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Checklist for Subtribe Thyretina Butler, 1876 (African Maiden Moths)
and region Equatorial Guinea (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
212
1672
3769
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
211
1671
3768
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
203
1628
3675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
139
1446
3405
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
43
698
1776
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
43
698
1776
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
43
698
1776
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
22
523
1450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
18
482
1394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
222
513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths
138
362
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyArctiinae
Leach, 1815
Ctenuchid moths, Lichen Moths, Scape moths, Tiger Moths
68
190
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeSyntomini
Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
27
100
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeThyretina
Butler, 1876
African Maiden Moths
19
71
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Equatorial Guinea
19 Genera with 71 Species
Anapisa Kiriakoff, 19125SpeciesTaxom
Apisa Walker, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Automolis Hübner, 18848SpeciesTaxom
Balacra Walker, 192324SpeciesTaxom
Cameroonia Przybylowicz, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Collartisa Strand, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Epibalacra Walker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Epitoxis Wallengren, 19125SpeciesTaxom
Hippurarctia Kiriakoff, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Mecistorhabdia Walker, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Melisa Walker, 19365SpeciesTaxom
Melisoides Strand, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Metarctia Walker, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Neophemula Kiriakoff, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Paramelisa Aurivillius, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Pseudapiconoma Walker, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothyretes Dufrane, 19125SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidarctia Kiriakoff, 18804SpeciesTaxom
Syntomerea Wallengren, 19121SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Equatorial Guinea
71 Species
Anapisa connexa Walker, 1854
Anapisa deannulata Strand, 1912
Anapisa melaleuca Holland, 1898
Anapisa monotica Holland, 1893
Anapisa ruficilla Strand, 1912
Apisa kivensis (Dufrane, 1945)⇒ Myopsyche kivensis Dufrane, 1945
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 pusillima Strand, 1912
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 damalis (Aurivillius, 1892)⇒ Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra distincta (Kiriakoff, 1953)⇒ Balacra belga Kiriakoff, 1954
Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra elegantissima Strand, 1912
Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
Balacra glagoessa (Aurivillius, 1892)⇒ Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra haemalea Holland, 1893
Balacra herona Druce, 1887
Balacra kivensis (Aurivillius, 1892)⇒ Balacra elegans Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra longimaculata (Strand, 1912)⇒ Balacra preussi Aurivillius, 1904
Balacra monotonia Strand, 1912
Balacra preussi Aurivillius, 1904
Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
Balacra similis Hulstaert, 1923
Balacra simplex (Aurivillius, 1925)⇒ Balacra monotonia Strand, 1912
Balacra simplicior (Kiriakoff, 1957)⇒ Balacra monotonia Strand, 1912
Balacra testacea Aurivillius, 1881
Balacra umbra Druce, 1910
Balacra vitreigutta (Hulstaert, 1923)⇒ Epibalacra preussi Aurivillius, 1904
Cameroonia nigriceps Aurivillius, 1904
Collartisa collartorum (Kiriakoff, 1953)⇒ Melisoides lobata Strand, 1912
Collartisa lobata Strand, 1912
Epibalacra preussi Aurivillius, 1904
Epitoxis albifrons Strand, 1912
Epitoxis myopsychoides Strand, 1912
Epitoxis nigra Hampson, 1903
Epitoxis procridia Hampson, 1898
Epitoxis typica Strand, 1912
Hippurarctia cinereoguttata Strand, 1912
Hippurarctia ferrigera Druce, 1910
Mecistorhabdia haematoessa Holland, 1893
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
Melisoides lobata Strand, 1912
Metarctia benitensis Holland, 1893
Metarctia rubripuncta Hampson, 1898
Neophemula vitrina Oberthür, 1909
Paramelisa bitjeana (Bethune-Baker, 1927)⇒ Melisoides lobata Strand, 1912
Pseudapiconoma testacea (Walker, 1856)⇒ Balacra testacea Aurivillius, 1881
Pseudothyretes carnea Hampson, 1898
Pseudothyretes nigrita Kiriakoff, 1961
Pseudothyretes obscurus Przybyłowic..., 2015
Pseudothyretes perpusilla Walker, 1856
Pseudothyretes rubicundula Strand, 1912
Rhipidarctia cornelia (Kiriakoff, 1957)⇒ Rhipidarctia flaviceps Hampson, 1898
Rhipidarctia flaviceps Hampson, 1898
Rhipidarctia pallidipes (Aurivillius, 1925)⇒ Rhipidarctia flaviceps Hampson, 1898
Rhipidarctia syntomia Plötz, 1880
Syntomerea typica (Strand, 1912)⇒ Epitoxis procridia Hampson, 1898