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