoplusia (Ctenoplusia) furcifera Walker, 1857
Cyana dudgeoni Hampson, 1895
Cyana peregrina Walker, 1854
Cyana puella Drury, 1773
Desmoloma chironomus Dyar, 1910
Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885
Dichromia sagitta Fabricius, 1775
Diduga flavicostata Snellen, 1879
Dierna patibulum Fabricius, 1794
Diomea rotundata Walker, 1857
Donda eurychlora (Walker, 1858)⇒ Donda continentalis Behounek , H..., 2012
Dysgonia algira Linnaeus, 1767Passenger
Dysgonia latifascia Warren, 1888
Earias flavida Felder, 1861
Earias vittella Fabricius, 1794Cotton spotted bollworm
Egnasia ephyrodalis Walker, 1858
Egnasia mesotypa Swinhoe, 1906
Eilema antica (Walker, 1854)⇒ Eilema anticum Walker, 1854
Enispa elateria
Entomogramma torsa Guenée, 1852
Episparis liturata Fabricius, 1787
Episteme adulatrix Kollar, 1844
Ercheia cyllaria Cramer, 1782
Erebus ephesperis Hübner, 1827
Erebus hieroglyphica Drury, 1773
Ericeia epitheca Swinhoe, 1915
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Etanna breviuscula Walker, 1863Pigeonpea Pod Borer
Eublemma accedens (Wallengren, 1863)⇒ Eublemma anachoresis Wallengren, 1863
Eublemma baccalix Swinhoe, 1886
Eublemma parvula (Moore, 1881)⇒ Eublemma exigua Walker, 1858
Eublemma roseana Moore, 1881
Euchromia polymena Linnaeus, 1758
Eudocima (Elygea) materna Linnaeus, 1767Dot underwing moth
Eudocima (Eudocima) salaminia Cramer, 1777Fruit-piercing moth
Eudocima (Othreis) phalonia Linnaeus, 1763
Eupatula macrops (Linnaeus, 1768)⇒ Erebus walkeri Butler, 1875
Eustrotia marginata Moore, 1881
Fodina stola Guenée, 1852
Gabala polyspilalis Walker, 1865
Gampola fasciata Moore, 1878
Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
Goniocraspedon mistura Swinhoe, 1891
Grammodes geometrica Fabricius, 1775
Grammodes stolida Fabricius, 1775Geometrician
Hamodes propitia Guérin, 1830
Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, 1805African cotton bollworm
Helicoverpa assulta Guenée, 1852Cape gooseberry budworm
Helicoverpa succinea (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Helicoverpa assulta Guenée, 1852
Heliothis (Heliothis) peltigera Denis & Schi..., 1775Bordered Straw
Herminia jacchusalis (Walker, 1859)⇒ Zanclognatha jacchusalis Walker, 1859
Homodes vivida Guenée, 1852Sonoran Banded-Skipper
Hulodes caranea Cramer, 1780
Hulodes drylla Guenée, 1852
Hyalurga ergolis Walker, 1854
Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859Hypena moth
Hypocala deflorata Fabricius, 1794Moth
Hypocala violacea Butler, 1879
Hypopyra vespertilio Fabricius, 1787
Kamalia kandyia Moore, 1883
Leptosia nina Fabricius, 1793Black-spotted White
Leptosia nina nina Fabricius, 1793Psyche
Lopharthrum comprimens Walker, 1858
Luceria oculalis Moore, 1877
Lymantria (Nyctria) grandis Walker, 1855
Maliattha signifera Walker, 1857
Masalia depicta Swinhoe, 1891
Maurilia iconica Walker, 1858
Metopta rectifasciata Ménétriés, 1863
Mimeusemia davidsoni Swinhoe, 1899
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Neochera dominia Walker, 1854
Neodrymonia basalis Moore, 1879
Netria viridescens Walker, 1855
Nyctemera (Nyctemera) lacticinia Cramer, 1777
Nygmia icilia Stoll, 1790
Nygmia plana Walker, 1856
Oeonistis altica Bethune-Baker, 1904
Oeonistis entella (Cramer, 1779)⇒ Oeonistis altica Bethune-Baker, 1904
Olene mendosa Hübner, 1823Brown Tussock Moth
Olepa ricini Fabricius, 1775
Ophiusa coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
Ophiusa disjungens Walker, 1858Guava moth
Ophiusa tirhaca Cramer, 1773Green drab
Ophiusa trapezium Guenée, 1852
Ophiusa triphaenoides Walker, 1858
Oraesia argyrosigna Moore, 1884
Oraesia emarginata Fabricius, 1794Small oresia
Orgyia postica Walker, 1855Cocoa Tussock Moth
Orvasca subnotata Walker, 1865
Othreis homaena (Hübner, 1827)⇒ Eudocima homaena Hübner, 1816
Padenia transversa Walker, 1854
Pangrapta obscurata Butler, 1879
Pantydia moolla Swinhoe, 1885
Paracrama dulcissima Walker, 1864
Parallelia onelia Guenée, 1852
Paraona splendens Butler, 1877
Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders, 1844Bollworm
Penicillaria jocosatrix Guenée, 1852Largae mango tip borer
Pericallia matherana (Moore, 1879)⇒ Pangora matherana Moore, 1879
Pericyma cruegeri Butler, 1886Poinciana Looper
Perina nuda Fabricius, 1787
Phalera grotei Moore, 1859
Plecoptera resistens Walker, 1858
Polydesma boarmoides Guenée, 1852Moth
Polytela gloriosae Fabricius, 1781
Prospalta dolorosa Walker, 1865
Pseudoblabes oophora Zeller, 1853
Psimada quadripennis Walker, 1858
Rema tetraspila Walker, 1865
Remigia mayeri (Boisduval, 1834)⇒ Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Rhesala imparata Hampson, 1858
Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881
Risoba prominens Moore, 1881
Saroba pustulifera Walker, 1865
Selepa celtis Moore, 1858Hairy caterpillar
Serrodes campana (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Serrodes partita Fabricius, 1775
Spatalia argentifera Walker, 0
Sphingomorpha chlorea Cramer, 1777
Sphragifera rejecta Fabricius, 1775
Spilosoma congrua Walker, 1855Agreeable Tiger Moth
Spirama helicina Hübner, 1827
Spirama retorta Clerck, 1764Indian Owlet-moth
Spodoptera exigua Hübner, 1808African armyworm
Spodoptera litura Fabricius, 1775Armyworm
Spodoptera mauritia Boisduval, 1833Grass armyworm
Stenoshachia bipartita Matsumura, 1925
Sympis rufibasis Guenée, 1852
Systropha chrysura (Perez, 1905)⇒ Systropha planidens Giraud, 1861
Thysanoplusia (Thysanoplusia) orichalcea Fabricius, 1775Golden Plusia
Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer, 1779Chaciope Deliana
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) lotrix Cramer, 1779Arctiinae Moth
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Utetheisa callima Linnaeus, 1758
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchelloides Hampson, 1907Crimson Spotted Moth
Westermannia superba Hübner, 1823
Xanthodes albago Fabricius, 1794
Xanthodes intersepta Guenée, 1852
Xanthodes transversa Guenée, 1852
Xanthograpta trilatalis Walker, 1865
Zonoplusia ochreata Walker, 1865
Zurobata vacillans Walker, 1864

Subnodes of Noctuoidea with occurrences in West India
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths, Underwings, Wasp Moths
93
121
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEuteliidae
Grote, 1882
Euteliid Moths
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Dagger moths, Miller Moths, Noctuid moths, Owlet Moths, Underwing moths, Underwings
47
56
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNolidae
Hampson, 1894
Hatted Caterpillars, Nolid moths, Tuft moths, Tufted Moths
12
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNotodontidae
Stephens, 1829
Bag Shelter Moths, Kitten moths, Kittens, Notodontid moths, Processionary Caterpillars, Prominent Moths, Prominents
9
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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