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Hypopyrini
The Hypopyrini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Genera *'' Cometaster'' *'' Hexamitoptera'' *''Hypopyra'' *''Spirama ''Spirama'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Antennae usually minutely fasciculate (bundled) in the male. The tibia is not hairy and mid-tibia spined. Palpi w ...'' References Erebinae Moth tribes {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cometaster
''Cometaster'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1913. Its only species, ''Cometaster pyrula'', the faint owl moth or ying-yang moth, was first described by Carl Heinrich Hopffer in 1857."''Cometaster pyrula'' (Hopffer, 1857)" ''African Moths''. Retrieved 9 December 2019. Distribution It is found in and , mainly in |
Erebinae
The Erebinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Erebine moths are found on all continents except Antarctica, but reach their greatest diversity in the tropics. While the exact number of species belonging to the Erebinae is not known, the subfamily is estimated to include around 10,000 species. Some well-known Erebinae include underwing moths (''Catocala'') and witch moths (Thermesiini). Many of the species in the subfamily have medium to large wingspans (7 to 10 cm, 3 to 4 inches), up to nearly 30 cm in the white witch moth (''Thysania agrippina''), which has the widest wingspan of all Lepidoptera. Erebine caterpillars feed on a broad range of plants; many species feed on Poaceae, grasses and legumes, and a few are pests of Ricinus, castor bean, sugarcane, rice, as well as pistachios and Blackberry, blackberries. Morphology Erebine moths possess a number of adaptations for predator defense. Most Erebinae, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hexamitoptera
''Hexamitoptera'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, ''Hexamitoptera lawinda'', is found in Indonesia (Nias, Sumatra), Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda .... The habitat consists of lowland dipterocarp forests. Both the genus and the species were first described by Pagenstecher in 1885. References Moths described in 1885 Hypopyrini Monotypic moth genera {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypopyra
''Hypopyra'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species *'' Hypopyra africana'' (Kirby, 1896) *''Hypopyra allardi ''Hypopyra allardi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and Tanzania (Zanzibar Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located i ...'' (Oberthür, 1878) (syn: ''Hypopyra leucochiton'' (Mabille, 1884)) *'' Hypopyra burmanica'' (Hampson, 1913) *'' Hypopyra capensis'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 *'' Hypopyra carneotincta'' (Hampson, 1913) *'' Hypopyra configurans'' Walker, 1858 *'' Hypopyra contractipennis'' (de Joannis, 1912) *'' Hypopyra feniseca'' Guenée, 1852 *'' Hypopyra guttata'' Wallengren, 1856 *'' Hypopyra lactipex'' (Hampson, 1913) *'' Hypopyra malgassica'' Mabille, 1878 *'' Hypopyra megalesia'' Mabille, 1879 (syn: ''Hypopyra bosei'' Saalmüller, 1880) *'' Hypopyra meridionalis'' (Hampson, 1913) *'' Hypopyra ochracea'' (Candeze, 1927) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirama
''Spirama'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Antennae usually minutely fasciculate (bundled) in the male. The tibia is not hairy and mid-tibia spined. Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint naked. Thorax and abdomen smoothly clothed with hair. Forewings with nearly rectangular apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from the lower angle of the cell, which is rather short. Defensive display Some of the species, such as ''Spirama helicina, S. helicina'', ''Spirama indenta, S. indenta'', ''Spirama recessa, S. recessa'', ''Spirama remota, S. remota'' and ''Spirama sumbana, S. sumbana'', have a pattern on the wings that looks like the frontal view of the face of a snake with a slightly opened mouth. This pattern is more clearly discernible in females. It may intimidate potential predators and dissuade them from attacking.John L. Capinera, ''Encyclopedia of Entomology'', Volume 4, p. 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxa ranked above species are capitalized, including both tribe and subtribe. In zoology, the standard ending for the name of a zoological tribe is "-ini". Examples include the tribes Caprini (goat-antelopes), Hominini (hominins), Bombini (bumblebees), and Thunnini (tunas). The tribe Hominini is divided into subtribes by some scientists; subtribe Hominina then comprises "humans". The standard ending for the name of a zoological subtribe is "-ina". In botany, the standard ending for the name of a botanical tribe is "-eae". Examples include the tribes Acalypheae and Hyacintheae. The tribe Hyacintheae is divided into subtribes, including the subtribe Massoniinae. The standard ending for the name of a botanical subtribe is "-inae". In bacteriology, the form of tribe names is as in botany, e.g., Pseudomonadeae, based on the ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) and neither subordinate taxon is used in modern classifications. Moths make up the vast majority of the order. There are approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, although there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia, and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (''Catocala''); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, footman and wasp moths (Arctiinae (erebid moths), Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth (''Gynaephora groenlandica''); fruit-piercing moths (Calpinae and others); micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zale (moth), zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae (for example, Crambidae, crambid snout moths). Some of the erebid moths are called owlets. The sizes of the adults range from among the largest of all moths (around wingspan in the Thysania agrippina, white witch) to the smallest of the macromoths ( wingspan in some of the Micronoctuini). The coloration of the adu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
