''Grammodes'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the family
Erebidae first described by
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...
in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and somewhat slender. Tibia clothed with rather long hair. Min tibia spiny. Forewings short and broad with somewhat acute apex. Larva with three pairs of abdominal prolegs.
Species
* ''
Grammodes afrocculta''
Berio, 1956
* ''
Grammodes arenosa''
Swinhoe, 1902
* ''
Grammodes bifasciata''
Petagna, 1738 (syn: ''Grammodes chalciptera''
(Borkhausen, 1792), ''Grammodes linearis''
(Hübner, 1790), ''Grammodes paralellaris''
(Hübner, 1803))
* ''
Grammodes boisdeffrii''
Oberthür, 1867
* ''
Grammodes buchanani''
Rothschild, 1921
* ''
Grammodes congenita''
Walker, 1858
* ''
Grammodes congesta''
Berio, 1956
* ''
Grammodes cooma''
Swinhoe, 1900
* ''
Grammodes diagarmma
''Grammodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoot ...
''
Lower, 1903
* ''
Grammodes euclidioides''
Guenée, 1852 (syn: ''Grammodes dubitans''
(Walker, 1858), ''Grammodes postfumida''
(Wiltshire, 1970))
* ''
Grammodes geometrica''
(Fabricius, 1775)
* ''
Grammodes justa''
Walker, 1858
* ''
Grammodes latifera
''Grammodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoot ...
''
Walker, 1870
* ''
Grammodes marwitzi
''Grammodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoot ...
''
Gaede, 1914
* ''
Grammodes microgonia''
(Hampson, 1910)
* ''
Grammodes monodonta''
Berio, 1956 (syn: ''Grammodes somaliensis''
Berio, 1956)
* ''
Grammodes netta''
Holland, 1897
* ''
Grammodes occulta''
Berio, 1956 (syn: ''Grammodes samosira''
Kobes, 1985)
* ''
Grammodes ocellata''
Tepper, 1890
* ''
Grammodes oculata''
Snellen, 1880
* ''
Grammodes oculicola''
Walker, 1858
* ''
Grammodes paerambar''
Brandt, 1939
* ''
Grammodes pulcherrima''
Lucas, 1892
* ''
Grammodes quaesita''
Swinhoe, 1901
* ''
Grammodes stolida''
(Fabricius, 1775) – geometrician
References
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Ophiusini
Moth genera
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