Grammodes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Erebinae
Tribus: Poaphilini
Genus: Grammodes
Species: G. geometrica
Name

Grammodes Guenée, 1852
Note:

transferred by Lafontaine & Schmidt 2013 in Poaphilini.
References

Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2013. Comments on differences in classification of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) between Eurasia and North America. ZooKeys 264: 209–217. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.264.4441 Reference page.

Grammodes is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description

Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head and minute third joint. Antennae almost simple in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and somewhat slender. Tibia clothed with rather long hair. Min tibia spiny. Forewings short and broad with somewhat acute apex. Larva with three pairs of abdominal prolegs.[1]
Species

Grammodes afrocculta Berio, 1956
Grammodes arenosa Swinhoe, 1902
Grammodes bifasciata Petagna, 1738 (syn: Grammodes chalciptera (Borkhausen, 1792), Grammodes linearis (Hübner, 1790), Grammodes paralellaris (Hübner, 1803))
Grammodes boisdeffrii Oberthür, 1867
Grammodes buchanani Rothschild, 1921
Grammodes congenita Walker, 1858
Grammodes congesta Berio, 1956
Grammodes cooma Swinhoe, 1900
Grammodes diagarmma Lower, 1903
Grammodes euclidioides Guenée, 1852 (syn: Grammodes dubitans (Walker, 1858), Grammodes postfumida (Wiltshire, 1970))
Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
Grammodes justa Walker, 1858
Grammodes latifera Walker, 1870
Grammodes marwitzi Gaede, 1914
Grammodes microgonia (Hampson, 1910)
Grammodes monodonta Berio, 1956 (syn: Grammodes somaliensis Berio, 1956)
Grammodes netta Holland, 1897
Grammodes occulta Berio, 1956 (syn: Grammodes samosira Kobes, 1985)
Grammodes ocellata Tepper, 1890
Grammodes oculata Snellen, 1880
Grammodes oculicola Walker, 1858
Grammodes paerambar Brandt, 1939
Grammodes pulcherrima Lucas, 1892
Grammodes quaesita Swinhoe, 1901
Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775) – geometrician

References

Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Savela, Markku. "Grammodes Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.