Biology:Hydrillodes

Short description: Genus of moths

Hydrillodes
Hydrillodes uliginosalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Herminiinae
Genus:	Hydrillodes Guenée, 1854
Synonyms
Olybama Walker, 1859 Echana Walker, 1859 Bibacta Moore, 1882 Ragana Swinhoe, 1900 Cellacrinata Bethune-Baker, 1908

Hydrillodes is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Its validity is somewhat disputed.

Description

Palpi long and sickle shaped. Second joint curved over the head and third joint long. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewings with rounded apex usually. The outer margin evenly curved with short cell. Veins 4 and stalked. Hardly a trace of the discocellulars found. Vein 6 from upper angle of cell and veins 7 to 10 stalked. Hindwings with short cell. Vein 3 and 4 stalked. Vein 5 from lower angle of cell and vein 6 and 7 stalked.

Species

Species of the genus include:

• Hydrillodes abavalis (Walker, [1859])
• Hydrillodes aroa Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Hydrillodes aviculalis Guenée, 1862
• Hydrillodes bryophiloides (Butler, 1876) junior synonym of Hydrillodes aviculalis
• Hydrillodes captiosalis (Walker, [1859])
• Hydrillodes carayoni Viette, 1981
• Hydrillodes chionaemoides (Rothschild, 1915)
• Hydrillodes comoroana (Viette, 1981)
• Hydrillodes contigua (Wileman, 1915)
• Hydrillodes crispipalpus Collenette, 1928
• Hydrillodes danum Holloway, 2008
• Hydrillodes dimissalis (Walker, 1866)
• Hydrillodes discoidea (Viette, 1961)
• Hydrillodes erythusalis (Walker, [1859])
• Hydrillodes eucaula Prout, 1928
• Hydrillodes fuliginosa (Rothschild, 1915)
• Hydrillodes funestalis (Walker, 1866)
• Hydrillodes gravatalis (Walker, [1859])
• Hydrillodes grisea (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Hydrillodes griseoides Poole, 1989
• Hydrillodes hemusalis (Walker, [1859])
• Hydrillodes incerta (Viette, 1961)
• Hydrillodes inversa (Viette, 1961)
• Hydrillodes janalis (Schaus, 1893)
• Hydrillodes labi Holloway, 2008
• Hydrillodes latifascialis (Walker, [1866])
• Hydrillodes lentalis Guenee, 1854
• Hydrillodes lugens Prout, 1922
• Hydrillodes mediochracea Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Hydrillodes meeki (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
• Hydrillodes melanozona Collenette, 1928
• Hydrillodes metisalis (Walker, 1859)
• Hydrillodes moloalis (Walker, 1859)
• Hydrillodes morosa Butler (1879)
• Hydrillodes murudensis Prout, 1928
• Hydrillodes nilgirialis Hampson, 1895
• Hydrillodes norfolki Holloway, 1977
• Hydrillodes nubeculalis Roepke, 1948
• Hydrillodes obscurans Bryk, 1949
• Hydrillodes pacifica Owada, 1982
• Hydrillodes pala Holloway, 2008
• Hydrillodes perplexalis Fryer 1912
• Hydrillodes pertruncata Prout, 1928
• Hydrillodes plicalis (Moore, 1867)
• Hydrillodes plicaloides Holloway, 2008
• Hydrillodes poiensis Prout, 1928
• Hydrillodes postpallida (Rothschild, 19
• Hydrillodes pseudmorosa Strand, 1920
• Hydrillodes pterota Prout, 1928
• Hydrillodes pyraustalis (Viette, 1954)
• Hydrillodes semiluna Wileman & West, 1930
• Hydrillodes sigma Tams, 1935
• Hydrillodes subalbida Bethune-Baker, 1908
• Hydrillodes subbasalis Moore, 1877
• Hydrillodes subtruncata Roepke, 1948
• Hydrillodes surata Meyrick, 1910
• Hydrillodes telisai Holloway, 2008
• Hydrillodes thomensis Prout, 1927
• Hydrillodes toresalis (Walker, 1859)
• Hydrillodes torsivena Hampson, 1895
• Hydrillodes truncata (Moore, 1882)
• Hydrillodes uliginosalis Guenée, 1854
• Hydrillodes vexillifera Hampson, 1900

References

• Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS. 
• afromoths "Hydrillodes

Wikidata ☰ Q1367701 entry