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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 moths are found in the

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Species

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Alpenus affiniola ''Alpenus affiniola'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Embrik Strand in 1919. It is found in Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya ...

'' (Strand, 1919) * ''

Alpenus auriculatus ''Alpenus auriculatus'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Watson in 1989. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded ...

'' Watson, 1989 * ''

Alpenus diversatus ''Alpenus diversatus'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officiall ...

'' (Hampson, 1916) * ''

Alpenus dollmani ''Alpenus dollmani'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1920. It is found in Zambia and Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese st ...

'' (Hampson, 1920) * ''

Alpenus geminipuncta ''Alpenus geminipuncta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially th ...

'' (Hampson, 1916) * ''

Alpenus intactus ''Alpenus intactus'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in northern Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya off ...

'' (Hampson, 1916) * ''

Alpenus investigatorum ''Alpenus investigatorum'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1898. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola and Ghana. The larvae feed on ''Begonia'', ''Carica ...

'' (Karsch, 1898) * ''

Alpenus maculosus ''Alpenus maculosus'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found along the Gold Coast and in Lagos, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, east ...

'' (Stoll in Cramer, 1781) * ''

Alpenus microstictus ''Alpenus microstictus'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1920. It is found in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya official ...

'' (Hampson, 1920) * ''

Alpenus nigropunctatus ''Alpenus nigropunctatus'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. The larvae feed on ''Gossypium ''Gossypium'' () ...

'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) * ''

Alpenus pardalina ''Alpenus pardalina'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Tanzania and Kenya. The larvae feed on ''Zea mays Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, m ...

'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''

Alpenus schraderi ''Alpenus schraderi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The larvae feed on '' Amaryllis belladonna'', '' Averhoa carambola'', '' Albizzia ...

'' (Rothschild, 1910) ** ''Alpenus schraderi rattrayi'' (Rothschild, 1910) * ''

Alpenus thomasi ''Alpenus thomasi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Watson in 1989. It is found in Cameroon, Nigeria and the Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in C ...

'' Watson, 1989 * ''

Alpenus whalleyi ''Alpenus whalleyi'' is a 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 ...

'' Watson, 1989 * ''

Alpenus wichgrafi ''Alpenus wichgrafi'' is a 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 ...

'' Watson, 1989

References

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