| Caryatis hersilia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Caryatis |
| Species: | C. hersilia |
| Binomial name | |
| Caryatis hersilia H. Druce, 1887 | |
Caryatis hersilia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa. [1]
Amerila is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. A number of species in this genus have a special defence mechanism when they are in their adult stage. When disturbed, they exude a frothy yellow fluid from glands beside the eyes, while making a sizzling noise to ward off their attacker. Similar behaviour has been observed in fertilised females of the North-American moth Utetheisa ornatrix.
Caryatis is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae.
Sergiusia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae described by Nye in 1980. Its only species, Sergiusia pentelia, was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is known from Mozambique.
Pitthea is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Aloa moloneyi is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, Eritrea, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and the Gambia.
Amerila fennia is a species of moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, the Gambia and Uganda.
Amerila lupia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Balacra herona is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.
Epanaphe moloneyi is a moth in the family of Notodontidae that is found in Africa. The species was first described by Herbert Druce in 1887.
Terina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Pitthea cunaxa is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Streblote polydora is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Secusio mania is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique and Uganda.
Amusaron kolga is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon.
Racinoa ianthe is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in South Africa and the Gambia.
Macrocossus toluminus is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania and the Gambia.
Eulophonotus stephania is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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