''Hydrillodes'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
litter moth
The Herminiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The members of the subfamily are called litter moths because the caterpillars of most members feed on dead leaves of plants, though others feed on living leaves, and/or the mushroom ...
s of the family
Erebidae 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 earl ...
in 1854. Its validity is somewhat disputed.
Description
Palpi long and sickle shaped. Second joint curved over the head and third joint long. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewings with rounded apex usually. The outer margin evenly curved with short cell. Veins 4 and stalked. Hardly a trace of the discocellulars found. Vein 6 from upper angle of cell and veins 7 to 10 stalked. Hindwings with short cell. Vein 3 and 4 stalked. Vein 5 from lower angle of cell and vein 6 and 7 stalked.
Species
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 s ...
of the genus include:
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Hydrillodes abavalis''
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Hydrillodes aroa''
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Hydrillodes aviculalis''
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Hydrillodes bryophiloides''
junior synonym of ''
Hydrillodes aviculalis''
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Hydrillodes captiosalis''
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Hydrillodes carayoni''
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Hydrillodes chionaemoides''
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Hydrillodes comoroana''
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Hydrillodes contigua''
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Hydrillodes crispipalpus''
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Hydrillodes danum
''Hydrillodes'' is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Its validity is somewhat disputed.
Description
Palpi long and sickle shaped. Second joint curved over the head and third joint long. T ...
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Hydrillodes dimissalis''
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Hydrillodes discoidea''
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Hydrillodes erythusalis''
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Hydrillodes eucaula''
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Hydrillodes fuliginosa''
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Hydrillodes funestalis''
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Hydrillodes gravatalis''
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Hydrillodes grisea''
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Hydrillodes griseoides''
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Hydrillodes hemusalis''
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Hydrillodes incerta''
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Hydrillodes inversa
''Hydrillodes'' is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Its validity is somewhat disputed.
Description
Palpi long and sickle shaped. Second joint curved over the head and third joint long. T ...
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Hydrillodes janalis
''Hydrillodes janalis'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae described by William Schaus and W. G. Clements in 1893. It is endemic to Sierra Leone.
See also
*List of moths of Sierra Leone
There are about 760 known moth species of Sierr ...
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Hydrillodes labi''
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Hydrillodes latifascialis''
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Hydrillodes lentalis''
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Hydrillodes lugens''
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Hydrillodes mediochracea''
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Hydrillodes meeki''
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Hydrillodes melanozona''
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Hydrillodes metisalis''
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Hydrillodes moloalis''
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Hydrillodes morosa''
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Hydrillodes murudensis''
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Hydrillodes nilgirialis''
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Hydrillodes norfolki''
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Hydrillodes nubeculalis''
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Hydrillodes obscurans''
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Hydrillodes pacifica''
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Hydrillodes pala''
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Hydrillodes perplexalis''
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Hydrillodes pertruncata''
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Hydrillodes plicalis''
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Hydrillodes plicaloides''
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Hydrillodes poiensis''
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Hydrillodes postpallida''
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Hydrillodes pseudmorosa''
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Hydrillodes pterota''
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Hydrillodes pyraustalis''
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Hydrillodes semiluna''
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Hydrillodes sigma''
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Hydrillodes subalbida''
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Hydrillodes subbasalis''
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Hydrillodes subtruncata''
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Hydrillodes surata''
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Hydrillodes telisai''
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Hydrillodes thomensis''
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Hydrillodes toresalis''
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Hydrillodes torsivena''
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Hydrillodes truncata''
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Hydrillodes uliginosalis
''Hydrillodes uliginosalis'' is a species of litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found throughout many countries of subtropical Africa (including islands of the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five ...
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Hydrillodes vexillifera''
Notes
References
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afromoths "Hydrillodes
Herminiinae
Moth genera
{{Herminiinae-stub