Amerilini

Amerila Walker, 1855; type species: Sphinx astreus Drury, 1773
=Canopus Walker, 1855; type species: Canopuis bubo Walker, 1855
=Phryganeomorpha Wallengren, 1858; type species: Chelonia madagascariensis Boisduval, 1847
=Amblythyris Mabille, 1879; type species: Amblythyris radama Mabille, 1879
=Gastrochrysia Kiriakoff, 1954; type species: Gastrochrysia lineolata Kiriakoff, 1954
=Euthoracia Hulstaert, 1923; type species: Caryatis syntomina Butler, 1878
NOTE: Information about Amerila species was taken mainly from Häuser, Boppré, 1997.

Amerila accra (Strand, 1919)
Ghana.

Amerila affinis (Rothschild, 1910), downgrated by Muller, 1980 but recovered by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
=Rhodogastria affinis pallens Bethune-Baker, 1925, by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
South Africa, ?Zambia, Zaire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.

Amerila aldabrensis (Fryer, 1912)
Aldabra & Assumption Is.

Amerila androfusca (Pinhey, 1952)
Kenya, Tanzania.

Amerila bauri Möschler, 1884
South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.

Amerila bipartita (Rothschild, 1910)
Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa.

Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Cameroun, Gabon, Uganda Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
A. b. brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
=Rhodogastria subvitrea Bartel, 1903
West, Central, and East Africa; from Sierra Leone to Cameroun, Ghabon, and Angola, Zaire, and Western Kenya [Häuser, Boppré, 1997].
A. b. bipartitoides Häuser et Boppré, 1997
Tanzania, Kenya; East and South Africa; from south-eastern Kenya to Zimbabwe [Häuser, Boppré, 1997].

Amerila bubo (Walker, 1855)
Zaire, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa [Häuser, Boppré, 1997].

Amerila castanea (Hampson, 1911)
Nigeria.

Amerila catinca Häuser et Boppré, 1997
Kenya, Tanzania.

[Amerila cinyra (Muller, 1980), not published!] Not cited by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
Nigeria.

Amerila femina (Berio, 1935)
Cameroun.

Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)
=Rhodogastria metasarca Hampson, 1911, by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
Gambia, Ivory Coast, Chana, Nigeria (?: Häuser, Boppré, 1997), Cameroun, Zaire, Liberia, Gabon, Uganda.

Amerila fuscivena (Hampson, 1916)
Uganda.

Amerila howardi (Pinhey, 1955)
Tanzania; Malawi.

Amerila kiellandi Häuser et Boppré, 1997
Tanzania.

Amerila leucoptera (Hampson, 1901)
=Rhodogastria pannosa Grünberg, 1908, by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
=Rhodogastria sarconota Hampson, 1911, by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
Sierra Leone, Ghana, Zaire, Uganda, Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroun, Tanzania, Zambia.

Amerila lineolata (Kiriakoff, 1954)
Zaire.

[Amerila lucida (Muller, 1980), not published! Not cited by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
Zimbabwe.

Amerila lupia Druce, 1887)
=Amerila nivaria Weymer, 1892, by Häuser, 1993
=Rhodogastria sanguinota Strand, 1911
Zambia (?: Häuser, Boppré, 1997), Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa.

Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire, Liberia, Benin, Cameroun, Gabon, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola.

Amerila madagascariensis (Boisduval, 1847)
=Aganais vitripennis Blanchard, 1849
=Amblythyris radama Mabille, 1879
Madagascar.

Amerila magnifica (Rothschild, 1910)
Kenya, Mozambique (?: Häuser, Boppré, 1997), Zimbabwe.

Amerila makadara Häuser et Boppré, 1997
Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi.

Amerila mulleri Häuser et Boppré, 1997
=Rhodogastria alba Muller, 1980, not published!
Zimbabwe, Zaire, Kenya, Swaziland.

[Amerila myrrha (Muller, 1980), not published! Not cited by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
South Africa.

Amerila nigrivenosa (Grünberg, 1910)
Rwanda. Zaire: not correct: Häuser, Boppré 1997.

Amerila nigroapicalis (Aurivillius, 1900)
Nigeria, Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire.

Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
Tanzania, Cameroun, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Angola.

Amerila phaedra Weymer, 1892
=Rhodogastria subleucoptera Strand, 1911
=Rhodogastria orientis Muller, 1980, not published!
Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.

Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793 [1794]), status by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi [Häuser, Boppré, 1997].
A. p. puella (Fabricius, 1793 [1794])
=Rhodogastria uniformis Berio, 1935, syn. by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
Guinea, Principe Is.
A. p. carneola (Hampson, 1916), status by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
=Rhodogastria carneola nigricornis Debauche, 1938, syn. by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaire, East Africa; from Ethiopia to Uganda and Tanzania [Häuser, Boppré, 1997].
A. p. invidua (Bethune-Baker, 1925), status by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
West Africa; from Senegal to Ivory Coast [Häuser, Boppré, 1997].
A. p. rothi (Rothschild, 1910), status by Häuser, Boppré, 1997
Ivory Coast, Nigeria, West Africa; southern Nigeria, Cameroun [Häuser, Boppré, 1997].

Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
Nigeria, Kenya, Zaire, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Gabon, Kenya, Tanzania, Eritrea.

Amerila rufifemur (Walker, 1855)
Zaire, Angola.

Amerila shimbaensis Häuser et Boppré, 1997
Kenya, Tanzania.

Amerila syntomina (Butler, 1878)
Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Zaire, Tanzania.
A. s. syntomina (Butler, 1878)
Sierra Leone, Nigeria. West and Central Africa; from Guinea to Zaire.
A. s. rubondoi Häuser et Boppré, 1997
Tanzania.

Amerila thermochroa (Hampson, 1916)
Kenya, Rwanda (?: Häuser, Boppré, 1997), Zaire, Uganda, Tanzania.

Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
West Africa including Ivory Coast (?: Häuser, Boppré, 1997), Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Cameroun, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania.
A. v. vidua (Cramer, 1780)
.West Africa including Ivory Coast (?: Häuser, Boppré, 1997), Sierra Leone, Ghana, Cameroun, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania.
A. v. mauritia (Stoll, [1781]
Mauritius.

Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, SW Arabia (Saudi Arabia, Yemen), Gambia, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Cameroun, Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland.
A. v. vitrea Plötz, 1880
Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, SW Arabia (Saudi Arabia, Yemen), Gambia, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Cameroun, Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland.
A. v. saalmuelleri (Rothschild, 1911)
=Pelochyta vidua Saalmüller, 1884, nec Cramer, 1779
Madagscar.

Amerila sp.n. A sensu Häuser, Boppré, 1997
Zimbabwe.

Amerila sp.n. B sensu Häuser, Boppré, 1997
Kenya.

Amerila sp.n. C sensu Häuser, Boppré, 1997
Ivory Coast.

???ini

Amphicallia Aurivillius, 1900; type species: Callimorpha bellatrix Dalman, 1823

Amphicallia bellatrix (Dalman, 1823)
=Euchelia pardalina Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya.

Amphicallia kostlani Strand, 1911
Ethiopia.

Amphicallia pactolicus (Butler, 1888)
Kenya, Uganda, Zaire, Cameroun, Nigeria.

Amphicallia pratti (Kenrick, 1914)
Madagascar.

Amphicallia quagga Strand, 1909
Tanzania.

Amphicallia solai (Druce, 1907)
Ethiopia, Kenya.

Amphicallai thelwalli (Druce, 1882)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, ?West Coast.
A. t. thelwali (Druce, 1882)
=Callimorpha incomparabilis Mabille, 1891
Malawi, ?West Coast.
A. t. tigris (Butler, 1892)
=Amphicallia piceosignata Bartel, 1903
Kenya, Uganda, Zaire, Ethiopia, Rwanda.
A. t. zebra (Rogenhofer, 1894)
Tanzania.

Callimorphini

Stenarctia Aurivillius, 1899 [1900]; type species Stenarctia quadripunctata Aurivillius, 1899 [1900]
NOTE: this genus is probably related to the Oriental Tinoliodes Wileman, 1915

Stenarctia abdominalis Rothschild, 1910
Sierra Leone, Cameroun, Angola.

Stenarctia griseipennis Hampson, 1911
Nigeria.

Stenarctia quadripunctata Aurivillius, 1899 [1900]
=Stenarctia quadripunctata f. fucosa Gaede, 1926
Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, ?Uganda, Congo.

Stenarctia rothi Rothschild, 1933
Nigeria.

Euchaetini?

Xylecata Swinhoe, 1904; type species: Xylecata druna Swinhoe, 1904
NOTE: Taxonomic status of species established by Dubatolov, 2006; Atalanta 37 (1/2).

Xylecata biformis (Mabille, 1878)
=Leptosoma mabillei Butler, 1882
=Nyctemera infumata Oberthür, 1916
Madagascar.

Xylecata crassiantennata (Oberthüur, 1916)
Madagascar.

Xylecata druna Swinhoe, 1904
Ghana, Cameroun.

Xylecata glauce (Fawcett, 1916)
Kenya, Uganda.

Xylecata hemixantha (Aurivillius, 1904)
=Deilemera anormala Holland, 1920
Cameroun, Gabon, Zaire; Rwanda.

Xylecata rattrayi (Swinhoe, 1904)
Uganda, Kenya, Angola, Zaire.

Xylecata ugandicola (Strand, 1909)
Uganda.

Xylecata uniformis (Plötz, 1880)
West Africa.

Xylecata xanthura (Plötz, 1880)
=Nyctemera simplex Walker, 1869
Zaire, Cameroun, Gabon, Nigeria, Ghana.

Nyctemerini

Utetheisa Hübner, [1819] 1816; type species: Phalaena ornatrix Linnaeus, 1758
=Deiopeia Curtis, 1827; type species: Phalaena pulchella Linnaeus, 1758

Utetheisa (pulchelloides) amhara Jordan, 1939
Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia.

Utetheisa cruentata (Butler, 1881)
Mauritius.

Utetheisa diva (Mabille, 1880)
Reunion (Viette, 1998).

Utetheisa elata (Fabricius, 1798)
Tanzania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Bourbon, Maurice Is., Seychelles, Comores, Reunion.
U. e. elata (Fabricius, 1798)
=Utetheisa venusta Hübner, [1824]-[1831]
=Euchelia formosa Boisduval, 1833
Madagascar, Mauritius, Bourbon, Maurice Is.
U. e. fatela Jordan, 1939
Seychelles.
U. e. fatua Heyn, 1906
Tanzania.

Utetheisa lactea (Butler, 1884)
Providence, Gloriosa and Assumption Is.
U. l. lactea (Butler, 1884)
Providence Is.
U. l. aldabrensis Fletcher, 1910
=Utetheisa lactea var. aldabrae Strand, 1919
=Utetheisa lactea var. assumptionis Strand, 1919
=Utetheisa lactea f. nigrosignata Fletcher, 1910
=Utetheisa lactea f. rubrosignata Fletcher, 1910
Gloriosa, Assumption, Aldabra, South Providence and Farquar Is.

Utethisa lotrix (Cramer, 1779)
West Africa east through tropical and subtropical Asia to New Caledonia and Loyality Is. (Jordan, 1939). West and South Arabia, SE Iran, Pakistan, India, SE Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Burma, Indo-China, South China, Taiwan, Japan, north to Honshu; Philippines, Indonesia (incl. Java, Amboina), New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand. Old World tropics (Holloway, 1988).
U. l. lepida (Rambur, [1866])
Africa, Saudi Arabia, Madagascar, Reunion.
U. l. socotrensis Jordan, 1939
Socotra Is.

Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Africa, West and South Asia east to Burma (Jordan, 1939 - Ceylon, Cochin, Nilgiris, Bangalore, Madras, Kulu, Sikhim, Silhet, Toungoo (Burma), Shan States) Mediterrania, Transcaucasia, Middle Asia, Afghanistan, China (Xinjiang). Migrated north to South England, South Scandinavia, Belarus, in Russia - to Karelia, river Kama, in Kazakhstan - to Semipalatinsk. Recorded from Guadelupa (1983), Martinique (1963) and Sent-Bartolomeo (West-India).
U. p. pulchella (Linaneus, 1758)
Most part of the range.
U. p. dilutior Rothschild, 1910
Angola, Congo.
U. p. kallima Swinhoe, 1907
=Utetheisa pulchella completa Weymer, 1908
Angola, Zaire.

Utetheusa pulchelloides (Hampson, 1907)
Oriental Region, Australia, Oceania, islands of Indian Ocean.
U. p. pulchelloides (Hampson, 1907)
Chagos Is.; Seychelles; Amirantes and Cargados Carajos Is. (Jodan, 1939).
U. p. vaga Jordan, 1939
Madagascar (migrant) (Viette, 1998).

Caryatis Hübner, [1819]; type species: Phalaena phileta Drury, 1782. NOTE: it is a synonym of Amerila [Häuser, Boppré, 1997], however, male genitalia of these groups are noticeably different
=Asotomorpha Hulstaert, 1923; type species: Phalaena phileta Drury, 1782

Caryatis hersilia Druce, 1887
Nigeria, Cameroun.

Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782)
Ghana, Nigeria, Gabon, Zaire.

Caryatis stenoperas Hampson, 1910
Congo, Uganda.

Galtara Walker, [1863]; type species: Galtara purata Walker, [1863]
=Pseudocallimorpha Oberthür, 1879 [1880]; type species: Pseudocallimorpha doriae Oberthür, 1879 [1880]

Galtara aurivilii (Pagenstecher, 1901)
=Nyctemera fasciata Aurivillius, 1879
Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi, cameroun.

Galtara colettae de Toulgoët, 1976
Comores.

Galtara convergens de Toulgoët, 1979
Rwanda.

Galtara doriae (Oberthür, 1879 [1880])
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zaire, Kenya, Congo, Rwanda.
G. d. doriae (Oberthür, 1879 [1880])
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zaire.
G. d. megadoriae de Toulgoët, 1977
Ethiopia.

Galtara elongata (Swinhoe, 1907)
Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Zaire.

Galtara extensa (Butler, 1880)
Madagascar.

Galtara laportei de Toulgoët, 1979
Rwanda.

Galtara nepheloptera (Hampson, 1910)
Angola, South Africa, South West Africa.

Galtara notabilis de Toulgoët, 1980
Zaire.

Galtara pulverata (Hampson, 1900)
South Africa.

Galtara purata Walker, [1863]
=Anthora basifurca Walker, [1865]
South Africa.

Galtara reticulata (Hampson, 1909)
Uganda, Rwanda, Zaire.

Galtara somaliensis (Hampson in Poulton, 1916)
Somalia, Saudi Arabia.
G. s. somaliensis (Hampson, 1916)
Somalia.
G. s. regalis Wiltshire, 1980
Saudi Arabia.

Galtara turlini de Toulgoët, 1979
Rwanda.

Pseudogaltara de Toulgoët, 1978; type species: Pseudogaltara inexpectata de Toulgoët, 1978

Pseudogaltara inexpectata de Toulgoët, 1978
Rwanda.

Agaltara de Toulgoët, 1978; type species: Agaltara nebulosa de Toulgoët, 1979

Agaltara nebulosa de Toulgoët, 1979
Rwanda; Malawi.

Diota Wallengren, 1865; type species: Euchelia rostrata Wallengren, 1860

Diota rostrata (Wallengren, 1860)
=Pangara pustularia Walker, [1863]
=Anthora privata Walker, [1865]
South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya.

Ischnarctia Bartel, 1903; type species: Ischnarctia brunnescens Bartel, 1903
=Bithra Fawcett, 1918; type species: Bithra aganice Fawcett, 1918

Ischnarctia brunnescens Bartel, 1903
Zaire, Tanzania.

Ischnarctia cinerea (Pagenstecher, 1903)
=Bithra aganice Fawcett, 1918
Ethiopia, Kenya, Zaire, Tanzania.

Ischnarctia oberthueri (Rothschild, 1910)
Angola.

Karschiola Gaede, 1926; type species: Caryatis holoclera Karsch, 1894

Karschiola holoclera (Karsch, 1894)
Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe.

Neuroxena Kirby, 1896; type species: Neuroxena ansorgei Kirby, 1896
=Parachelonia Aurivillius, 1900; type species: Chelonia rubriceps Mabille, 1879
=Eohemera Aurivillius, 1904; type species: Nyctemera fulleri Druce, 1883

Neuroxena aberrans Bethune-Baker, 1927
Cameroun.

Neuroxena albofasciata (Druce, 1910)
Cameroun.

Neuroxena ansorgei Kirby, 1896
Kenya, Uganda, Zaire.

Neuroxena auremaculatus (Rothschild, 1933)
Madagascar.

Neuroxena biplagiata (Gaede, 1926)
Madagascar.

Neuroxena flammea (Gaede, 1926)
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana.

Neuroxena fulleri (Druce, 1883)
Cameroun, Nigeria.

Neuroxena funereus (Rothschild, 1933)
Nigeria.

Neuroxena lasti (Rothschild, 1910)
Madagascar.

Neuroxena medioflavus (Rothschild, 1935)
Ghana, Nigeria.

Neuroxena obscurascens (Strand, 1909)
Cameroun.

Neuroxena postrubidus (Rothschild, 1933)
Zaire.

Neuroxena rectilineata (de Toulgoët, 1972)
Comores.

Neuroxena rubriceps (Mabille, 1878)
Madagascar.

Neuroxena simulans (de Toulgoët, 1971)
Madagascar.

Neuroxena sulphureovitta (Strand, 1909)
Ghana.

Neuroxena truncatus (Rothschild, 1933)
Ghana.

Chiromachla Strand, 1909; type species: Nyctemera leuconoe Hopffer, 1858
NOTE: taxonomic status of the genus was established by Dubatolov, 2006; Atalanta 37 (1/2)

Chiromachla chalcosidia (Hampson, 1910)
Zaire, Uganda.

Ch. ch. chalcosidia (Hampson, 1910)
Zaire, Uganda.

Ch. ch. seriatopunctata (Aurivillius, 1925)
Zaire.

Chiromachla gracilis (Saalmüller, 1884)
Madagascar.

Chiromachla insulare (Boisduval, 1833)
=Leptosoma consors Butler, 1879
=Nyctemera insularis Mabille, 1879
=Nyctemera rosana Mabille, 1879
=[Deilemera] howa Strand, 1909
=D[eilemera] palelscens v. madagascarica Strand, 1909
Madagascar, Comores, Reunion, Mauritius Is.

Chiromachla leuconoe (Hopffer, 1858)
Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique.

Chiromachla pallescens (Oberthür, 1890)
Comores.

Chiromachla perspicua (Walker, 1854)
=Nyctemera fallax Holland, 1893
Sierra Leone.

Chiromachla restricta (Butler, 1894)
Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zaire, Ghana, Nigeria.

Chiromachla seychellensis (Hampson, 1908)
Seychelles.

Chiromachla torbeni (Wiltshire, 1983)
Arabia: Yemen.

Chiromachla transitella (Strand, 1909)
Tanzania.

Podomachla Strand, 1909; type species: Nyctemera apicalis Walker, 1854
NOTE: taxonomic status of the genus was established by Dubatolov, 2006; Atalanta 37 (1/2)

Podomachla acraeina (Druce, 1882)
Togo, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kameroun, Kenya.
P. a. acraeina (Druce, 1882)
Sierra Leone, Ghana.
P. a. togoensis (Strand, 1909)
Togo.

Podomachla antinorii (Oberthür, 1880), stat. rev. by Dubatolov, 2006
Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Cameroun.

Podomachla apicalis (Walker, 1854)
=Leptosoma fuscipenne Wallengren, 1860
=Leptosoma apicalis f. tricolor Felder, 1874
Widely distributed in tropical Africa and South Africa.

Podomachla arieticornis (Strand, 1909)
=Deilemera arieticornis f. sulphurana Strand, 1912
Cameroun.

Podomachla chromis (Druce, 1882)
=Nyctemera ehromis, Pagenstecher, 1901
=Deilemera chromis f. tessmanni Strand, 1912
West Africa, ?Zaire.

Podomachla insularis (Talbot, 1929)
=Nyctemera insulana Bryk, 1937
Sao Tome.

Podomachla usambarae (Oberthür, 1893)
Tanzania.

Podomachla virgo (Strand, 1909)
Madagascar.

Afronyctemera Dubatolov, 2006; type species: Deilemera itokina Aurivillius, 1904

Afronyctemera itokina (Aurivillius, 1904)
=Deilemera marcida Swinhoe, 1906
=[Deilemera] camerunica Strand, 1909
=Deilemera plana Wichgraf, 1921
Nigeria, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe.

Afrocoscinia Dubatolov, 2011; type species Coscinia aethiopica Kühne, 2010

Afrocoscinia aethiopica (Kühne, 2010)
South Africa.

Argina Hübner, [1819] 1816; type species: Phalaena cribraria Clerck, [1764]
=Lomaspilis Felder, 1874; type species: Lomaspilis pantheraria Felder, 1874

Argina astea (Drury, 1773)
=Phalaena cribraria Clerck, 1759 [1764]
=B[ombyx] Pylotis Fabricius, 1775
=Deiopeia dulcis Walker, 1854
=Xanthestes guttata Rambur, 1866
=Argina notata Butler, 1877
Nepal, India, Andamanes, Nicobares, Bangladesh (Cotes, Swinhoe, 1887), Sri Lanka, South China, Burma, Philippines, Japan (Ryu Kyu), New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia, Samoa, Mauricius. Indo-Australian tropics and Pacifics to Palau, Guam and Taiti (Holloway, 1988). South Iran (Dubatolov, Zahiri, 2005).
A. a. pantheraria Felder, 1874
East Africa (?), Madagascar, Mauricius.

Alytarchia Wallengren, 1863; type species: Euchelia amanda Boisduval, 1847
NOTE: generic status is based on different male genitalia structure (Dubatolov, 2009) ©
=Xanthestes Rambur, 1866; type species: Xanthestes albocincta Rambur, 1866

Alytarchia amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
=Deiopeia cingulifera Walker, 1854
=Argina ocellina Walker, 1854
=Xanthestes albocincta Rambur, [1866]
=Deiopeia serrata Mabille, 1879
Most of Afrotropical region including Madagascar.

Alytarchia leonina (Walker, [1865])
Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania.

Spilosomini

Acantharctia Aurivillius, 1899 [1900]; type species: Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1899 [1900]

Acantharctia atriramosa Hampson, 1907
Uganda, Kenya, Zambia.

Acantharctia bicoloria Gaede, 1916
=Estigmene stygioides Rothschild, 1916
Ghana, Cameroun.

Acantharctia bivittata (Butler, 1898)
Kenya/Uganda.

Acantharctia flavicosta (Hampson, 1900)
=Acantharctia aurivilli Bartel, 1903, synonymization by K&uumlhne, 2005
Zimbabwe, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania.

Acantharctia latifasciata Hampson, 1909
South Africa.

Acantharctia latifusca (Hampson, 1907)
=Acantharctia flavimarginata Rothschild, 1935
=Acantharctia tenebrosa Rothschild, 1935
Uganda, Kenya.

Acantharctia metaleuca Hampson, 1901
Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Zaire.

Acantharctia mundata (Walker, [1865]
=Acantharctia lacteata Rothschild, 1933 [Kühne, 2005]
=Diacrisia atridorsia Hampson, 1920 [Kühne, 2005]
=Am[sacta] rattrayi Rothschild, 1910 [Kü'hne, 1910]
Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zaire, Senegal, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda.

Acantahrctia nigrivena Rothschild, 1935
Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi.

Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1900
Zaire.

Acantharctia rubrifemora Bethune-Baker, 1913
Uganda.

Acantharctia tenuifasciata Hampson, 1910
Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi.

Acantharctia vittata Aurivillius, 1900
South Africa.

Amsacta Walker, 1855; type species: Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855

Amsacta fuscosa (Bartel, 1903)
Togo, Ghana.

Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
Sudan, Central African Republic, Malawi.
A. l. latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
Sudan, Central African Republic.
A. l. elongata Rothschild, 1933
Malawi.

Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria.

Amsacta sensu lato:

Amsacta aureolimbata Rothschild, 1910
Angola, Zaire, Zambia.

Amsacta duberneti de Toulgoët, 1968
Madagascar.

Amsacta flavicostata (gaede, 1916)
=Acantharctia flavicostata var. baumanni Gaede, 1916
Cameroun, Togo.

Amsacta grammiflebia Hampson, 1901
Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Zaire.

Amsacta melanogastra (Holland, 1897)
=Spilosoma occidentalis Bartel, 1903
=Diacrisia epicaste Fawcett, 1915
Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Soth West Africa.

Amsacta nigrisignata Gaede, 1923
Ethiopia.

Amsacta nivea Hampson, 1916
South Africa.

Amsacta paolii Berio, 1936

Amsactarctia Berio, 1938; type species: Amsacta radiosa Pagenstecher, 1903

Amsactarctia pulchra (Rothschild, 1933)
Kenya, Ethiopia.

Amsactarctia radiosa (Pagenstecher, 1903)
NE Africa.

Amsactarctia venusta (de Toulgoët, 1980)
Djibuti, Ethiopia, Somalia.

Afroarctia de Toulgoët, 1978; type species: Spilosoma sjostedti Aurivillius, 1900.

Afroarctia bergeri de Toulgoët, 1978
Zaire, Rwanda, Cameroun, Gabon.

Afroarctia dargei (de Toulgoët, 1976)
Cameroun.

Afroarctia histrionica de Toulgoët, 1978
Rwanda.

Afroarctia kenyana (Rothschild, 1933)
=Spilosoma leopoldi Debauche, 1942
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Zaire, Cameroun.

Afroarctia mamfei de Toulgoët, 1978
Cameroun.

Afroarctia nebulosa de Toulgoët, 1980
Cameroun.

Afroarctia sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1900)
Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroun.

Unknown genus

"Areas" moloneyi Druce, 1887
=Amsacta hampsoni Rothschild, 1910
=Amsacta senegalensis Rothschild, 1933
Gambia, Nigeria, Sudan.

Alpenus Walker, 1855; type species: Alpenus aequalis Walker, 1855
=Eminaria Bethune-Baker, 1908; type species: Eminaria nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908

Alpenus affiniola (Strand, 1919)
=D[iacrisia] affinis Rothschild, 1910
=Maenas homaema Hampson, 1920
=Spilosoma tristicta Hampson, 1920
=Spilosoma diffinis Jordan, 1933
Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria.

Alpenus auriculatus Watson, 1989
South West Africa.

Alpenus diversatus (Hampson, 1916)
Somalia, Zaire, Ethiopia.

Alpenus dollmani (Hampson, 1920)
Zambia, Zaire.

Alpenus geminipuncta (Hampson, 1916)
Ethiopia.

Alpenus intactus (Hampson, 1916)
Nigeria.

Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
=Spilosoma cribraria Bartel, 1903
=Spilosoma mhondana Bartel, 1903
Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Algola, Ghana, Zaire.

Alpenus maculosus (Stoll in Cramer, 1781)
=Ecpantheia assimilis Hübner, [1820]
=Alpenus aequalis Walker, 1855
=Ecpantheria indeterminata Walker, 1855
=Halysidota macularia Walker, [1865]
=Spilosoma eyralpenus Plötz, 1880
Mali, Senegal, Ghambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Central Africal Republic.

Alpenus microstictus (Hampson, 1920)
Nigeria.

Alpenus nigropunctatus (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
=E[stigmene] jacksoni Rothschild, 1910
=Spilosoma cincticorpus Hampson, 1920
=Spilosoma oligosticta Hampson, 1920
=Acantharctia antemediata Rothschild, 1933
Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Central African Republic, Zaire, Angola.

Alpenus pardalina (Rothschild, 1910)
Tanzania, Kenya.

Alpenus schraderi (Rothschild, 1910)
Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania.
A. s. rattrayi (Rothschild, 1910)
Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania.
A. s. schraderi (Rothschild, 1910)
Ethiopia.

Alpenus thomasi Watson, 1989
Cameroun, Nigeria, Central African Republic.

Alpenus whalleyi Watson, 1989
South West Africa.

Alpenus wichgrafi Watson, 1989
Sudan.

Paralpenus Watson, 1988 [1989]; type species: Hyphantria atripes Hampson, 1909

Paralpenus atripes (Hampson, 1909)
Ghana.

Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909)
Sierra Leone, Cameroun.
P. f. flavicosta (Hampson, 1909)
Sierra Leone.
P. f. punctiger (Hering, 1928)
Cameroun.

Paralpenus flavizonatus (Hampson, 1911)
Nigeria, Ghana.

Paralpenus julius Kühne, 2010
Zimbabwe.

Paralpenus strigulosa (Hampson, 1901)
=Estigmene atropunctata Fawcett, 1903
South Africa.

Paralpenus ugandae (Hampson, 1916)
Uganda.

Paralpenus wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
Rwanda, Zaire, Zimbabwe.

P. w. wintgensi (Strand, 1909)
=Maenas nigrilinea Joicey et Talbot, 1921
=Maenas paucipuncta Joicey et Talbot, 1921
=Hyphantria strigulosa eborina Debauche, 1942
Rwanda, Zaire.

P. w. zimbabweiensis Dubatolov, 2011
Zimbabwe.

Micralarctia Watson, 1988 [1989]; type species: Spilosoma punctulatum Wallengren, 1860

Micralarctia australis Watson, 1988 [1989]
South West Africa.

Micralarctia punctulata (Wallengren, 1860)
South West Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Zaire, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroun, Ethiopia.
M. p. punctulata (Wallengren, 1860)
South West Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana.
M. p. auricinctum (Butler, 1897)
=Spilosoma nivaria Bartel, 1903
=Spilosoma nyassana Bartel, 1903
=Amsacta evadne Fawcett, 1915
Angola, Zaire, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia.
M. p. euproctina (Aurivillius, 1900)
=Spilosoma edlingeri Bartel, 1903
=D[iacrisia] albescens Rothschild, 1910
Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroun.
M. p. pura (Butler, 1878)
=E[stigmene] schraderi Rothschild, 1910
Ethiopia.

Micralarctia semipura (Bartel, 1903)
=Spilosoma nigripunctata Bartel, 1903
Tanzania.

Micralarctia toulgoeti Watson, 1988 [1989]
Somalia.

Ustjuzhania Dubatolov, 2009; type species: Spilosoma lineata Walker, 1855

Ustjuzhania albida (Bartel, 1903)
East Tanzania, South Kenya.

Ustjuzhania chionea (Hampson, 1900)
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi.

Ustjuzhania lineata (Walker, 1855)
South Africa, South West Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Angola, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe.
U. l. lineata (Walker, 1855)
=Aloa simplex Walker, 1855
=Saenura alba Wallengren, 1860
=Spilarctia puella Druce, 1898
South Africa, South West Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Ethiopia.
U. l. malawica Dubatolov, 2009
Malawi, Zimbabwe.

Creataloum Dubatolov, 2004; type species: Spilosoma arabicum Hampson, 1896

Creataloum arabicum (Hampson, 1896)
=Spilosoma gracilis Staudinger, 1899
Palestina, Arabia, incl. Aden, South Iraq, South Iran. Egypt?

Creatonotos Hübner, [1819] 1816; type species: Phalaena interrupta Linnaeus, 1767
=Creatonotus Agassiz, 1847, not correct spelling

Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroun, Ethiopia, Guinea, Angole, Uganda, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia.
C. l. leucanioides Holland, 1893
=Creatonotos brunnipennis Bartel, 1903
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroun, Ethiopia, Guinea, Angole, Uganda, Tanzania.
C. l. albidior Wiltshire, 1986
Saudi Arabia.

Creatonotos omanirana de Freina, 2007
South Iran, East Arabia: UAE, Oman.

Creatonotos perineti Rothschild, 1933
Madagascar.

Creatonotos punctivitta (Walker, 1855)
=Creatonotos punctivitta notivitta Pinhey, 1975
Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, Zaire.

Creatonotos sensu lato:

Creatonotos flavidus Bartel, 1903
South West Africa, ?Angola.

Dubatolovia de Freina, 2010; type species: Creatonotos neurophaea Hampson, 1911

Dubatolovia atrivena (Hampson, 1907)
=Creatonotos neurophaea Hampson, 1911
West Africa (incl. Ghana), Cameroun, Central African Republic, Zaire, Uganda, Angola.

Afrowatsonius Dubatolov, 2006; type species: Aloa marginalis Walker, 1855

Afrowatsonius burgeoni (Talbot, 1928)
Zaire.

Afrowatsonius fulvomarginalis (Wichgraf, 1921)
=Creatonotus fuscomarginalis, Gaede, 1926
Sudan.

Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1955)
=Spilosoma ramivitta Walker, 1869
=Creatonotus marginalis confluens (Rothschild, 1933)
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Zaire, Guinea.

Afrowatsonius spilleri (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
South Africa.

Afrowatsonius sudanicus (Rothschild, 1933)
"Ludi, Lado Enclave".

Dionychoscelis Aurivillius, 1922; type species: Dionychoscelis venata Aurivillius, 1922
=Monarctia Talbot, 1929; type species Monarctia lactea Talbot, 1929

Dionychoscelis venata Aurivillius, 1922
=Monarctia lactea Talbot, 1929
Angola

Disparctia de Toulgoët, 1978; type species Spilarctia vittata Druce, 1898.

Disparctia thomensis (Joicey et Talbot, 1926)
Sao Tomi.

Disparctia vittata (Druce, 1898)
=Creatonotos vittata var. buea Strand, 1913
Sierra Leone, Ghana, Cameroun, Kenya, Zaire.

Disparctia varicolor de Toulgoët, 1978
Rwanda, Uganda.

Epilacydes Butler, 1875; type species Epilacydes simulans Butler, 1875

Epilacydes bayoni (Berio, 1935), combination by Dubatolov, 2006
Uganda.

Epilacydes pseudoscita Dubatolov, 2006
Cote d’Ivoire.

Epilacydes scita (Walker, [1865]), combination by Dubatolov, 2006
=Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria, Guinea.

Epilacydes simulans Butler, 1875
=Estigmene rachis Strand, 1915
Fernando Po, Cameroun, Egypt.

Estigmene sensu lato:

Estigmene ansorgei Rothschild, 1910
=Amsacta ochreolutescens Kiriakoff, 1954
Uganda, Zambia, Zaire.

Estigmene atrifascia (Hampson, 1907)
Kenya.

Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907
=Acantharctia aureacosta Bethune-Baker, 1911
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana.

Estigmene griseata Hampson in Poulton, 1916
Somalia, Kenya.

Estigmene internigralis Hampson, 1905
South Africa.

Estigmene laglaizei Rothschild, 1910
Senegal.

Estigmene melanoxantha Gaede, 1926
East Africa.

Estigmene multivittata Rothschild, 1910
Kenya, Ethiopia.

Estigmene neuriastis Hampson, 1907
Angola, Zambia, Zaire.

Estigmene ochreomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1909
=Amsacta ansorgei Rothschild, 1910
Zaire, Uganda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone.

Estigmene rothi Rothschild, 1910
Nigeria.

Estigmene sabulosa Romieux, 1943
Zaire, Zambia.

Estigmene similis Rothschild, 1910
Tanzania, Zaire.

Estigmene tenuistrigata Hampson, 1900
Kenya, Uganda, Zaire.

Estigmene testaceoflava Rothschild, 1933
Senegal.

Estigmene trivitta (Walker, 1855)
Angola, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africaþ

Popoudina Dubatolov, 2006; type species Estigmene pamphilia Kiriakoff, 1958

Popoudina aliena (Kiriakoff, 1954)
Zaire.

Popoudina dorsalis (Walker, 1855)
South Africa.

Popoudina griseipennis (Bartel, 1903)
Angola.

Popoudina kovtunovitchi Dubatolov, 2011
Zimbabwe.

Popoudina leighi (Rothschild, 1910)
South Africa.

Popoudina lemniscata (Distant, 1898)
South Africa.

Popoudina linea (Walker, 1855)
=Spilosoma strigatum Wallengren, 1860
=Spilosoma truncatum Walker, 1856
South Africa.

Popoudina pamphilia (Kiriakoff, 1958)
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda.

Popoudina unistriga (Grünberg, 1910)
Namibia.

Subgenus Pseudopopoudina Dubatolov, 2006; type species Estigmene brosi de Toulgoët, 1986

Popoudina (Pseudopopoudina) brosi (de Toulgoët, 1986)
Tanzania.

Eyralpenus Butler, 1875; type species Spilosoma testacea Walker, 1855

Eyralpenus inconspicua (Rothschild, 1910)
Tanzania, Malawi, Angola.

Eyralpenus kovtunovitchi Dubatolov, 2011
Malawi.

Eyralpenus postflavida (Rothschild, 1933)
Zaire.

Eyralpenus scioana (Oberthür, 1879 [1880])
Ethiopia, East Africa, South West Africa, Angola, Zaire.
E. s. scioana (Oberthür, 1879 [1880])
=Spilarctia abbotti Holland, 1892
=Spilarctia abbottii Holland, 1895
=Diacrisia scioana var. multipicta Strand, 1921
Ethiopia, East Africa, South West Africa, South Africa.
E. s. intensa (Rothschild, 1910)
Angola.
E. s. paucipunctata (Kiriakoff, 1963)
Zaire.

Eyralpenus sublutea (Bartel, 1903)
Tanzania.

Eyralpenus testacea (Walker, 1855)
=Spilosoma subflavescens Walker, [1865]
South Africa.

Eyralpenus trifasciata (Holland, 1892)
=Alpenus trifasciata Holland, 1895
Tanzania.

Subgenus Pareyralpenus Dubatolov et Haynes, 2008; type species Spilosoma quadrilunata Hampson, 1901

Eyralpenus (Pareyralpenus) diplosticta (Hampson, 1900)
=Diacrisia diplosticha Hampson, 1901
Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zaire.

Eyralpenus (Pareyralpenus) meinhofi (Bartel, 1903)
=Amsacta atricrures Hampson, 1916
=Estigmene melanocera Hampson, 1916
=Estigmene metaxantha Hampson, 1920
Malawi, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, East Africa, Pemba I., Angola, Zaire.

Eyralpenus (Pareyralpenus) quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901)
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Zaire.

Monstruncusarctia Dubatolov et Haynes, 2008; type species Alpenus aurantiaca Holland, 1893

Monstruncusarctia aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)
=Alpenus multiscripta Holland, 1893
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Gabon, Zaire.

Monstruncusarctia decemmaculata (Rothschild, 1916)
Zaire.

Fodinoidea Saalmüller, 1884; type species Fodinoidea staudingeri Saalmüller, 1884

Fodinoidea formosa de Toulgoët, 1984
Madagascar.

Fodinoidea pluto de Toulgoët, 1961
Madagascar (Ambro Mt., 1000 m).
F. p. pluto de Toulgoët, 1961
Madagascar (Ambro Mt., 1000 m).
F. p. celsicola de Toulgoët, 1984
Madagascar (over 1900 m in Ankaratra and Andringitra).

Fodinoidea pulchra de Toulgoët, 1971
Madagascar.

Fodinoidea pupieri de Toulgoët, 1972
Comores.

Fodinoidea rectifascia Collenette, 1930
Madagascar.

Fodinoidea staudingeri Saalmüller, 1884
Madagascar.
F. s. staudingeri Saalmüller, 1884
Madagascar.
F. s. laeta de Toulgoët, 1957
Madagascar.

Fodinoidea vectigera (Mabille, 1882)
=Fodinoidea maculata Butler, 1885
Madagascar.

Kiriakoffalia de Toulgoët, 1978; type species Pericallia costimacula Joicey et talbot, 1924
=Kiriakoffia de Toulgoët, 1978; type species Pericallia costimacula Joicey et talbot, 1924

Kiriakoffalia costimacula (Joicey et Talbot, 1924)
Rwanda, Uganda, Zaire.

Kiriakoffalia guineae (Strand, 1912)
Equatorial Guinea.

Kiriakoffalia lemairei (de Toulgoët, 1976)
Cameroun, Zaire, Gabon.
K. l. lemairei (de Toulgoët, 1976)
Cameroun.
K. l. paleacea (de Toulgoët, 1978)
Zaire, Gabon.

Seydelia Kiriakoff, 1952; type species Seydelia celsicola de Toulgoët, 1976

Seydelia ellioti (Butler, 1896)
Uganda, Zaire, South Africa, Malawi, Rwanda.

Seydelia geometrica (Oberthür, 1883)
Ethiopia.

Seydelia turlini de Toulgoët, 1976
Rwanda.
S. t. turlini de Toulgoët, 1976
Rwanda.
S. t. celsicola de Toulgoët, 1976
Rwanda.

Paralacydes Aurivillius, 1900; type species Phalaena vocula Stoll, 1790
=Maenas Hübner, [1819] 1816; type species Phalaena vocula Stoll, 1790
=Eutaenia Wallengren, 1875; type species Eutaenia scapulosa Wallengren, 1875
=Caligula Aurivillius, 1879; type species Caligula wallengreni Aurivillius, 1879

Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875)
=Eutaenia scapulosa Wallengren, 1875
=Caligula wallengreni Aurivillius, 1879
=Conchyla smithii Holland, 1897
Angola, South Africa, West Africa, Kenya, South Sudan, Zaire.

Paralacydes bomfordi (Pinhey, 1968)
Zimbabwe, South Africa.

Paralacydes destructus Kühne, 2010
Namibia.

Paralacydes gracilis (Butler, 1898), stat. rev., based on different male genitalia structure! (Dubatolov, in litt.)
=?Amsacta impia Strand, 1909
Kenya.

Paralacydes vocula (Stoll, 1790).
South Africa, Tanzania.

Paralacydes sensu lato:

Paralacydes jeskei (Grünberg, 1911)
South West Africa, South Africa, Botswana.

Paralacydes bivittata (Bartel, 1903)
Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire.

Paralacydes minorata (Berio, 1935)
Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya.

Paralacydes ramosa (Hampson, 1907)
Zimbabwe, South Africa.

Paralacydes fiorii (Berio, 1937)
Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania.

Cymaroa Hampson, 1905; type species Cymaroa leptopepla Hampson, 1905

Cymaroa grisea (Thunberg, 1784)
South Africa.

Cymaroa leptopepla Hampson, 1905
Lesotho, South Africa.

Phlyctaenogastra Gaede, 1915; type species Phlyctaenogastra rangei Gaede, 1915

Phlyctaenogastra britae Kühne, 2010
Namibia.

Phlyctaenogastra familia Kühne, 2010
Namibia.

Phlyctaenogastra rangei Gaede, 1915
South West Africa.

Paramaenas Grünberg, 1911; type species Paramaenas strigosus Grünberg, 1911

Paramaenas affinis (Rothschild, 1933)
South West Africa.

Paramaenas nephelistis (Hampson, 1907)
Angola, Kenya.

P. n. nephelistis (Hampson, 1907)
Angola.

P. n. diaphana (Rothschild, 1933)
=Pericallia hecate Fawcett, 1916
Kenya.

Paramaenas strigosus Grünberg, 1911
South West Africa, South Africa, Kenya.

Pseudophragmatobia Krüger, 2009

Pseudophragmtobia cinnamomea Krüger, 2009
South Africa.

Pseudophragmtobia limbata Krüger, 2009
Lesotho.

Pseudophragmtobia parvula (Felder, 1874)
South Africa.

Pseudophragmtobia paucirubra Krüger, 2009
South Africa.

Pseudophragmtobia perpunctata Krüger, 2009
=Phragmatobia sp., Goodger, Watson, 1995: 15, fig. 51.
South Africa.

Pseudophragmtobia salmo Krüger, 2009
South Africa.

Pseudophragmtobia unicolor Krüger, 2009
South Africa.

Poecilarctia Aurivillius, 1921; type species Poecilarctia venata Aurivillius, 1921.

Poecilarctia venata Aurivillius, 1921
=Spilosoma rubricosta Talbot, 1929
Zimbabwe, Malawi.

Rhodogastria Hübner, [1819]; type species Phalaena amasis Cramer, 1779
=Dionychopus Herrich-Schäffer, 1855; type species Phalaena amasis Cramer, 1779
=Munychia Wallengren, 1858; type species Munychia callipyga Wallengren, 1858

Rhodogastria amasis (Cramer, 1779)
=Noctua serici Thunberg, 1781
=Chelonia erythronota Boisduval, 1847
=Aloa delineata Walker, 1855
=Munychia callipyga Wallengren, 1860
=Bombyx thunbergii Guérin-Méneville, 1862
South Africa.

Rhodogastria similis (Möschler, 1884)
South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Afrojavanica Dubatolov, 2006; type species: Pericallia geometrica kostlani Gaede, 1923

Afrojavanica kostlani (Gaede, 1923)
Ethiopia.

Dasyarctia Gaede, 1923; type species Dasyarctia grisea Gaede, 1923.

Dasyarctia grisea Gaede, 1923
South Africa.

Teracotona Butler, 1878; type species Aloa rhodophaea Walker, [1865] 1864
=Macronyx Felder, 1874; type species Macronyx debilis Felder, 1874.

Teracotona euprepia Hampson, 1900
Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Angola, Zaire.
T. e. euprepia Hampson, 1900
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Angola.
T. e. bicolor de Toulgoët, 1980
Malawi, Tanzania.

Teracotona euprepioides Wichgraf, 1921
Angola.

Teracotona irregularis Gaede, 1926
Senegal.

Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903
=Teracotona flavipennis Bartel, 1903
Uganda, Kenya, Zaire, Tanzania.

Teracotona quadripunctata Wichgraf, 1908
=Teracotona rhodophaea f. obscurior Wichgraf, 1908
=Teracotona buryi Rothschild, 1910
Ghana, Nigeria.

Teracotona rhodophaea (Walker, [1865])
=Macronyx debilis Felder, 1874
=Teracotona rhodophaea f. pallidior Niepelt, 1937; subspecies status by H. de Toulgoët, 1977
Range: uncertain; possibly restricted to southern Africa [Goodger, Watson, 1995]; Kenya, Djibouti [de Toulgoët, 1977], Zimbabwe [Dubatolov, 2011], Namibia [Kühne, 2007].

Teracotona submaculata Walker, 1855
=Spilosoma obscurum Walker, 1856
=Teracotona roseata Butler, 1878
=Teracotona submacula f. albiplaga Gaede, 1926
=Cycnia submacula f. natalica Möschler, 1872
=Estigmene submacula f. strigosa Möschler, 1872
South Africa, South West Africa; Malawi [Dubatolov, 2009].

Teracotona trifasciata Bartel, 1903
East Africa, Angola.

Teracotona sensu lato:

Teracotona homeyeri Rothschild, 1910
Angola, Tanzania, Malawi.

Teracotona latifasciata Carcasson, 1965
Tanzania.

Subgenus Neoteracotona Dubatolov, 2009; type species Seirarctia proditrix Berio, 1939

Teracotona (Neoteracotona) alicia (Hampson, 1911)
Kenya.

Teracotona (Neoteracotona) jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910)
Kenya.

Teracotona (Neoteracotona) kovtunovitchi Dubatolov, 2011
Malawi.

Teracotona (Neoteracotona) murtafaa Wiltshire, 1980
Oman.

Teracotona (Neoteracotona) pallida Joicey et Talbot, 1924
Rwanda.

Teracotona (Neoteracotona) pitmanni (Rothschild, 1933)
Kenya.
T. (N.) p. pitmanni (Rothschild, 1933)
Kenya.
T. (N.) p. major (Rothschild, 1933)
Kenya.

Teracotona (Neoteracotona) postalbida (Gaede, 1926)
Ethiopia.

Teracotona (Neoteracotona) proditrix (Berio, 1939)
Ethiopia.

Teracotona (Neoteracotona) pruinosa (Joannis, 1912)
Ethiopia.

Teracotona (Neoteracotona) translucens (Grünberg, 1907)
=Teracotona subflava Joicey et Talbot, 1924
Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda.

Subgenus Pseudoteracotona Dubatolov, 2009; type species Seirarctia melanocera Hampson, 1920

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) abyssinica (Rothschild, 1933)
Ethiopia, Kenya.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) approximans (Rothschild, 1917)
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) clara Holland, 1892
=Teracotona clara Holland, 1895
Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia.
T. (P.) c. clara Holland, 1892
Tanzania, Kenya.
T. (P.) c. rubiginea (de Toulgoët, 1977)
Ethiopia.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) immaculata (Wichgraf, 1921)
Angola.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) melanocera (Hampson, 1920)
=Seirarctia malanocera f. kiboshoica Szent-Ivany, 1942
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) metaxantha (Hampson, 1920)
Zimbabwe, South Africa.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) multistrigata Joicey et Talbot, 1924
Zaire, Rwanda.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) neumanni Rothschild, 1933
Ethiopia.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) seminigra (Hampson, 1905)
Ethiopia.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) senegalensis (Rothschild, 1933)
Senegal.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) subapproximans (Rothschild, 1933)
East Africa.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) subterminata (Hampson, 1901)
=Seirarctia sordida Rothschild, 1917
Ethiopia, Kenya.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) uhrikmeszarosi Szent-Ivany, 1942
Tanzania.

Teracotona (Pseudoteracotona) wittei (Debauche, 1942)
Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda.

Carcinarctia Hampson, 1901; type species: Carcinarctia metamelaena Hampson, 1901

Carcinarctia kivuensis Joicey et Talbot, 1924
Zaire.

Carcinarctia laeliodes Hampson, 1916 Kenya, Rwanda, Zaire.
C. l. laeliodes Hampson, 1916
=Carcinarctia laeliodes f. clarissima Gaede, 1926
Kenya, Rwanda.
C. l. fasciata Debauche, 1942
Zaire.

Carcinarctia metamelaena Hampson, 1901
Kenya.

Carcinarctia rougeoti de Toulgoët, 1977
Ethiopia.

Carcinarctia rufa Joicey et talbot, 1921
=Carcinarctia xanthica Joicey et talbot, 1924
=Spilosoma kivuensis DEbauche, 1942
Zaire, Uganda.

Leucaloa Butler, 1875; type species Spilosoma eugraphica Walker, [1865] 1864

Leucaloa butti (Rothschild, 1910)
South Africa.

Leucaloa eugraphica (Walker, [1865] 1864)
=Aloa undistriga Felder, 1874
=Diacrisia engraphica Rothschild, 1910
South Africa.

Leucaloa nyasica (Hampson, 1911)
Malawi, Zimbabwe.

Menegites Kiriakoff, 1954; type species Menegites nivea Kiriakoff, 1954

Menegites nivea Kiriakoff, 1954
Zaire.

Menegites sulphurea (Bartel, 1903)
Cameroun, Zaire, Rwanda, Malawi.

Saenura Wallengren, 1858; type species Saenura flava Wallengren, 1858

Saenura flava Wallengren, 1858
=Saenura flava Wallengren, 1860
=Diacrisia oriens Rothschild, 1917
South West Africa.

Binna Walker, [1865]; type species Binna pencillata Walker, [1865]

Binna pencillata Walker, [1865]
Sierra Leone, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Kenya [Haynes, 2011].

Radiarctia Dubatolov, 2006; type species Spilosoma screabile Wallengren, 1876

Radiarctia jacksoni (Rothschild, 1910)
Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire.

Radiarctia melanochoria (Hering, 1932)
Zaire, Rwanda.

Radiarctia screabile (Wallengren, 1875)
Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, DR of Congo [Zaire], Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa [Haynes, 2011].
R. s. nyangana Haynes, 2011
Zimbabwe (above 2000 m).

Radiarctia sinefascia (Hampson, 1916)
Nigeria, Zimbabwe.

Pseudoradiarctia Haynes, 2011

Pseudoradiarctia affinis (Bartel, 1903)
Tanzania.

Pseudoradiarctia lentifasciata (Hampson, 1916)
Zimbabwe.

Pseudoradiarctia pallida Haynes, 2011
Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe.

Pseudoradiarctia parva Haynes, 2011
Tanzania, Zambia.

Pseudoradiarctia rhodesiana (Hampson, 1900)
=Spilosoma angolensis Bartel, 1903, synonymy by Kühne, 2005
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zaire, Angola, Malawi.

Pseudoradiarctia scita (Walker, [1865])
South Africa, Zambia, ?Zaire.

Pseudoradiarctia tanzanica Haynes, 2011
Tanzania.

Afraloa Dubatolov, 2006; type species Aloa bifurca Walker, 1855

Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855)
=Spilarctia radiosa Druce, 1898
Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Zaire

Spilosoma Curtis, 1825 type species Bombyx menthastri [Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775
=Spilosoma Stephens, 1827; type species Phalaena lubricipeda Linnaeus, 1758.

Spilosoma yemenensis (Hampson, 1916)
Yemen, Saudi Arabia.

Spilosoma sensu lato species WITH UNKNOWN SYSTEMATIC POSITION:
Spilosoma albilurida (Muller, 1980)
South Africa.

Spilosoma albiventre Kiriakoff, 1963
Tanzania, ?Zaire.

Spilosoma unimaculata Bartel, 1903. Possibly a species of Eyralpenus Butler [Goodger, Watson, 1995].
=Spilosoma bipartita Rothschild, 1933
Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Angola, Malawi.

Spilosoma clasnaumanni Kühne, 2005
Kenya.

Spilosoma crossi (Rothschild, 1910)
Gambia, Nigeria.

Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
=Estigmene senegalensis Rothschild, 1933, synonymy by Kühne, 2005
Zaire, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal.

Spilosoma dufranei Kiriakoff, 1965
Zaire.

Spilosoma euryphlebia (Hampson, 1903)
South Africa.

Spilosoma flavidior Gaede, 1923
Tropical Africa, exact range not known [Goodger, Watson, 1995].

Spilosoma jordani Debauche, 1938
Central African Republic.

Spilosoma lurida (Muller, 1980)
Rhodesia.

Spilosoma maniemae Kiriakoff, 1965
Zaire.

Spilosoma metaleuca (Hampson, 1905)
Nigeria, Sudan, Zaire.

Spilosoma penultimum Kiriakoff, 1965
Zaire.

Spilosoma pseudambrensis (de Toulgoët, 1961)
Madagascar.

Spilosoma quadrimacula de Toulgoët, 1977
Ethiopia.

Spilosoma tenuivena Kiriakoff, 1965
Zaire.

Spilosoma turlini de Toulgoët, 1973
Madagascar.

Spilosoma sensu lato species, that HAVE YELLOWISH WHITE OR PALE YELLOW WINGS, WITH PATTERN OF [BROAD] BROWN TRANSVERSE FASCIAE ON FOREWING IN WHICH THE MOST DISTINCTIVE FEATURE IS THE STRONGLY ANGLED ANTEMEDIAL FASCIA:

Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910)
Nigeria, Cameroun, Zaire.

Spilosoma rava (Druce, 1898)
Gambia, Senegal, Ghana, Zaire.
S. r. rava (Druce, 1898)
Gambia, Senegal, Ghana.
S. r. deleta Debauche, 1938
Zaire.

Spilosoma sensu lato species with LIGHT WINGS, FOREWINGS WITH TWO CURVED NARROW MEDIAL FASCIAE:
Spilosoma buryi (Rothschild, 1910)
Ghana, Nigeria.

Spilosoma sensu lato species with YELLOWISH BROWN FOREWING AND YELLOW HINDWING, EACH WITH BLACK DISCOCELLULAR MARKING; SOMETIMES DISCOCELLULAR MARKINGS ON ONLY THE HINDWINGS OF SOME SPECIMENS:
Spilosoma castelli Rothschild, 1933
Senegal, Nigeria.

S. c. castelli Rothschild, 1933
Senegal.

S. c. grandia Rothschild, 1933
Nigeria.

Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
=Spilosoma togoensis impunctata Rothschild, 1933
Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Nigeria, Zaire, Cameroun, Central African Republic.

Spilosoma sensu lato species with WHITE FOREWINGS WITH DARK BROWN OR BLACK VEINS:
Spilosoma atrivenata Rothschild, 1933
Tanzania.

Spilosoma feifensis Wiltshire, 1986
West Saudi Arabia.

Spilosoma fuscovenata Bartel, 1903, specific status by Wiltshire, 1986
Tanzania, etc.?

Spilosoma nyasana Rothschild, 1933
Malawi.

Spilosoma sensu lato species with YELLOW OR YELLOWISH WHITE WINGS THAT LACK SPOTS OR TRANSVERSE FASCIAE:
Spilosoma baxteri (Rothschild, 1910)
Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya.

Spilosoma brunneomixta de Toulgoët, 1971
Madagascar.

Spilosoma hercules (de Toulgoët, 1956)
Madagascar.

Spilosoma holoxantha (Hampson, 1907)
Nigeria.

Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroun, Zaire.

Spilosoma karschi Bartel, 1903
Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire.

Spilosoma mediocinerea (de Toulgoët, 1956)
Madagascar.

Spilosoma nigrocincta (Kenrick, 1914)
Madagascar.

Spilosoma pales (Druce, 1910)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania.

Spilosoma pauliani (de Toulgoët, 1956)
Madagascar.

Spilosoma sensu lato species with YELLOW FOREWINGS WITH ONE OR MORE DISCOCELLULAR SPOTS AND WHITE HIND WINGS:
Spilosoma gynephaea (Hampson, 1901)
Zimbabwe.

Spilosoma mediopunctata (Pagenstecher, 1903)
Somalia.

Spilosoma sensu lato species with YELLOWISH BROWN FOREWINGS WITH A DARK BROWN STREAK BELOW CELL AND YELLOWISH WHITE HINDWINGS WITH THE VEINS BROWN DISTALLY:
Spilosoma melanimon Mabille, 1880
=Spilosoma robleti Mabille, 1893
Madagascar.

Spilosoma sensu lato species with TRANSLUCENT BROWN WINGS WITH A BLACK DISCOCELLULAR SPOT ON THE FOREWING:
Spilosoma pellucida (Rothschild, 1910)
Ghana.

Spilosoma sensu lato species with YELLOWISH BROWN FOREWIGS AND YELLOW HINDWINGS WITH DARK BROWN OUTER MARGINAL BAND:
Spilosoma heterogenea Bartel, 1903
Angola.

Spilosoma nigrocastanea (Rothschild, 1917)
Malawi.

Spilosoma sensu lato species with YELLOWISH FOREWINGS WITH A RADIAL PATTERN OF BROWN INTERNEURALLY:

Spilosoma latiradiata (Hampson, 1901)
Malawi.

Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire.
S. o. occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria.
S. o. nyangweensis (Strand, 1922)
Zaire.

Afromurzinia Dubatolov et Haynes, 2008; type species Spilosoma lutescens Walker, 1855

Afromurzinia fletcheri Kiriakoff, 1958
Tanzania.

Afromurzinia lutescens (Walker, 1855)
=Spilosoma semihyalina Bartel, 1903, synonymy by Kühne, 2005
Sierra Leone, Ghana, Cameroun, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Togo, Angola, Zaire, Ethiopia.

Afromurzinia sublutescens Kiriakoff, 1958
Uganda.

Toulgarctia Dubatolov et Haynes, 2008 ; type species: Diacrisia madagascariensis luteoradians de Toulgöt, 1954

Toulgarctia griveaudi (de Toulgoët, 1956)
Madagascar.

Toulgarctia luteoradians (de Toulgoët, 1954)
Madagascar.
T. l. jugicola (de Toulgoët, 1976)
Central Madagascar: massif de l’Itremo.

T. l. luteoradians (de Toulgoët, 1954)
Madagascar: massif de l’Ankaratra.

T. l. monochroma de Toulgoët, 1984
=Estigmene madagascariensis Rothschild, 1933
Madagascar: Perinet.

Toulgarctia milloti (de Toulgoët, 1954)
Madagascar.

Toulgarctia viettei (de Toulgoët, 1954)
Madagascar.

Toulgarctia vieui (de Toulgoët, 1956)
Madagascar.

Afrospilarctia Dubatolov, 2006; type species Euchaetes lucida Druce, 1898

Afrospilarctia dentivalva Dubatolov, 2011
Zambia.

Afrospilarctia dissimilis (Distant, 1897)
South Africa.

Afrospilarctia lucida (Druce, 1898)
=Spilosoma steudeli Bartel, 1903
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia.

Afrospilarctia unipuncta (Hampson, 1905)
=Estigemene unipuncta f. defasciata Talbot, 1932
=Estigmene unipuncta f. limbata Talbot, 1932
=Estigmene unipuncta f. limitata Talbot, 1932
Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Angola, Zaire.

Logunovium Dubatolov, 2006; type species Spilosoma scortillum Wallengren, 1875

Logunovium nigricostum (Holland, 1893)
Gabon, Zaire, Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Senegal.

Logunovium scortillum (Wallengren, 1875)
South Africa, Zaire.
L. s. scortillum Wallengren, 1875
South Africa.
L. s. costalis (Kiriakoff, 1954)
Zaire.

Pericaliella Dubatolov, 2006; type species Diacrisia melanodisca Hampson, 1907

Pericaliella melanodisca (Hampson, 1907)
Cameroun, Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda.

Detoulgoetia Dubatolov, 2006; type species Spilosoma adspersa Mabille, 1878

Detoulgoetia aspersa (Mabille, 1878 [1879])
Madagascar, Comores.
D. a. aspersa (Mabille, 1878 [1879])
=Areas virginalis Butler, 1878 [December]
Madagascar.
D. a. comorensis (Rothschild, 1933)
Comores: Mayotte.
D. a. pseudosparsata (Rothschild, 1933); status by Toulgoët, 1991!
Comores: Grande Comore.
D. a. pupieri (de Toulgoet, 1991)
Comores: Mohéli.

Madagascarctia Dubatolov, 2006; type species Euchaetes madagascariensis Butler, 1882

Madagascarctia adelinae (de Toulgoet, 1991)
Comoro Islands.

Madagascarctia cellularis (de Toulgoët, 1954)
Madagascar.

Madagascarctia feminina Rothschild, 1933
Madagascar.

Madagascarctia madagascariensis (Butler, 1882)
Madagascar.

M. m. madagascariensis (Butler, 1882)
Madagascar.

M. m. sparsipuncta (Hampson, 1901)
=Diacrisia sparcipunctata Rothschild, 1910
Madagascar.
 

ARCTIINAE incertae sedis:
Meganaclia Aurivillius, 1892; type species Naclia sippia Plötz, 1880

Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880)
West Africa.

Subgenus Nacliodes Strand, 1912; type species Meganaclia microsippia Strand, 1912
=Mesonaclia Kiriakoff, 1953; type species Meganaclia minor Hampson, 1914

Meganaclia (Nacliodes) microsippia Strand, 1912
=Meganaclia minor Hampson, 1914
West Africa.

NOT ARCTIINAE(?):
Ilemodes Hampson, 1900; type species Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900

Ilemodes astriga Hampson, 1916
Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa.

Ilemodes heterogyna Hampson, 1900
Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, South Africa.
I. h. heterogyna Hampson, 1900
Uganda, Malawi, South Africa.
I. h. astrigoides Rothschild, 1933
Ethiopia, Kenya.

Ilemodes isogyna Romieux, 1935
Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe.

Ilemodes madagascariensis (de Toulgoët, 1959)
Madagascar.

Curobinae/dae (or Noctuidae?)

Secusio Walker, 1854; type species Secusio strigata Walker, 1854

Secusio ansorgei Rothschild, 1933
Angola.

Secusio atrizonata Hampson, 1910
Zambia.

Secusio deilemera Talbot, 1929
Angola, Zaire, Uganda.

Secusio discoidalis Talbot, 1929
Angola, ?Kenya.

Secusio drucei Rothschild, 1933
Angola, Uganda.
S. d. drucei Rothschild, 1933
Angola.
S. d. intensa Rothschild, 1933
Uganda.

Secusio gaetana Oberthür, 1923
Madagascar.

Secusio mania Druce, 1887
=[Secusio mania] Form deilemerana Strand, 1909
Mozambique, Malawi, Uganda.

Secusio monteironis Rothschild, 1933
“Delagoa Bay (or Angola) ... Doubt caused by labels getting mixed”.

Secusio sansibarensis Strand, 1909
Tanzania (Zansibar).

Secusio strigata Walker, 1854
India, Aden, Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Ethiopia.
S. s. strigata Walker, 1854; List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 2: 559. TL: “Port Natal” + “----- ?”.
=Secusio hymenaea Gerstaecker, 1871
South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi.
S. s. parvipuncta Hampson, 1891
India, Aden (not correct!), Tanzania.
S. s. yemenensis Wiltshire, 1983
SW Arab Peninsula.
 

Anaphesia mirabilis (Bartel, 1903) (LITHOSIINAE!)
=Teracotona mirabilis Bartel, 1903
Malawi.