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Erebid Moths Of Asia
The Erebidae are a 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); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth (''Gynaephora groenlandica''); fruit-piercing moths (Calpinae and others); micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae (for example, 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 white witch) to the smallest of the macromoths ( wingspan in some of the Micronoctuini). The coloration of the adults spans the full range of dull, drab, and camouflaged (e.g., ''Zale lunifera'' and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascalapha Odorata
The erebid moth ''Ascalapha odorata'', commonly known as the black witch, is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, normally ranging from the southern United States to Brazil. ''Ascalapha odorata'' is also migratory into Canada and most states of United States. It is the largest noctuoid in the continental United States. In the folklore of many Central and South American cultures, it is associated with death or misfortune. Physical description Female moths can attain a wingspan of 24 cm. The dorsal surfaces of their wings are mottled brown with hints of iridescent purple and pink, and, in females, crossed by a white bar. The diagnostic marking is a small spot on each forewing shaped like a number nine or a comma. This spot is often green with orange highlights. Males are somewhat smaller, reaching 12 cm in width, darker in color and lacking the white bar crossing the wings. The larva is a large caterpillar up to 7 cm in length with intricate patterns of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypeninae
The Hypeninae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. A notable species is '' Mecistoptera griseifusa'', Taxonomy The subfamily was previously classified in the family Noctuidae. Several genera that were previously classified in the subfamily have been moved to the Rivulinae and Boletobiinae subfamilies of 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 underwin ..., leaving the Hypeninae as a group of genera closely related to the type genus '' Hypena''. Genera *'' Aethalina'' *'' Arrade'' *'' Artigisa'' *'' Avirostrum'' *'' Britha'' *'' Calathusa'' *'' Catada'' *'' Catadoides'' *'' Colobochyla'' *'' Dichromia'' *'' Elaphristis'' *'' Epitripta'' *'' Esthlodora'' *'' Foveades'' *'' G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangraptinae
The Pangraptinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy Phylogenetic analysis only weakly supports the subfamily as a clade but determines that the clade containing the Aganainae, Herminiinae (litter moths), and Arctiinae (tiger and lichen moths) is most closely related. The Pangraptinae may be significantly revised after further study. Genera *'' Episparis'' *'' Gracilodes'' *'' Hyposemansis'' *''Ledaea ''Ledaea'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Herbert Druce in 1891. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of ''Spargaloma ''Spargaloma'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Ereb ...'' *'' Masca'' *'' Pangrapta'' References Moth subfamilies {{Pangraptinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocalinae
Hypocalinae is a subfamily of moths in the family 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 underwin .... Genera * '' Aon'' Neumögen, 1892 * '' Goniapteryx'' Perty, 1833 * '' Hypocala'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Hypsoropha'' Hübner, 1818 * '' Psammathodoxa'' Dyar, 1921 References Moth subfamilies {{Hypocalinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypenodinae
The Hypenodinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. Adult moths of most species of this subfamily lack small, ocellus, simple eyes near the large, compound eyes and have quadrifine (four-veined) hindwing cells. The Micronoctuini, micronoctuid moths are an exception because they possess simple eyes and bifine (two-veined) hindwing cells. Taxonomy Phylogenetic studies have shown that this subfamily should include the micronoctuid moths as a Micronoctuini tribe. Genera Tribe unassigned *''Anachrostis'' Hampson, 1893 *''Dasyblemma'' Dyar, 1923 *''Dyspyralis'' Warren, 1891 *''Hypenodes'' Doubleday, 1850 *''Luceria (moth), Luceria'' Walker, 1859 *''Parahypenodes'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 *''Schrankia'' Hübner, [1825] Tribe Micronoctuini * See Micronoctuini for subtribes and genera. References Hypenodinae, Moth subfamilies {{Hypenodinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulepidotinae
Eulepidotinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. Adult males in the subfamily have midtibial tufts of hairs. Adult females have the ostial opening located between the seventh and eighth abdominal sternites instead of located anteriorly on the seventh sternite. Taxonomy Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Eulepidotinae are closely related to the Hypocalinae, and a clade of these two subfamilies is closely related to the Calpinae. The classification of genera into tribes within the Eulepidotinae has not been resolved. Genera *''Anticarsia'' *''Athyrma'' *''Azeta'' *''Epitausa'' *''Ephyrodes'' *''Eulepidotis'' *''Goniocarsia'' *''Herminiocala'' *''Manbuta'' *''Massala (moth), Massala'' *''Metallata'' *''Obrima'' *''Panopoda'' *''Renodes'' *''Syllectra'' References Eulepidotinae, Moth subfamilies {{Eulepidotinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Boletobiinae
The Boletobiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae, containing about 956 species. The taxon was described by Achille Guenée in 1858. Taxonomy Phylogenetic analysis has determined that several subfamilies of the family Erebidae that have been proposed in entomological literature since 2005, including Araeopteroninae, Aventiinae, Boletobiinae, Eublemminae, and Phytometrinae, together form a strongly supported clade as an aggregated subfamily Boletobiinae. The tribe-level groupings of genera within this expanded subfamily Boletobiinae are a topic of continued study. Genera *'' Abacena'' *'' Acremma'' *'' Aglaonice'' *'' Allerastria'' *'' Araeopteron'' *'' Autoba'' *'' Bandelia'' *'' Calymma'' *'' Cecharismena'' *'' Cerynea'' *'' Condate'' *'' Corgatha'' *'' Enispa'' *'' Enispodes'' *'' Euaontia'' *'' Eublemma'' *'' Eublemmoides'' *'' Glympis'' *'' Hemeroplanis'' *'' Hiccoda'' *'' Homocerynea'' *'' Homodes'' *'' Honeyania'' *'' Hormoschista'' *'' Hypenagonia'' *'' Hy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anobinae
The Anobinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2005. Common morphological characteristics of Anobine moths include a dark head and prothoracic collar, lighter color on the thorax, and either bipectinate antennae or antennae with flagellomeral setae in males. Genera * '' Anoba'' – type genus * '' Baniana'' * '' Deinopa'' * '' Lephana'' * '' Marcipa'' * ''Plecoptera Plecoptera is an order (biology), order of insects commonly known as stoneflies. Some 3,500 species are described worldwide, with new species still being discovered. Stoneflies are found worldwide, except Antarctica. Stoneflies are believed to b ...'' * '' Rema'' References Moth subfamilies {{Anobinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aganainae
The Aganainae are a small subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The adults and caterpillars of this subfamily are typically large and brightly colored, like the related tiger moths. Many of the caterpillars feed on poisonous host plants and acquire toxic cardenolides that make them unpleasant to predators. Like the closely related litter moths, the adults have long, upturned labial palps, and the caterpillars have fully or mostly developed prolegs on the abdomen. The Aganainae are distributed across the tropics and subtropics of the Old World. Taxonomy The subfamily was formerly placed in the families Noctuidae and Arctiidae by some authors. Other authors ranked it as a family by the names Aganaidae or Hypsidae. Recent phylogenetic studies have shown that the Aganainae are most closely related to the Herminiinae (litter moths), and this pair of subfamilies is most closely related to the Arctiinae (tiger and lichen moths), all within the family Erebidae The Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litter Moth
The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushrooms of fungi as in the case of genus ''Idia''. Taxonomy The subfamily was previous treated as a separate family, Herminiidae, or as a subfamily of the family Noctuidae. Phylogenetic analysis has determined that the Herminiinae are most closely related to the subfamily Aganainae of the Erebidae. Genera *'' Aristaria'' *'' Bleptina'' *'' Carteris'' *'' Chytolita'' *'' Drepanopalpia'' *'' Herminia'' *'' Hydrillodes'' *'' Hypenula'' *''Idia'' *'' Lascoria'' *'' Kyneria'' *''Macristis'' *'' Macrochilo'' *'' Nodaria'' *'' Orectis'' *'' Palthis'' *'' Paracolax'' *''Phalaenophana'' *'' Phalaenostola'' *'' Phlyctaina'' *'' Physula'' *'' Polypogon'' *''Reabotis'' *''Redectis Redectis is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zale Lunifera
''Zale lunifera'', the bold-based zale or pine barrens zale, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It occurs primarily east and south of the Appalachian Mountains, from southern Maine south to Lee County, Mississippi, Mississippi and Florida. It is not known from south-eastern Virginia or South Carolina, but the species may occur in these regions. Lack of suitable habitat in Maryland and Delaware makes occurrence in these states unlikely. It also occurs inland to the mountains of Virginia and Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. In south-eastern Georgia it inhabits open, sandy pine-oak forest. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is 37–45 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and from July to Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
