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Checklist of Tribe Syntomini Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
for Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
501
7087
22038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
499
7082
22032
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
481
6999
21791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
301
5800
19585
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2170
7993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2168
7990
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
2164
7984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
28
1453
6107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
23
1331
5704
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
8
702
2734
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
355
1492
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyArctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths
158
654
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeSyntomini
Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
31
157
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
31 Genera with 157 Species
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Agaphthora Meyrick, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Amata Fabricius, 191024SpeciesTaxom
Anapisa Kiriakoff, 19638SpeciesTaxom
Apisa Walker, 19219SpeciesTaxom
Automolis Hübner, 18809SpeciesTaxom
Balacra Walker, 192319SpeciesTaxom
Callobalacra Walker, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Ceryx Wallengren, 1896Orange Spotted Tiger Moths4SpeciesTaxom
Collocaliodes Kiriakoff, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Compsochromia Walker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Epibalacra Walker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Epitoxis Wallengren, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Hampsonata de Freina, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Hippurarctia Kiriakoff, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Mecistorhabdia Walker, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Meganaclia Aurivillius, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Metamicroptera Hulstaert, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Metapiconoma Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Metarctia Walker, 191132SpeciesTaxom
Myopsyche Hampson, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Paramelisa Aurivillius, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Pseudapiconoma Walker, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Pseudodiptera Kaye, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonaclia Butler, 18473SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothyretes Dufrane, 19126SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdomarctia Hübner, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidarctia Kiriakoff, 19576SpeciesTaxom
Thyretarctia Strand, 19534SpeciesTaxom
Thyretes Boisduval, 19126SpeciesTaxom
Trichaeta Swinhoe, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Tritonaclia Hampson, 19011SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
157 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agaphthora crawshayi Hampson, 1901
Agaphthora semihyalina Kirby, 1896
Amata alicia Butler, 1876
Amata attenuata (Hampson, 1901)⇒ Amata chroma Swinhoe, 1892
Amata cerbera Linnaeus, 1764
Amata chloroscia Hampson, 1901
Amata cholmlei Hampson, 1907
Amata chrysozona Hampson, 1898
Amata congener Hampson, 1901
Amata consimilis Hampson, 1901
Amata cuprizonata Hampson, 1901
Amata dilateralis Hampson, 1898
Amata dissimilis Bethune-Baker, 1911
Amata francisa Butler, 1876
Amata goodii Holland, 1893
Amata kilimandjaronis Strand, 1917
Amata marina Butler, 1876
Amata marinoides Kiriakoff, 1954
Amata phoenicia Hampson, 1898
Amata polyxo Fawcett, 1918
Amata procridia Hampson, 1898
Amata rubritincta Hampson, 1903
Amata similis Le Cerf, 1922
Amata soror Le Cerf, 1922
Amata stenoptera Zerny, 1912
Amata williami Rothschild, 1910
Anapisa histrio Kiriakoff, 1953
Anapisa holobrunnea Talbot, 1932
Anapisa mabira (Holland, 1898)⇒ Anapisa melaleuca Holland, 1898
Anapisa mariae (Holland, 1898)⇒ Anapisa melaleuca Holland, 1898
Anapisa melaleuca Holland, 1898
Anapisa metarctiodes Hampson, 1907
Anapisa metarctioides (Hampson, 1907)⇒ Apisa metarctiodes Hampson, 1907
Anapisa monotonia (Kiriakoff, 1963)⇒ Anapisa holobrunnea Talbot, 1932
Apisa cana (Walker, 1855)⇒ Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Apisa fontainei Kiriakoff, 1959
Apisa histrio Kiriakoff, 1953
Apisa kamitugensis (Dufrane, 1945)⇒ Pseudothyretes kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945
Apisa kivensis (Dufrane, 1945)⇒ Myopsyche kivensis Dufrane, 1945
Apisa metarctiodes Hampson, 1907
Apisa microcanescens (Walker, 1855)⇒ Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Apisa subargentea Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Automolis chapini (Holland, 1920)⇒ Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898
Automolis diffusa (Druce, 1910)⇒ Hippurarctia ferrigera Druce, 1910
Automolis ferrigera (Druce, 1910)⇒ Hippurarctia ferrigera Druce, 1910
Automolis lateritia (Herrich-Schä..., 1855)⇒ Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Automolis meteus Stoll, 1781
Automolis pallida Hampson, 1901
Automolis subrosea Kiriakoff, 1957
Automolis unicolor (Oberthür, 1880)⇒ Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Balacra ashantica (Holland, 1893)⇒ Balacra similis Hulstaert, 1923
Balacra compsa Jordan, 1904
Balacra diaphana Kiriakoff, 1957
Balacra fenestrata Jordan, 1904
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
Balacra glagoessa (Aurivillius, 1892)⇒ Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra melaena Jordan, 1904
Balacra preussi Aurivillius, 1904
Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra rattrayi Rothschild, 1910
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
Balacra rubrostriata Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra similis Hulstaert, 1923
Balacra stigmatica Grünberg, 1907
Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Balacra testacea Aurivillius, 1881
Balacra umbra Druce, 1910
Balacra vitreata Rothschild, 1910
Balacra vitreigutta (Hulstaert, 1923)⇒ Epibalacra preussi Aurivillius, 1904
Callobalacra rubrostriata Aurivillius, 1898
Ceryx alberici (Dufrane, 1945)⇒ Pseudodiptera alberici Dufrane, 1945
Ceryx crawshayi Hampson, 1901
Ceryx fulvescens Walker, 1854
Ceryx semihyalina Kirby, 1896
Collocaliodes jansei (Kiriakoff, 1957)⇒ Metarctia jansei Kiriakoff, 1957
Compsochromia compsa Jordan, 1904
Epibalacra preussi Aurivillius, 1904
Epitoxis albicincta Hampson, 1903
Epitoxis ansorgei Rothschild, 1910
Epitoxis procridia Hampson, 1898
Hampsonata phoenicia Hampson, 1898
Hippurarctia bergeri (Kiriakoff, 1953)⇒ Hippurarctia ferrigera Druce, 1910
Hippurarctia ferrigera Druce, 1910
Hippurarctia overlaeti (Druce, 1910)⇒ Hippurarctia ferrigera Druce, 1910
Hippurarctia vicina (Druce, 1910)⇒ Hippurarctia ferrigera Druce, 1910
Mecistorhabdia burgessi (Kiriakoff, 1957)⇒ Mecistorhabdia haematoessa Holland, 1893
Mecistorhabdia haematoessa Holland, 1893
Meganaclia perpusilla Walker, 1856
Meganaclia sippia Plötz, 1880
Metamicroptera christophi Przybylowicz, 2005
Metapiconoma rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)⇒ Balacra rattrayi Rothschild, 1910
Metarctia benitensis Holland, 1893
Metarctia brunneoaurantiaca Kiriakoff, 1973
Metarctia burra Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Metarctia collocalia Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia flaviciliata Hampson, 1907
Metarctia flavicincta Aurivillius, 1900
Metarctia flavivena Hampson, 1901
Metarctia fulvia Hampson, 1901
Metarctia fusca Hampson, 1901
Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893
Metarctia haematricha Hampson, 1905
Metarctia hypomela Kiriakoff, 1956
Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892
Metarctia jansei Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia kenyae (Kiriakoff, 1957)⇒ Metarctia hypomela Kiriakoff, 1956
Metarctia lateritia Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Metarctia manfredi Fiebig, Lász..., 2023
Metarctia margaretha Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia metaleuca Hampson, 1914
Metarctia neaera (Fawcett, 1915)⇒ Metarctia fulvia Hampson, 1901
Metarctia orientalis (Kiriakoff, 1956)⇒ Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893
Metarctia paremphares Holland, 1893
Metarctia phaeoptera Hampson, 1909
Metarctia pinheyi (Kiriakoff, 1956)⇒ Metarctia schoutedeni Kiriakoff, 1953
Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898
Metarctia rufescens Walker, 1855
Metarctia sarcosoma Hampson, 1901
Metarctia schoutedeni Kiriakoff, 1953
Metarctia subpallens Kiriakoff, 1956
Metarctia tenebrosa Le Cerf, 1922
Metarctia unicolor Oberthür, 1880
Metarctia uniformis Bethune-Baker, 1911
Myopsyche kivensis Dufrane, 1945
Myopsyche nigrita (Kiriakoff, 1961)⇒ Pseudothyretes nigrita Kiriakoff, 1961
Paramelisa lophura Aurivillius, 1906
Pseudapiconoma testacea (Walker, 1856)⇒ Balacra testacea Aurivillius, 1881
Pseudodiptera alberici Dufrane, 1945
Pseudonaclia bifasciata Aurivillius, 1910
Pseudonaclia minor (Rothschild, 1910)⇒ Pseudonaclia puella Boisduval, 1847
Pseudonaclia puella Boisduval, 1847
Pseudothyretes carnea Hampson, 1898
Pseudothyretes erubescens Hampson, 1901
Pseudothyretes kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945
Pseudothyretes nigrita Kiriakoff, 1961
Pseudothyretes perpusilla Walker, 1856
Pseudothyretes rubicundula Strand, 1912
Rhabdomarctia rubrilineata Bethune-Baker, 1911
Rhipidarctia crameri Kiriakoff, 1961
Rhipidarctia forsteri Kiriakoff, 1953
Rhipidarctia pareclecta Holland, 1893
Rhipidarctia pareclecta pareclecta Holland, 1893
Rhipidarctia punctulata (Kiriakoff, 1963)⇒ Rhipidarctia forsteri Kiriakoff, 1953
Rhipidarctia unicolor (Kiriakoff, 1957)⇒ Rhipidarctia forsteri Kiriakoff, 1953
Thyretarctia brunneoaurantiaca Kiriakoff, 1973
Thyretarctia haematica Holland, 1893
Thyretarctia pinheyi Kiriakoff, 1956
Thyretarctia schoutedeni Kiriakoff, 1953
Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863
Thyretes misa (Oberthür, 1878)⇒ Thyretes caffra Wallengren, 1863
Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
Thyretes phasma (Oberthür, 1878)⇒ Thyrgis basipunctata Hering, 1926
Thyretes signivenis Hering, 1937
Thyretes trichaetiformis Zerny, 1912
Trichaeta burtti Distant, 1900
Trichaeta fulvescens Walker, 1854
Tritonaclia erubescense Hampson, 1901

Subnodes of Syntomini with occurrences in Kenya
SubtribeSyntomina
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1846
10
41
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeThyretina
Butler, 1876
African Maiden Moths
20
114
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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