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Checklist of Tribe Syntomini Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
for Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9368
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8173
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
 


Genera for Ghana
24 Genera with 117 Species
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Agaphthora Meyrick, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Amata Fabricius, 19108SpeciesTaxom
Anapisa Kiriakoff, 19046SpeciesTaxom
Apisa Walker, 192110SpeciesTaxom
Automolis Hübner, 18849SpeciesTaxom
Balacra Walker, 188126SpeciesTaxom
Callobalacra Walker, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Ceryx Wallengren, 1896Orange Spotted Tiger Moths4SpeciesTaxom
Hemirhipidia Kiriakoff, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Hippurarctia Kiriakoff, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Mecistorhabdia Walker, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Meganaclia Aurivillius, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Melisa Walker, 19365SpeciesTaxom
Metamicroptera Hulstaert, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Metarctia Walker, 18989SpeciesTaxom
Myopsyche Hampson, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Neophemula Kiriakoff, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Paramelisa Aurivillius, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pseudapiconoma Walker, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothyretes Dufrane, 19127SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidarctia Kiriakoff, 195712SpeciesTaxom
Takwa Kiriakoff, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Thyretarctia Strand, 18934SpeciesTaxom
Thyretes Boisduval, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
117 Species and 2 Subspecies
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
Anapisa connexa Walker, 1854
Anapisa holobrunnea Talbot, 1932
Anapisa melaleuca Holland, 1898
Anapisa monotica Holland, 1893
Anapisa sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1904
Anapisa sjostedti Aurivillius, 1904
Apisa bourgognei Kiriakoff, 1952
Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Apisa cinereocostata (Holland, 1893)⇒ Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Apisa holobrunnea (Talbot, 1932)⇒ Anapisa holobrunnea Talbot, 1932
Apisa kamitugensis (Dufrane, 1945)⇒ Pseudothyretes kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945
Apisa kivensis (Dufrane, 1945)⇒ Myopsyche kivensis Dufrane, 1945
Apisa nyasae (Rothschild, 1910)⇒ Apisa subargentea Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Apisa rendalli Rothschild, 1910
Apisa sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1904
Apisa subargentea Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Automolis cinereoguttata Strand, 1912
Automolis congonis (Mabille, 1884)⇒ Rhipidarctia syntomia Plötz, 1880
Automolis fuscorufescens (Mabille, 1884)⇒ Rhipidarctia syntomia Plötz, 1880
Automolis hampsoni (Mabille, 1884)⇒ Rhipidarctia syntomia Plötz, 1880
Automolis lateritiola (Mabille, 1884)⇒ Rhipidarctia syntomia Plötz, 1880
Automolis opobensis (Mabille, 1884)⇒ Rhipidarctia syntomia Plötz, 1880
Automolis pallida Hampson, 1901
Automolis rosea (Mabille, 1884)⇒ Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898
Automolis subulva Mabille, 1884
Balacra ashantica (Holland, 1893)⇒ Balacra similis Hulstaert, 1923
Balacra batesi Druce, 1910
Balacra belga Kiriakoff, 1954
Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
Balacra conradti Oberthür, 1911
Balacra distincta (Kiriakoff, 1953)⇒ Balacra belga Kiriakoff, 1954
Balacra ehrmanni Holland, 1893
Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
Balacra furva Hampson, 1911
Balacra germana (Rothschild, 1912)⇒ Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
Balacra haemalea Holland, 1893
Balacra herona Druce, 1887
Balacra humphreyi Rothschild, 1912
Balacra inflammata (Hampson, 1914)⇒ Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
Balacra intermedia (Rothschild, 1912)⇒ Balacra jaensis Bethune-Baker, 1927
Balacra jaensis Bethune-Baker, 1927
Balacra magna (Hulstaert, 1923)⇒ Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
Balacra ochracea (Walker, 1869)⇒ Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
Balacra preussi Aurivillius, 1904
Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
Balacra rubrostriata Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra similis Hulstaert, 1923
Balacra testacea Aurivillius, 1881
Callobalacra rubrostriata Aurivillius, 1898
Ceryx albimacula Walker, 1854
Ceryx bivittata Walker, 1865
Ceryx cybelistis Holland, 1893
Ceryx semihyalina Kirby, 1896
Hemirhipidia danieli Kiriakoff, 1955
Hippurarctia cinereoguttata Strand, 1912
Hippurarctia judith Kiriakoff, 1959
Mecistorhabdia haematoessa Holland, 1893
Meganaclia johannae Ignatev & Sulak, 2023
Meganaclia perpusilla Walker, 1856
Meganaclia sippia Plötz, 1880
Melisa atavistis (Hampson, 1911)⇒ Melisa croceipes Aurivillius, 1892
Melisa croceipes Aurivillius, 1892
Melisa diptera Walker, 1854
Melisa grandis (Holland, 1893)⇒ Mesocerea distincta Rothschild, 1911
Melisa hancocki Jordan, 1936
Metamicroptera christophi Przybylowicz, 2005
Metarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900
Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893
Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892
Metarctia kumasina Strand, 1920
Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893
Metarctia priscilla Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia przybylowiczi Ochse, 2017
Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898
Myopsyche kivensis Dufrane, 1945
Myopsyche nigrita (Kiriakoff, 1961)⇒ Pseudothyretes nigrita Kiriakoff, 1961
Myopsyche notoplagia Hampson, 1898
Neophemula vitrina Oberthür, 1909
Neophemula vitrina vitrina Oberthür, 1909
Paramelisa lophuroides Oberthür, 1911
Pseudapiconoma testacea (Walker, 1856)⇒ Balacra testacea Aurivillius, 1881
Pseudothyretes carnea Hampson, 1898
Pseudothyretes kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945
Pseudothyretes nigrita Kiriakoff, 1961
Pseudothyretes obscurus Przybyłowic..., 2015
Pseudothyretes perpusilla Walker, 1856
Pseudothyretes rubicundula Strand, 1912
Rhipidarctia conradti Oberthür, 1911
Rhipidarctia crameri Kiriakoff, 1961
Rhipidarctia danieli (Kiriakoff, 1955)⇒ Rhipidarctia postrosea Rothschild, 1913
Rhipidarctia invaria Walker, 1856
Rhipidarctia lutea Holland, 1893
Rhipidarctia pareclecta Holland, 1893
Rhipidarctia pareclecta acuta Ochse, 2017
Rhipidarctia postrosea Rothschild, 1913
Rhipidarctia rubrovitta Aurivillius, 1904
Rhipidarctia subminiata Kiriakoff, 1959
Rhipidarctia syntomia Plötz, 1880
Rhipidarctia xenops Kiriakoff, 1957
Takwa xenops (Kiriakoff, 1957)⇒ Robinsonia bartolana Laguerre & E..., 2006
Thyretarctia atewana Ochse, 2017
Thyretarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957
Thyretarctia fusca Ochse, 2017
Thyretarctia haematica Holland, 1893
Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878

Subnodes of Syntomini with occurrences in Ghana
SubtribeSyntomina
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1846
6
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeThyretina
Butler, 1876
African Maiden Moths
18
96
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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