''Balacra'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s 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 ...
.
Species
* ''
Balacra affinis''
Rothschild, 1910
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Balacra alberici''
(Dufrane, 1945)
* ''
Balacra aurivilliusi''
Kiriakoff, 1957
* ''
Balacra basilewskyi''
Kiriakoff, 1953
* ''
Balacra batesi''
Druce, 1910
* ''
Balacra belga''
Kiriakoff, 1954
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Balacra brunnea''
Grünberg, 1907
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Balacra caeruleifascia
''Balacra caeruleifascia'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and
Togo
...
''
Walker, 1856
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Balacra compsa''
Jordan, 1904
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Balacra conradti''
Oberthür, 1911
* ''
Balacra daphaena''
Hampson, 1898
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Balacra diaphana''
Kiriakoff, 1957
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Balacra distincta''
Kiriakoff, 1953
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Balacra ehrmanni''
Holland, 1893
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Balacra elegans
''Balacra elegans'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1892 and is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Uganda and Zambia
Zambia, official ...
''
Aurivillius, 1892
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Balacra flava''
Przybylowicz, 2013
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Balacra flavimacula''
Walker, 1856
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Balacra fontainei''
Kiriakoff, 1953
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Balacra furva
''Balacra furva'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1911. It is found in Ghana and Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on th ...
''
Hampson, 1911
* ''
Balacra germana
''Balacra'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Species
* '' Balacra affinis'' Rothschild, 1910
* '' Balacra alberici'' (Dufrane, 1945)
* '' Balacra aurivilliusi'' Kiriakoff, 1957
* '' Balacra basilewskyi'' Kiriakoff, 1953
* '' Balacra b ...
''
Rothschild, 1912
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Balacra guillemei
''Balacra guillemei'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1911. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or sim ...
''
(Oberthür, 1911)
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Balacra haemalea
''Balacra haemalea'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea and Gabon
Gabon ( ; ), offici ...
''
Holland, 1893
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Balacra herona
''Balacra herona'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Ni ...
''
Druce, 1887
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Balacra humphreyi
''Balacra humphreyi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, i ...
''
Rothschild, 1912
* ''
Balacra inflammata
''Balacra caeruleifascia'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and
Togo
...
''
Hampson, 1914
* ''
Balacra intermedia
''Balacra'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Species
* '' Balacra affinis'' Rothschild, 1910
* '' Balacra alberici'' (Dufrane, 1945)
* '' Balacra aurivilliusi'' Kiriakoff, 1957
* '' Balacra basilewskyi'' Kiriakoff, 1953
* '' Balacra b ...
''
Rothschild, 1912
* ''
Balacra jaensis
''Balacra'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Species
* '' Balacra affinis'' Rothschild, 1910
* '' Balacra alberici'' (Dufrane, 1945)
* '' Balacra aurivilliusi'' Kiriakoff, 1957
* '' Balacra basilewskyi'' Kiriakoff, 1953
* '' Balacra b ...
''
Bethune-Baker, 1927
* ''
Balacra magna
''Balacra'' is a genus 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 ...
''
Hulstaert, 1923
* ''
Balacra micromacula''
Strand, 1920
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Balacra monotonia''
(Strand, 1912)
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Balacra nigripennis''
Aurivillius, 1904
* ''
Balacra ochracea''
Walker, 1869
* ''
Balacra preussi''
Aurivillius, 1904
* ''
Balacra pulchra''
Aurivillius, 1892
* ''
Balacra rattrayi''
Rothschild, 1910
* ''
Balacra rubricincta''
Holland, 1893
* ''
Balacra rubrostriata''
(Aurivillius, 1892)
* ''
Balacra similis
''Balacra similis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Gustaaf Hulstaert in 1923. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa ...
''
Hulstaert, 1923
* ''
Balacra simplex''
Aurivillius, 1925
* ''
Balacra simplicior''
Kiriakoff, 1957
* ''
Balacra stigmatica''
Grünberg, 1907
* ''
Balacra tamsi
''Balacra'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Species
* '' Balacra affinis'' Rothschild, 1910
* '' Balacra alberici'' (Dufrane, 1945)
* '' Balacra aurivilliusi'' Kiriakoff, 1957
* '' Balacra basilewskyi'' Kiriakoff, 1953
* '' Balacra b ...
''
Kiriakoff, 1957
* ''
Balacra testacea
''Balacra flavimacula'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory ...
''
Aurivillius, 1881
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Balacra umbra''
Druce, 1910
* ''
Balacra vitreata''
Rothschild, 1910
* ''
Balacra vitreigutta''
Hulstaert, 1923
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Syntomini
Noctuoidea genera
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