Heraclia (moth)
Encyclopedia
Heraclia is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Heraclia abacata (Karsch, 1892)
- Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881)
- Heraclia africana (Butler, 1875)
- Heraclia aisha (Kirby, 1891)
- Heraclia annulata (Aurivillius, 1925)
- Heraclia atrifusa (Hampson, 1912)
- Heraclia atriventralis (Hampson, 1910)
- Heraclia aurantiaca Kiriakoff, 1975
- Heraclia aurea (Wichgraf, 1918)
- Heraclia bucholzi (Plötz, 1880)
- Heraclia butleri (Walker, 1869)
- Heraclia catori (Jordan, 1904)
- Heraclia contigua (Walker, 1854)
- Heraclia deficiens (Mabille, 1891)
- Heraclia durbania (Stoneham, 1963)
- Heraclia elongata (Bartel, 1903)
- Heraclia flavipennis (Bartel, 1903)
- Heraclia flavisignata (Hampson, 1912)
- Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781)
- Heraclia gruenbergi (Wichgraf, 1911)
- Heraclia hornimani (Druce, 1880)
- Heraclia houyjensis (Wichgraf, 1918)
- Heraclia hypercompoides (Butler, 1895)
- Heraclia jacksoni Kiriakoff, 1975
- Heraclia jugans (Jordan, 1913)
- Heraclia karschii (Holland, 1897)
- Heraclia kivuensis Kiriakoff, 1973
- Heraclia limbomaculata (Strand, 1909)
- Heraclia lomata (Karsch, 1892)
- Heraclia longipennis (Walker, 1854)
- Heraclia medeba (Druce, 1880)
- Heraclia monslunensis (Hampson, 1901)
- Heraclia mozambica (Mabille, 1890)
- Heraclia nandi Kiriakoff, 1974
- Heraclia nigridorsa (Mabille, 1890)
- Heraclia nobela Kiriakoff, 1974
- Heraclia pallida (Walker, 1854)
- Heraclia pampata Kiriakoff, 1974
- Heraclia pardalina (Walker, 1869)
- Heraclia perdix (Druce, 1887)
- Heraclia poggeiHeraclia poggeiHeraclia poggei is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in western Africa, Guinea and Cameroon....
(Dewitz, 1879) - Heraclia superba (Butler, 1875)
- Heraclia terminatis (Walker, 1856)
- Heraclia thruppi (Butler, [1886])
- Heraclia viettei Kiriakoff, 1973
- Heraclia xanthopyga (Mabille, 1890)
- Heraclia zenkeri (Karsch, 1895)