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the web of life in southern Africa

Taxa transfered from Arctiidae (incertae sedis)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Family: Noctuidae

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Vári et al. (2002).

Axiopoeniella

One species native to southern Africa: Axiopoeniella octocentra 

 

Carpostalagma

One species native to southern Africa: Carpostalagma chalybeata

 

Grammarctia

One species native to southern Africa: Grammarctia bilinea*

 

Procanthia

Two species: Procanthia distantii and Procanthia nivea

 

Proschaliphora

Two species: Proschaliphora albida and Proschaliphora butti

 

Sommeria

 

Publications

  • VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.