Homodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
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.
Species
- Homodes bracteigutta <small>(Walker, 1862)</small> India, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Saleyer, New Guinea, N.Queensland
- Homodes crocea <small>Guenée, 1852</small> India, Thailand, Andamans, Sundaland, Sulawesi, Seram, Kei, New Guinea, Bismarcks
- Homodes fulva <small>Hampson, 1896</small> Sri Lanka, Borneo
- Homodes lassula <small>Prout, 1928</small> Sumatra, Borneo
- Homodes iomolybda <small>Meyrick, 1889</small> India (Meghalaya), New Guinea
- Homodes lithographa <small>Hampson, 1926</small> Solomon Islands
- Homodes magnifica <small>Viette, 1958</small> Madagascar
- Homodes muluensis <small>Holloway, 2005</small> Borneo
- Homodes ornata <small>Roepke, 1938</small> northern Sulawesi
- Homodes perilitha <small>Hampson, 1926</small> southern India, Borneo, Philippines
- Homodes vivida <small>Guenée, 1852</small> India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Singapore, Borneo, Sulawesi
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