Sandava | |
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Sandava scitisignata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Hypeninae |
Genus: | Sandava Walker, [1863] |
Synonyms | |
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Sandava is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863. [1] [2]
The Hypeninae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. A notable species is Mecistoptera griseifusa, which lives solely on tears it drinks with its proboscis.
The Pyralini are a tribe of snout moths described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. They belong to the subfamily Pyralinae, which contains the "typical" snout moths of the Old World and some other regions. The genus list presented here is provisional.
Sandava scitisignata, the fungi snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in the southern half of Australia.
Sandava xylistis, the rusty snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1900. It is found in the Australian states of Victoria and Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory.
Arrade is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Francis Walker in 1863.
Autoba is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Chodda is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Chorsia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Veia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Masoga is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Rivula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Achille Guenée in 1845.
Tipasa is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Tolpia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1863. The genus used to be included in the family Noctuidae.
Zermizinga is a moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1863. Species within this genus include Zermizinga sinuata, the lucerne looper or spider moth, which was described by Warren in 1897, as well as Zermizinga indocilisaria, which was described by Walker in 1863.
Ziridava is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Uraba is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Garella is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Margaroniini is a tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was erected by Charles Swinhoe and Everard Charles Cotes in 1889, originally as family Margaronidae.
Salobrena is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Diboma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Pyralidae. Its only species, Diboma abscissalis, is found in Borneo. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1863.