Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Grammodes

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Erebidae

Scientific name
  
Grammodes

Higher classification
  
Erebidae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Tribe
  
Ophiusini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Grammodes

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Dysgonia, Grammodes stolida, Autophila, Grammodes geometrica

Grammodes geometrica moth


Grammodes is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.

Contents

Grammodes geometrica moth video


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 Swinhoe, 1902
  • Grammodes bifasciana Petagna, 1738 (syn: Grammodes chalciptera (Borkhausen, 1792), Grammodes linearis (Hübner, 1790), Grammodes paralellaris (Hübner, 1803))
  • Grammodes boisdeffrii Oberthür, 1867
  • Grammodes buchanani Rothschild, 1921
  • Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
  • Grammodes congesta 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 (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Grammodes justa Walker, 1858
  • Grammodes latifera Walker, 1870
  • Grammodes marwitzi Gaede, 1914
  • Grammodes microgonia (Hampson, 1910)
  • Grammodes monodonta Berio, 1956 (syn: Grammodes somaliensis Berio, 1956)
  • Grammodes netta Holland, 1897
  • Grammodes occulta Berio, 1956 (syn: Grammodes samosira Kobes, 1985)
  • Grammodes ocellata Tepper, 1890
  • Grammodes oculata Snellen, 1880
  • Grammodes oculicola Walker, 1858
  • Grammodes paerambar Brandt, 1939
  • Grammodes pulcherrima Lucas, 1892
  • Grammodes quaesita Swinhoe, 1901
  • Grammodes stolida – Geometrician (Fabricius, 1775)

    • References

    Grammodes Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA