''Grammodes'' 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 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 macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

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 e ...

in 1852.

Description

Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and somewhat slender. Tibia clothed with rather long hair. Min tibia spiny. Forewings short and broad with somewhat acute apex. Larva with three pairs of abdominal prolegs.

Species

* '' Grammodes afrocculta'' Berio, 1956 * ''

Grammodes arenosa ''Grammodes arenosa'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1902.} It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Au ...

'' Swinhoe, 1902 * ''

Grammodes bifasciata ''Grammodes bifasciata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Vincenzo Petagna in 1787. It is found in Madagascar, eastern Africa, North Africa and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin, including south of Fra ...

'' Petagna, 1738 (syn: ''Grammodes chalciptera'' (Borkhausen, 1792), ''Grammodes linearis'' (Hübner, 1790), ''Grammodes paralellaris'' (Hübner, 1803)) * '' Grammodes boisdeffrii'' Oberthür, 1867 * ''

Grammodes buchanani ''Grammodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thor ...

'' Rothschild, 1921 * '' Grammodes congenita'' Walker, 1858 * ''

Grammodes congesta ''Grammodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thor ...

'' Berio, 1956 * '' Grammodes cooma'' Swinhoe, 1900 * '' Grammodes diagarmma'' Lower, 1903 * '' Grammodes euclidioides'' Guenée, 1852 (syn: ''Grammodes dubitans'' (Walker, 1858), ''Grammodes postfumida'' (Wiltshire, 1970)) * ''

Grammodes geometrica ''Grammodes geometrica'' is a moth found from the Mediterranean east to Oriental and Australasian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Java and Australia. The adult is a fruit piercer. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) * ''

Grammodes justa ''Grammodes justa'', the plain box-owlet, is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in the northern half of Australia and Papua New Guinea. Pagenstecher, Arnold (1899)"Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bis ...

'' Walker, 1858 * '' Grammodes latifera'' Walker, 1870 * '' Grammodes marwitzi'' Gaede, 1914 * ''

Grammodes microgonia ''Grammodes microgonia'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1910. Distribution This species is known from Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroa ...

'' (Hampson, 1910) * ''

Grammodes monodonta ''Grammodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoot ...

'' Berio, 1956 (syn: ''Grammodes somaliensis'' Berio, 1956) * ''

Grammodes netta ''Grammodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoot ...

'' Holland, 1897 * ''

Grammodes occulta ''Grammodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoot ...

'' Berio, 1956 (syn: ''Grammodes samosira'' Kobes, 1985) * ''

Grammodes ocellata ''Grammodes ocellata'', the large-eyed box-owlet, is a moth of the family Noctuidae Species description, first described by J. G. O. Tepper in 1890.Poole, R. W. (1989)''Lepidopterorum Catalogus'' (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press. . ...

'' Tepper, 1890 * ''

Grammodes oculata ''Grammodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoot ...

'' Snellen, 1880 * ''

Grammodes oculicola ''Grammodes oculicola'', the small-eyed box-owlet, is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.Poole, R. W. (1989)''Lepidopterorum Catalogus'' (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press. . It is found in the ...

'' Walker, 1858 * ''

Grammodes paerambar ''Grammodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoot ...

'' Brandt, 1939 * ''

Grammodes pulcherrima ''Grammodes pulcherrima'', the comely box-owlet, is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1892.Poole, R. W. (1989)''Lepidopterorum Catalogus'' (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press. . It is found ...

'' Lucas, 1892 * ''

Grammodes quaesita ''Grammodes quaesita'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1901. It is found in Australia's Northern Territory and Queensland. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the dist ...

'' Swinhoe, 1901 * ''

Grammodes stolida ''Grammodes stolida'', the geometrician, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Africa, southern Europe, most of Asia and Australia. It migrates to central and northe ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) – geometrician

References

* * Ophiusini Moth genera {{Erebinae-stub