Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Noctuoidea Nolidae Chloephorinae

• Characoma adiabunensis Berio, 1940 Eritrea

  • Characoma adiabunensis Berio, 1940; Boll. Soc. ent. ital. 72 (2): 24, f. 4; TL: Eritrea, Adi-Abuna

  • Characoma adiabunensis; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Characoma albisecta Wileman & South, 1921

  • Characoma albisecta; [POOLE]
• Characoma albulalis Walker, 1863 Borneo. See [maps]

  • Characoma albulalis Walker, 1863; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 27: 107

  • Characoma albulalis, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Characoma albulalis; [POOLE]; [MOB18]: 68, pl. 4, f. 132, 156, 159, 160
• Characoma araca Swinhoe, 1919

  • Characoma araca; [POOLE]
• Characoma cana (Hampson, 1894)

  • Hypothripa cana Hampson, 1894

  • Characoma cana; [POOLE]
• Characoma deleta (Hampson, 1905)

  • Pardasena deleta Hampson, 1905

  • Characoma deleta; [POOLE]
• Characoma distincta (Bethune-Baker, 1906) New Guinea, Bismarck I., Sulawesi, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia. See [maps]

  • Hypothripa distincta Bethune-Baker, 1906; Novit. Zool. 13 (2): 224
  • Sarrothripa costiplagata Bethune-Baker, 1910; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6 (35): 444
    • = ; [MOB18], 70
  • Characoma glaucopasta ab. perakensis Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (1): 81
  • Characoma glaucopasta perakensis Gaede, 1937; Gross-Schmett. Erde 11: 386
    • = ; [MOB18], 70

  • Characoma distincta, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Characoma distincta; [POOLE]; [MOB18]: 70, pl. 4, f. 161
• Characoma ferrigrisea (Hampson, 1905) Gambia. See [maps]

  • Pardasena ferrigrisea Hampson, 1905; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 16 (95): 541; TL: Gambia, Bathurts

  • Characoma ferrigrisea; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Characoma fortiscripta Holloway, 2003 Borneo. See [maps]

  • Characoma fortiscripta Holloway, 2003; [MOB18]: 69, pl. 4, f. 157; TL: Sarawak, Gunong Mulu Nat. Park

  • Characoma fortiscripta, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
• Characoma glaphyra (Holland, 1894)

  • Acontia ? glaphyra Holland, 1894

  • Acontia glaphyra, African Moths [AFM]

  • Characoma glaphyra; [POOLE]
• Characoma glaucopasta Hampson, 1912 NE.Himalaya, Burma, Java, Borneo. See [maps]

  • Characoma glaucopasta Hampson, 1912; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 11: 235

  • Characoma glaucopasta, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Characoma glaucopasta; [POOLE]; [MOB18]: 70, pl. 4, f. 163
• Characoma latifascia Wileman & West, 1929

  • Characoma latifascia; [POOLE]
• Characoma malaisei Berio, 1973

  • Characoma malaisei; [POOLE]
• Characoma melanographa Hampson, 1918 S.Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. See [maps]

  • Characoma melanographa Hampson, 1918; Novit. zool. 25 (1): 193; TL: Transvaal, White R.

  • Characoma melanographa; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Characoma metalophota (Hampson, 1896) Sri Lanka, NE.Himalaya, Sundaland. See [maps]

  • Blenina metalophota Hampson, 1896; Fauna Br. India (Moths) 4: 526

  • Characoma metalophota, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Characoma metalophota; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 21; [POOLE]; [MOB18]: 68, pl. 4, f. 158
• Characoma micropuncta Berio, 1957 Zaire. See [maps]

  • Characoma micropuncta Berio, 1957; Ann. Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Genova 69: 86; TL: Belgian Congo, Eala

  • Characoma micropuncta; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Characoma miophora Hampson, 1912 S.Africa, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe. See [maps]

  • Characoma miophora Hampson, 1912; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 11: 238, pl. 180, f. 18; TL: Transvaal, White River

  • Characoma miophora, African Moths [AFM]

  • Characoma miophora; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Characoma multilinea (Bethune-Baker, 1906)

  • Cletthara multilinea Bethune-Baker, 1906

  • Characoma multilinea; [POOLE]
• Characoma nigricollaris Hampson, 1918 S.Africa, Namibia. See [maps]

  • Characoma nigricollaris Hampson, 1918; Novit. zool. 25 (1): 194; TL: Transvaal, Pretoria

  • Characoma nigricollaris; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Characoma pallidorsum Holloway, 2003 Borneo, NE.Himalaya, Singapore, Philippines. See [maps]

  • Characoma pallidorsum Holloway, 2003; [MOB18]: 69, pl. 4, f. 162; TL: Sarawak, Gunong Mulu Nat. Park

  • Characoma pallidorsum, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
• Characoma phaeoleuca Hampson, 1912

  • Characoma phaeoleuca; [POOLE]
• Characoma pica (Strand, 1918) Zaire. See [maps]

  • Bryophila ? pica Strand, 1918; Zs. Öst. EntVer. 3: 78; TL: 345 km from Kindu

  • Characoma pica; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Characoma polia (Hampson, 1898)

  • Hypothripa polia Hampson, 1898

  • Characoma polia; [POOLE]
• Characoma sexilinea (Bethune-Baker, 1909) Zaire. See [maps]

  • Hypothripa sexilinea Bethune-Baker, 1909; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 3 (17): 430; TL: Congo Free State, Makala

  • Characoma sexilinea; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Characoma stictigrapta Hampson, 1914 Ghana, Ivory Coast, S.Nigeria, Guinea, Cameroon, Zaire, S.Africa. See [maps]

  • Characoma stictigrapta Hampson, 1914; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 13 (74): 218; TL: Gold Coast, Aburi

  • Characoma stictigrapta; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Characoma sumatrana Swinhoe, 1918

  • Characoma sumatrana; [POOLE]
• Characoma triangulum Berio, 1957 Zaire. See [maps]

  • Characoma triangulum Berio, 1957; Ann. Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Genova 69: 86; TL: Katanga

  • Characoma triangulum; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]

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