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Catephiini
The Catephiini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy The tribe is most closely related to the tribe Omopterini, also within Erebinae, though the genera belonging to each tribe are not well determined. Genera *''Catephia ''Catephia'' is a genus of moths 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 ...'' *'' Nagia'' *'' Paranagia'' References Erebinae Moth tribes Taxa named by Achille Guenée {{Catephiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catephiini
The Catephiini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy The tribe is most closely related to the tribe Omopterini, also within Erebinae, though the genera belonging to each tribe are not well determined. Genera *''Catephia ''Catephia'' is a genus of moths 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 ...'' *'' Nagia'' *'' Paranagia'' References Erebinae Moth tribes Taxa named by Achille Guenée {{Catephiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catephia
''Catephia'' is a genus of moths 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'') .... Most species of this genus are found in Africa. Description Palpi smooth and reaching just above vertex of head. Thorax hairy. Abdomen with dorsal tufts and ridges of scales on proximal segments. Tibia hairy and spineless. Forewings with nearly rectangular apex. Species The species of this genus are: * '' Catephia abrostolica'' Hampson, 1926 * '' Catephia albifasciata'' (Pinhey, 1968) * '' Catephia albirena'' Hampson, 1926 * '' Catephia albomacula'' (Draeseke, 1928) * '' Catephia alchymista'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) * '' Catephia barrettae'' Hampson, 1905 * '' Catephia cana'' (Brandt, 1939) * '' Catephia compsotrephes'' Turner, 1932 * '' Catephia corticea'' Le Cerf, ... [...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 grasses and legumes, and a few are pests of castor bean, sugarcane, rice, as well as pistachios and blackberries. Morphology Erebine moths possess a number of adaptations for predator defense. Most Erebinae, such as '' Zale'' have mottled, dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagia
''Nagia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858. Species *'' Nagia amplificans'' (Walker, 1858) *'' Nagia dentiscripta'' A. E. Prout, 1921 *'' Nagia episcopalis'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Nagia evanescens'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Nagia godfreyi'' Tams, 1924 *'' Nagia gravipes'' Walker, 1858 *'' Nagia homotona'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Nagia linteola'' (Guenee, 1852) *'' Nagia melipotica'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Nagia microsema'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Nagia monosema'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Nagia natalensis'' (Hampson, 1902) *'' Nagia promota'' (Pagenstecher, 1907) *'' Nagia pseudonatalensis'' (Strand, 1912) *'' Nagia runa'' (Swinhoe, 1902) *'' Nagia sacerdotis'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Nagia sthenistica'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Nagia subalbida'' Hampson, 1926 *'' Nagia subterminalis'' Wileman & South, 1921 *'' Nagia vadoni'' Viette, 1968 Taxonomy The genus is treated as a synonym of ''Catephia ''Catephia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae The Erebida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranagia
''Paranagia'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, ''Paranagia rufostrigata'', was first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1906. It is found on New Guinea and on the southern Maluku Islands, Sulawesi and Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas .... The habitat consists of forests and areas with secondary vegetation. References Monotypic moth genera Catephiini Moths described in 1906 Moths of Indonesia Moths of New Guinea {{Catephiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 early interest in butterflies and was encouraged and taught by François de Villiers (1790–1847). He went to study law in Paris, then entered the “Bareau”. After the death of his only son, he lived at Châteaudun in Chatelliers. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Châteaudun was burned by the Prussians but Guénée's collections remained intact. He was the author of 63 publications, some with Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774–1846). He notably wrote ''Species des nocturnes '' (''Night Species'' in English) (six volumes, 1852–1857) forming parts of the ''Suites à Buffon''. This work of almost 1,300 pages treats Noctuidae of the world. Also co-author, with Jean Baptiste Boisduval, of ''Histoire naturelle des Insec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxonomic ranks from genus upwards are capitalized, including both tribe and subtribe. In zoology, the standard ending for the name of a zoological tribe is "-ini". Examples include the tribes Caprini (goat-antelopes), Hominini (hominins), Bombini (bumblebees), and Thunnini (tunas). The tribe Hominini is divided into subtribes by some scientists; subtribe Hominina then comprises "humans". The standard ending for the name of a zoological subtribe is "-ina". In botany, the standard ending for the name of a botanical tribe is "-eae". Examples include the tribes Acalypheae and Hyacintheae. The tribe Hyacintheae is divided into subtribes, including the subtribe Massoniinae. The standard ending for the name of a botanical subtribe is "-inae". In bacteriology, the form of tribe names is as in botany, e.g., Pseudomonadeae, based on the ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths
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 which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth (''Gynaephora groenlandica''); 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 (> wingspan in the black 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 litter moths) to vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omopterini
The Omopterini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy The tribe was split from the tribe Ophiusini (also in the subfamily Erebinae) after phylogenetic analysis showed that the New World genera were not the closest relatives of the other genera in the Ophiusini. Genera *'' Acritogramma'' *'' Amolita'' *'' Bendisodes'' *'' Coenipeta'' *'' Coxina'' *'' Elousa'' *'' Epidromia'' *'' Eubolina'' *'' Euclystis'' *'' Euparthenos'' *'' Helia'' *''Heteranassa'' *'' Itomia'' *'' Kakopoda'' *''Lesmone'' *''Matigramma'' *''Metria'' *''Pseudanthracia'' *''Selenisa'' *''Toxonprucha'' *''Tyrissa'' *'' Zale'' *''Zaleops ''Zaleops'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, ''Zaleops umbrina'', was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883. It is found in the US state of Arizona. The MONA or ...'' References Moth tribes {{Omopterini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth Tribes
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 which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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