''Tachosa'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 w ...

s of the family

Erebidae 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'') ...

. The species of this genus are found in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

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Tachosa acronyctoides ''Tachosa acronyctoides'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. Distribution It is found in most countries of Africa, from Guinea and Ethiopia south until South Africa. References

Moths described in 1869 Tachosa Moths of Africa {{Erebi ...

'' Walker, 1869 *''

Tachosa aspera ''Tachosa aspera'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Angola, Ethiopia, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the ...

'' Kühne, 2004 *''

Tachosa fumata ''Tachosa fumata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1860. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Katanga, Orientale), Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritania, Namibia, ...

'' (Wallengren, 1860) *'' Tachosa guichardi'' (Wiltshire, 1982) *'' Tachosa sagittalis'' (Strand, 1912)

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Heteroneura genera {{Catocalini-stub