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Catocalini
The Catocalini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Adults of many species in the tribe are called underwing moths due to their vividly colored hindwings that are often covered by contrastingly dark, drab forewings. Taxonomy The tribe is most closely related to the tribe Audeini, also within the Erebinae. Genera *'' Archaeopilocornus'' Kühne, 2005 *''Catocala'' *'' Spiloloma'' *''Tachosa'' *'' Ulotrichopus'' Former genera * ''Artena'' * ''Audea'' * ''Crypsotidia'' * ''Hypotacha ''Hypotacha'' is a genus of moths in 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 macromo ...'' * '' Mecodina'' References Erebinae Moth tribes {{Catocalini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catocalini
The Catocalini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Adults of many species in the tribe are called underwing moths due to their vividly colored hindwings that are often covered by contrastingly dark, drab forewings. Taxonomy The tribe is most closely related to the tribe Audeini, also within the Erebinae. Genera *'' Archaeopilocornus'' Kühne, 2005 *''Catocala'' *'' Spiloloma'' *''Tachosa'' *'' Ulotrichopus'' Former genera * ''Artena'' * ''Audea'' * ''Crypsotidia'' * ''Hypotacha ''Hypotacha'' is a genus of moths in 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 macromo ...'' * '' Mecodina'' References Erebinae Moth tribes {{Catocalini-stub ... [...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] |
Ulotrichopus
''Ulotrichopus'' is a genus 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 w ...s in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Wallengren in 1860. Species * '' Ulotrichopus catocala'' (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874) * '' Ulotrichopus dinawa'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 * '' Ulotrichopus eugeniae'' Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2010 * '' Ulotrichopus fatilega'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) * '' Ulotrichopus longipalpus'' Joicey and Talbot, 1915 * '' Ulotrichopus macula'' (Hampson, 1891) * '' Ulotrichopus marmoratus'' Griveaud and Viette, 1961 * '' Ulotrichopus mesoleuca'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Ulotrichopus meyi'' Kühne, 2005 * '' Ulotrichopus nigricans'' Laporte, 1973 * '' Ulotrichopus ochreipennis'' (Butler, 1878) * '' Ulotrichopus phaeoleucus'' Hampson, 1913 ** ''Ulotrichopus phaeoleucu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archaeopilocornus
''Archaeopilocornus'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It contains only one species, ''Archaeopilocornus lucidus'', which is found in Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam .... References Catocalini Monotypic moth genera Moths described in 1968 Moths of Africa {{Catocalini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiloloma
''Spiloloma'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, ''Spiloloma lunilinea'', the moon-lined moth, is found in eastern and south-central North America. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. The wingspan is 44–54 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August. The larvae feed on ''Gleditsia triacanthos The honey locust (''Gleditsia triacanthos''), also known as the thorny locust or thorny honeylocust, is a deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to central North America where it is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys. Honey ...''. References External links * * Catocalini Moths of North America Moths described in 1873 Monotypic moth genera {{Catocalini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audeini
The Audeini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy The tribe is most closely related to the tribe Catocalini, also within Erebinae. Genera *''Audea'' *''Crypsotidia'' *''Hypotacha ''Hypotacha'' is a genus of moths in 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 macromo ...'' References Erebinae Moth tribes {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachosa
''Tachosa'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The species of this genus are found in Africa. Species *''Tachosa acronyctoides'' Walker, 1869 *''Tachosa aspera'' 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) References afromoths Heteroneura genera {{Catocalini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catocala Lineella
''Catocala lineella'', the lineella underwing, little lined underwing or steely underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found in North America from Ontario and Quebec south to Florida west to Texas and north to Ohio. It was considered to be a subspecies or even a synonym of ''Catocala amica'' for a long time. The wingspan is 35–40 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. The larvae feed on the leaves of ''Quercus An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' ...'' species. References External linksSpecies information * * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...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] |
Catocala
''Catocala'' is a generally Holarctic genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. The moths are commonly known as underwing moths or simply underwings. These terms are sometimes used for a few related moths, but usually – especially when used in plural, not as part of a species name – they are used to refer to ''Catocala'' only. Of the more than 250 known species, slightly less than half are found in North America – mostly in the United States – while the rest occur in Eurasia. About one-fifth (almost 30) of these species are native to Europe. A few species occur in the northern Neotropics and Indomalaya. Description and ecology Most species of ''Catocala'' have medium to large adults, cryptically coloured except for the hindwings, which are marked with stripes in orange, red, white, or even blue. In some, the hindwings are mostly blackish. Unlike what the common name "underwings" seems to suggest, the colour is brig ... [...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] |
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