Moths of the Family Erebidae (Erebid Moths) in Crete

The following species represent the Erebidae moths photographed on the island of Crete. You can obtain more information about each species, by selecting the relative species icon. The list of Erebidae species is nondefinitive.

Subfamily Arctiinae (Leach, 1815)

Dysauxes famula

Eilema caniola

Euplagia quadripunctaria

Paidia minoica

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Utetheisa pulchella

Subfamily Boletobiinae (Guenée, 1858)

Eublemma candidana

Eublemma cochylioides

Eublemma ostrina

Eublemma parva

Eublemma polygramma

Honeyania ragusana

Metachrostis velocior

Metachrostis velox

Odice arcuinna

Odice suava

Parascotia detersa

Raparna conicephala

Rhypagla lacernaria

Subfamily Catocalinae (Boisduval, 1828)

Acantholipes regularis

Catocala coniuncta

Catocala conversa

Catocala dilecta

Catocala elocata

Catocala eutychea

Catocala hymenaea

Catocala nymphaea

Catocala nymphagoga

Clytie syriaca

Dysgonia algira

Dysgonia torrida

Grammodes bifasciata

Grammodes stolida

Minucia lunaris

Ophiusa tirhaca

Zethes insularis

Subfamily Erebinae (Leach, 1815)

Catephia alchymista

Pandesma robusta

Subfamily Herminiinae (Leach, 1815)

Nodaria nodosalis

Polypogon plumigeralis

Subfamily Hypeninae (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)

Hypena lividalis

Hypena obsitalis

Zekelita antiqualis

Subfamily Hypenodinae (Forbes, 1954)

Micronoctua karsholti

Subfamily Lymantriinae (Hampson, 1893)

Euproctis chrysorrhoea

Lymantria dispar

Subfamily Rivulinae (Grote, 1895)

Rivula sericealis

Zebeeba falsalis

Subfamily Toxocampinae (Guenée, 1852)

Apopestes spectrum

Autophila anaphanes ssp. cretica

Autophila dilucida

Lygephila craccae

Tathorhynchus exsiccata

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