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Checklist for Subtribe Syntomina Herrich-Schaeffer, 1846
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
49
1354
4084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
22
944
3149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
19
898
3067
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
487
1317
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
242
771
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyArctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths
100
364
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeSyntomini
Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
24
117
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeSyntomina
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1846
6
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ghana
6 Genera with 21 Species
Agaphthora Meyrick, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Amata Fabricius, 19108SpeciesTaxom
Callobalacra Walker, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Ceryx Wallengren, 1896Orange Spotted Tiger Moths4SpeciesTaxom
Meganaclia Aurivillius, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Myopsyche Hampson, 18983SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
21 Species
Agaphthora albimacula Walker, 1854
Agaphthora semihyalina Kirby, 1896
Amata basithyris Hampson, 1914
Amata cerbera Linnaeus, 1764
Amata creobota Holland, 1893
Amata jacksoni Rothschild, 1910
Amata kilimandjaronis Strand, 1917
Amata marginalis Walker, 1854
Amata marina Butler, 1876
Amata nigrobasalis Rothschild, 1910
Callobalacra rubrostriata Aurivillius, 1898
Ceryx albimacula Walker, 1854
Ceryx bivittata Walker, 1865
Ceryx cybelistis Holland, 1893
Ceryx semihyalina Kirby, 1896
Meganaclia johannae Ignatev & Sulak, 2023
Meganaclia perpusilla Walker, 1856
Meganaclia sippia Plötz, 1880
Myopsyche kivensis Dufrane, 1945
Myopsyche nigrita (Kiriakoff, 1961)⇒ Pseudothyretes nigrita Kiriakoff, 1961
Myopsyche notoplagia Hampson, 1898


Links, sources and further information
Syntomina at afromoths.net