Dasychira colini | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Dasychira |
Species: | D. colini |
Binomial name | |
Dasychira colini (Mabille, 1893) | |
Synonyms | |
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Dasychira colini is a species of moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Paul Mabille in 1893. It is known from Madagascar and Senegal. [1] [ failed verification ]
The female has a wingspan of 52 mm. The wings are of pure and uniform white colour. Body is snow white, back of rings in palish yellow. Mabille named this species after the director of the Royal Observatory of Madagascar, R. P. E. Colin. [2]
Galtarodes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Noctuidae erected by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1980. Its single species, Galtarodes ragonoti, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found on Madagascar.
Argyphia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae described by Saalmuller in 1891. Its only species, Argyphia arcifera, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1881. It is found in Madagascar and the Comoros.
Ogoa is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae erected by Francis Walker in 1856. The species are known from Africa.
Diptychia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Diptychia rhodotenia, is known from Madagascar. Both the genus and species were first described by Paul Mabille in 1898.
Achaea oedipodina is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1879. It is found in Africa, including Madagascar, Réunion and the Seychelles.
Detoulgoetia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2006. The moths are found in Madagascar and Comores. David T. Goodger and Allan Watson (1995) note that the species of this genus have white or yellowish wings speckled with brown dots without order and with dark discal spots.
Haplosindris is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Pierre Viette in 1953. Its single species, Haplosindris leucotriangula, described by Paul Mabille in 1900, is known from Madagascar.
Metoecis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Paul Mabille in 1879. Its only species, Metoecis carnifex, was described by Charles Coquerel in 1855. It is found on Madagascar and South Africa.
Egnasia macularia is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1900. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Oraesia pierronii is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found on Madagascar and Réunion.
Syllepte hemichionalis is a moth species in the genus Leucinodes of the family of Crambidae. It is found in Madagascar and on the Comoros.
Elophila minoralis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae that is found in Madagascar.
Bamra cazeti is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to Madagascar.
Pingasa rhadamaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found on the Comoros, Madagascar and São Tomé and Príncipe and in Sierra Leone, South Africa, the Gambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.
Epicausis smithiiis a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Phryganopsis plumosa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Paul Mabille in 1900. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Madagascar, South Africa, Algeria. and southern Spain.
Cyana grandis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1879. It is found on Madagascar.
Herpetogramma atropunctalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1900. It is found on Madagascar.
Herpetogramma griseolineata is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1900. It is found on Madagascar.
Ulopeza crocifrontalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1900. It is found on Madagascar.