Thysania agrippina is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1776. The most commonly accepted English name is the white witch. Other common names include the ghost moth, great grey witch and great owlet moth. Thysania agrippina is of interest as a competitor for title of "largest insect". This may be true by the measure of wingspan—a Brazilian specimen with a wingspan of almost 30 cm (12 in) appears to hold the record. The Atlas moth and Hercules moth, however, have greater wing areas. The white witch occurs from Uruguay to Mexico, and appears as a stray as far north as Texas in the U.S. Collection dates shows no discernible pattern with respect to location or season.
The Uraniinae or uraniine moths are a subfamily of moths in the family Uraniidae. It contains seven genera that occur in the tropics of the world.
Lepidolutzia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Rego Barros in 1956. Its only species, Lepidolutzia baucis, was first described by Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1823. It is found on Cuba, Bolivia and the Brazilian state of Pará.
Ophiusa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Thyas is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1824.
Cyllopoda is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Thyas metaphaea is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Africa, including Nigeria.
Thyas miniacea is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Moluccas and Lesser Sundas to northern Australia, Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia and Micronesia.
Thyas honesta is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1824. It is found in the Indian subregion, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, Borneo and on the Philippines.
Thyas javanica is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Sumatra, Java, Bali, the Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Thyas coronata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of southern China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka to Micronesia and the Society Islands.
Asthenini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae first described by Warren in 1893. The tribe has been combined with Eupitheciini in the past, most notably by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in his work The Moths of Borneo.
Castniomera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Castniidae described by Constant Vincent Houlbert in 1918. Its single species, Castniomera atymnius, the giant butterfly-moth, was first described by Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1824. It is known from Mexico through Central America to Venezuela.
Passandridae, the "parasitic flat bark beetles," are a family of beetles notable for being one of the very few beetle families with larvae that are, as far as known, exclusively ectoparasitic on the immature stages of other beetles and Hymenoptera.
Amphicallia bellatrix is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1823. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Thyas parallelipipeda is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in western, central and eastern Africa, where it is known from Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria , Senegal, Zambia, Ghana Madagascar and South Africa.
Thyas nubilata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Jacob Holland in 1920. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
