Hydrillodes Explained

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.^[1]

Species

Species of the genus include:^[2]

• Hydrillodes abavalis
• Hydrillodes aroa
• Hydrillodes aviculalis
• Hydrillodes bryophiloides junior synonym of Hydrillodes aviculalis
• Hydrillodes captiosalis
• Hydrillodes carayoni
• Hydrillodes chionaemoides
• Hydrillodes comoroana
• Hydrillodes contigua
• Hydrillodes crispipalpus
• Hydrillodes danum
• Hydrillodes dimissalis
• Hydrillodes discoidea
• Hydrillodes erythusalis
• Hydrillodes eucaula
• Hydrillodes fuliginosa
• Hydrillodes funestalis
• Hydrillodes gravatalis
• Hydrillodes grisea
• Hydrillodes griseoides
• Hydrillodes hemusalis
• Hydrillodes incerta
• Hydrillodes inversa
• Hydrillodes janalis
• Hydrillodes labi
• Hydrillodes latifascialis
• Hydrillodes lentalis
• Hydrillodes lugens
• Hydrillodes mediochracea
• Hydrillodes meeki
• Hydrillodes melanozona
• Hydrillodes metisalis
• Hydrillodes moloalis
• Hydrillodes morosa
• Hydrillodes murudensis
• Hydrillodes nilgirialis
• Hydrillodes norfolki
• Hydrillodes nubeculalis
• Hydrillodes obscurans
• Hydrillodes pacifica
• Hydrillodes pala
• Hydrillodes perplexalis
• Hydrillodes pertruncata
• Hydrillodes plicalis
• Hydrillodes plicaloides
• Hydrillodes poiensis
• Hydrillodes postpallida
• Hydrillodes pseudmorosa
• Hydrillodes pterota
• Hydrillodes pyraustalis
• Hydrillodes semiluna
• Hydrillodes sigma
• Hydrillodes subalbida
• Hydrillodes subbasalis
• Hydrillodes subtruncata
• Hydrillodes surata
• Hydrillodes telisai
• Hydrillodes thomensis
• Hydrillodes toresalis
• Hydrillodes torsivena
• Hydrillodes truncata
• Hydrillodes uliginosalis
• Hydrillodes vexillifera

References

• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Noctuidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.
• afromoths "Hydrillodes

Notes and References

1. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1895 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma . Moths Volume III . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.

2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Hydrillodes Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . July 31, 2018.