''Homodes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 of 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 ...
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 ear ...
in 1852.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily
Calpinae
The Calpinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. This subfamily includes many species of moths that have a pointed and barbed proboscis adapted to piercing the skins of fruit to feed on ju ...
of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...
.
Description
Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, where the third joint very minute. Antennae ciliated. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia nearly smooth. Forelegs of male with a tuft of long hair from base of coxa. Forewing with round apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from near center of discocellulars.
Species
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Homodes bracteigutta''
(Walker, 1862) India, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Saleyer, New Guinea, N.Queensland
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Homodes crocea''
Guenée, 1852 India, Thailand, Andamans, Sundaland, Sulawesi, Seram, Kei, New Guinea, Bismarcks
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Homodes fulva''
Hampson, 1896 Sri Lanka, Borneo
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Homodes lassula''
Prout, 1928 Sumatra, Borneo
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Homodes iomolybda''
Meyrick, 1889 India (Meghalaya), New Guinea
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Homodes lithographa''
Hampson, 1926 Solomon Islands
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Homodes magnifica''
Viette, 1958 Madagascar
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Homodes muluensis''
Holloway, 2005 Borneo
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Homodes ornata''
Roepke, 1938 northern Sulawesi
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Homodes perilitha''
Hampson, 1926 southern India, Borneo, Philippines
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Homodes vivida''
Guenée, 1852 India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Singapore, Borneo, Sulawesi
References
Boletobiinae
Noctuoidea genera
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