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Checklist for Subtribe Thyretina Butler, 1876 (African Maiden Moths)
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
 
TribeSyntomini
Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
16
63
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeThyretina
Butler, 1876
African Maiden Moths
10
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sierra Leone
10 Genera with 43 Species
Anapisa Kiriakoff, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Apisa Walker, 18937SpeciesTaxom
Balacra Walker, 195713SpeciesTaxom
Mecistorhabdia Walker, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Metarctia Walker, 19615SpeciesTaxom
Neophemula Kiriakoff, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothyretes Dufrane, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidarctia Kiriakoff, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Thyretarctia Strand, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Thyretes Boisduval, 19126SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sierra Leone
43 Species
Anapisa preussi Gaede, 1926
Anapisa tristigma Mabille, 1893
Apisa cana (Walker, 1855)⇒ Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Apisa cinereocostata (Holland, 1893)⇒ Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Apisa homoeorotica (Strand, 1917)⇒ Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Apisa microcanescens (Walker, 1855)⇒ Balacra tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Apisa subcanescens (Rothschild, 1910)⇒ Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
Apisa tristigma (Mabille, 1893)⇒ Antichloris panacea Druce, 1884
Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
Balacra conradti Oberthür, 1911
Balacra ehrmanni Holland, 1893
Balacra germana (Rothschild, 1912)⇒ Balacra micromacula Strand, 1920
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 tamsi Kiriakoff, 1957
Mecistorhabdia haematoessa Holland, 1893
Metarctia burra Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Metarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957
Metarctia haematica Holland, 1893
Metarctia inconspicua Holland, 1892
Metarctia sheljuzhkoi Kiriakoff, 1961
Neophemula vitrina Oberthür, 1909
Pseudothyretes kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945
Pseudothyretes obscurus Przybyłowic..., 2015
Pseudothyretes perpusilla Walker, 1856
Rhipidarctia crameri Kiriakoff, 1961
Rhipidarctia erubescens Walker, 1865
Rhipidarctia invaria Walker, 1856
Thyretarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957
Thyretarctia haematica Holland, 1893
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