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Checklist for Tribe Ophiderini Guenée, 1852
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
101
8059
57615
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
99
8043
57561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
96
8020
57386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
32
4987
38775
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
26
4502
35706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
8
2629
19237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
1133
9573
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCalpinae
Boisduval, 1840
Fruit-piercing Moths
32
252
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeOphiderini
Guenée, 1852
4
68
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
4 Genera with 68 Species
Deinypena Holland, 194017SpeciesTaxom
Episparis Walker, 192630SpeciesTaxom
Eudocima Billberg, 177715SpeciesTaxom
Hemiceratoides Strand, 19766SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
68 Species
Deinypena apicata Hampson, 1910
Deinypena bifasciata Gaede, 1940
Deinypena biplagalis Viette, 1954
Deinypena bipunctata Gaede, 1940
Deinypena congoana Gaede, 1940
Deinypena ereboides Holland, 1894
Deinypena fulvida Holland, 1920
Deinypena lacista Holland, 1894
Deinypena laportei Berio, 1974
Deinypena lathetica Holland, 1894
Deinypena marginepunctata Holland, 1894
Deinypena morosa (Holland, 1920)⇒ Deinypena pallidior Holland, 1920
Deinypena nyasana Hampson, 1926
Deinypena obscura Holland, 1920
Deinypena pallidior Holland, 1920
Deinypena ranomafana Viette, 1966
Deinypena subapicalis Gaede, 1940
Episparis agnesae Pelletier, 1982
Episparis brunoi Pelletier, 1982
Episparis charassota (Hampson, 1926)⇒ Episparis gomphiona Hampson, 1926
Episparis connubens Holland, 1894
Episparis emmanueli Pelletier, 1982
Episparis farinosa Bryk, 1915
Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
Episparis gomphiona Hampson, 1926
Episparis grandis Pelletier, 1982
Episparis hannemanni Pelletier, 1982
Episparis heiroglyphica Holland, 1894
Episparis hieroglyphica Holland, 1894
Episparis homoeosema Hampson, 1926
Episparis hyalinata Holland, 1920
Episparis lamprima Holland, 1894
Episparis leucotessellis Hampson, 1902
Episparis lunata Holland, 1894
Episparis malagasy Viette, 1966
Episparis occidentis Viette, 1966
Episparis penetrata Walker, 1857
Episparis pyrocausta (Hampson, 1926)⇒ Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
Episparis semicaecata (Berio, 1964)⇒ Episparis farinosa Bryk, 1915
Episparis sinistra Holland, 1894
Episparis spilothyris Viette, 1956
Episparis sponsata Fabricius, 1787
Episparis sublibatrix (Bryk, 1915)⇒ Episparis taiwana Wileman & West, 1929
Episparis sylvani Pelletier, 1982
Episparis taiwana Wileman & West, 1929
Episparis vitrea Saalmüller, 1891
Episparis xanthographa Hampson, 1926
Eudocima (Elygea) materna Linnaeus, 1767Dot underwing moth
Eudocima (Othreis) fullonia (Linnaeus, 1763)⇒ Othreis fullonia Linnaeus, 1763
Eudocima (Othreis) phalonia Linnaeus, 1763
Eudocima (Othreis) pomona Cramer, 1776
Eudocima afrikana Borth & Kons, 2022
Eudocima banakus Plötz, 1880
Eudocima boseae Saalmüller, 1880
Eudocima cajeta Cramer, 1775
Eudocima chalcogramma (Walker, 1865)⇒ Eudocima materna Linnaeus, 1767
Eudocima divitiosa Walker, 1869
Eudocima euryzona Hampson, 1926
Eudocima formosa Griveaud & V..., 1960
Eudocima imperator (Boisduval, 1833)⇒ Othreis imperator Boisduval, 1833
Eudocima lequeuxi Brou & Zilli, 2016
Eudocima procus Cramer, 1777
Hemiceratoides avimolestum Zilli, Barbu..., 2024
Hemiceratoides hieroglyphica Saalmüller, 1891
Hemiceratoides ornithopotis Zilli, Barbu..., 2024
Hemiceratoides sittaca Karsch, 1896
Hemiceratoides thisbe Fawcett, 1918
Hemiceratoides vadoni (Viette, 1976)⇒ Hemiceratoides hieroglyphica Saalmüller, 1891


Links, sources and further information
Ophiderini at itis.gov