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the web of life in southern Africa

Subfamily: Agaristinae

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).

Aegoceropsis

Two species: Aegoceropsis fervida and Aegoceropsis rectilinea

 

Agoma

One species native to southern Africa: Agoma trimenii*

 

Brephos

 

Crameria

One species native to southern Africa: Crameria amabilis*

 

Heraclia

 

Hespagarista

One species native to southern Africa: Hespagarista echione        

 

Leucovis

One species native to southern Africa: Leucovis alba*

 

Lophonotidia

Two species: Lophonotidia melanoleuca and Lophonotidia nocturna*

 

Mitrophrys

Two species: Mitrophrys ansorgei and Mitrophrys latreillii

 

Omphaloceps

One species native to southern Africa: Omphaloceps daria

 

Ovios

One species native to southern Africa: Ovios capensis*

 

Paida

One species native to southern Africa: Paida pulchra*

 

Paraegocera

One species native to southern Africa: Paraegocera confluens*

 

Paratuerta

Two species: Paratuerta featheri and Paratuerta marshalli*

 

Pseudagoma

One species native to southern Africa: Pseudagoma pinheyi*

 

Rothia

One species native to southern Africa: Rothia rhaeo

 

Schausia

Two species: Schausia coryndoni and Schausia langazana

 

Sergiusia

One species native to southern Africa: Sergiusia pentelia*

 

Syfanoidea

One species native to southern Africa: Syfanoidea schencki*

 

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.