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Checklist for Subtribe Spilosomina Kirby, 1892
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
314
3514
7841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
3513
7840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
302
3456
7694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
209
2933
6972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
23
828
2578
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
18
763
2455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
5
390
929
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
193
551
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyArctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths
78
222
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeArctiini
Leach, 1815
Tiger Moths
32
80
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeSpilosomina
Kirby, 1892
19
46
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sierra Leone
19 Genera with 46 Species
Acantharctia Aurivillius, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Afraloa Dubatolov, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Afromurzinia Dubatolov & ..., 18551SpeciesTaxom
Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Aloa Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Alpenus Walker, 17814SpeciesTaxom
Amsacta Walker, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Binna Walker, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Creatonotos Hübner, 18559SpeciesTaxom
Disparctia de Toulgoët, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Epilacydes Butler, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Estigmene Hübner, 1910Ermine Moths5SpeciesTaxom
Eyralpenus Butler, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Logunovium Dubatolov, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Monstruncusarctia Dubatolov & ..., 18931SpeciesTaxom
Paralpenus A. Watson, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoradiarctia P.G. Haynes, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Radiarctia Dubatolov, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Spilosoma Curtis, 190310SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sierra Leone
46 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acantharctia lacteata (Rothschild, 1933)⇒ Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935
Acantharctia mundata Walker, 1865
Acantharctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935
Afraloa bifurca Walker, 1855
Afromurzinia lutescens Walker, 1855
Afrowatsonius marginalis Walker, 1855
Aloa marginalis (Walker, 1855)⇒ Creatonotos ramivitta Walker, 1855
Alpenus investigatorum Karsch, 1898
Alpenus kordofanus Stoll, 1781
Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)⇒ Alpenus kordofanus Stoll, 1781
Alpenus maculosus Stoll, 1781
Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
Binna penicillata Walker, 1865
Binna scita (Walker, 1865)⇒ Pseudoradiarctia scita Walker, 1865
Creatonotos albidior (Holland, 1893)⇒ Creatonotos defasciata Holland, 1893
Creatonotos brunnipennis (Bartel, 1903)⇒ Creatonotos defasciata Holland, 1893
Creatonotos confluens Walker, 1855
Creatonotos defasciata Holland, 1893
Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
Creatonotos leucanioides defasciata Strand, 1919
Creatonotos leucanioides leucanioides Holland, 1893
Creatonotos marginalis (Walker, 1855)⇒ Afrowatsonius marginalis Walker, 1855
Creatonotos ramivitta Walker, 1855
Disparctia vittata Druce, 1898
Epilacydes scita Walker, 1865
Epilacydes unilinea Rothschild, 1910
Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907
Estigmene ochreomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1909
Estigmene scita (Walker, 1864)⇒ Epilacydes scita Walker, 1865
Estigmene senegalensis (Rothschild, 1933)⇒ Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
Estigmene unilinea (Rothschild, 1910)⇒ Epilacydes unilinea Rothschild, 1910
Eyralpenus (Pareyralpenus) quadrilunata Hampson, 1901
Logunovium nigricosta Holland, 1893
Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca Holland, 1893
Paralpenus flavicosta Hampson, 1909
Pseudoradiarctia affinis Bartel, 1903
Pseudoradiarctia scita Walker, 1865
Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1855)⇒ Afromurzinia lutescens Walker, 1855
Spilosoma affinis (Bartel, 1903)⇒ Pseudoradiarctia affinis Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)⇒ Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca Holland, 1893
Spilosoma batesi Rothschild, 1910
Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
Spilosoma lutescens (Walker, 1855)⇒ Afromurzinia lutescens Walker, 1855
Spilosoma occidens Rothschild, 1910
Spilosoma occidens occidens Rothschild, 1910
Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901)⇒ Eyralpenus quadrilunata Hampson, 1901
Spilosoma semihyalina (Bartel, 1903)⇒ Afromurzinia lutescens Walker, 1855


Links, sources and further information
Spilosomina at afromoths.net
Spilosomina at itis.gov