Homodes Explained

Homodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.

Description

Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, where the third joint very minute. Antennae ciliated. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia nearly smooth. Forelegs of male with a tuft of long hair from base of coxa. Forewing with round apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from near center of discocellulars.^[4]

Species

• Homodes bracteigutta (Walker, 1862) India, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Saleyer, New Guinea, N.Queensland
• Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852 India, Thailand, Andamans, Sundaland, Sulawesi, Seram, Kei, New Guinea, Bismarcks
• Homodes fulva Hampson, 1896 Sri Lanka, Borneo
• Homodes lassula Prout, 1928 Sumatra, Borneo
• Homodes iomolybda Meyrick, 1889 India (Meghalaya), New Guinea
• Homodes lithographa Hampson, 1926 Solomon Islands
• Homodes magnifica Viette, 1958 Madagascar
• Homodes muluensis Holloway, 2005 Borneo
• Homodes ornata Roepke, 1938 northern Sulawesi
• Homodes perilitha Hampson, 1926 southern India, Borneo, Philippines
• Homodes vivida Guenée, 1852 India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Singapore, Borneo, Sulawesi

Notes and References

1. Zahiri . Reza . Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) . Systematic Entomology . 2011 . 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x . etal. free .
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . March 10, 2020 . Homodes Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . June 24, 2020.
3. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . November 5, 2004 . Homodes Guenée, 1852 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . . June 24, 2020.
4. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.