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Mompha
Mompha is a genus of moths in the family Momphidae that was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. It has four subgenera.
Cedestis
Cedestis is a genus of moths of the family Yponomeutidae.
Chersotis
Chersotis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Imma
Imma is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran "micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the genus is furthermore plentiful in the Neotropics, but not very diverse in the Afrotropics.
Correbia
Correbia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.
Atethmia
Atethmia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Arctornis
Arctornis is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae, the namesake of the tribe Arctornithini, and disputedly the sole genus in the tribe. The genus was erected by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1810.
Pangrapta
Pangrapta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Ercheia
Ercheia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Sabatinca
Sabatinca is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae. Palaeomicra and Micropardalis were both established as subgenera of Sabatinca, but were both raised to generic level by Joël Minet in 1985. However, in 2014 both these genera, Palaeomicra and Micropardalis, were recognised by George Gibbs as synonyms of Sabatinca. Extinct species in this genus are known from the Cretaceous Burmese amber.
Axiopoena
Axiopoena is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Ménétriés in 1842.
Lecithocera
Lecithocera is a genus of moths in the lecithocerid subfamily Lecithocerinae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.
Cycnia
Cycnia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Atolmis
Atolmis is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Oeonistis
Oeonistis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. They are found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Borneo and other minor islands of Oceania.
Gardinia
Gardinia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892.
Composia
Composia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820.
Pygarctia
Pygarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Pterophorus
Pterophorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Ferenta
Ferenta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Oraesia
Oraesia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Stenoptilia
Stenoptilia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Arugisa
Arugisa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Epimartyria
Epimartyria is a genus of small primitive metallic moths in the family Micropterigidae.
Agonopterix
thumb|A. senicionella caterpillar thumb|in Sri Lanka Agonopterix is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is placed in the family Depressariidae, which was often – particularly in older treatments – considered a subfamily of the Oecophoridae or included in the Elachistidae.
Micralarctia
Micralarctia is a genus of moth in the family Erebidae from the Afrotropics.
Arcte
Arcte is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Vincenz Kollar in 1844.
Nodaria
Nodaria is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Heraclia
genus of insects
Calyciphora
Calyciphora is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae, erected in 1960 by F. Kasy. It has a Palaearctic distribution, with species ranging from Western Europe to Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Estigmene
Estigmene is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The species in the genus are native to North and Central America.
Hemihyalea
Hemihyalea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, Hemihyalea cornea, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.
Dysschema
Dysschema is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. The genus contains some of the more showy moths of the southwestern United States.
Homoeocera
Homoeocera is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae The genus was erected by Cajetan Felder in 1874.
Heliosia
Heliosia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1900.
Carcinarctia
Carcinarctia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1901 and they are found in the Afrotropics.
Anadiasa
Anadiasa is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1904.
Ocnogyna
Ocnogyna is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from western Eurasia. The genus was erected by Julius Lederer in 1853. One aberrant species, Ocnogyna parasita, has females with non-functional wings, and because of this was formerly placed in its own genus Somatrichia, but is now in Ocnogyna.
Thyris
Thyris is a genus of moths of the family Thyrididae.
Tessellota
Tessellota is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Neuroxena
Neuroxena is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by William Forsell Kirby in 1896.
Hypenodes
Hypenodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Henry Doubleday in 1850.
Hyaleucerea
Hyaleucerea is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
Calpenia
Calpenia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1872.
Macrobrochis
Macrobrochis is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.
Stenarctia
Stenarctia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1899.
Inopsis
Inopsis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Felder in 1874.
Turuptiana
thumb|Turuptiana affinis
Caryatis
genus of insects
Empyreuma
Empyreuma is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae, containing three closely related species. The name is derived from the Greek word , meaning "a live coal covered with ashes". Nerium oleander is currently the only known host plant for this genus, but Caribbean species from a New World Apocynaceae genus are the most likely original hosts, potentially Thevetia, Plumeria, Mandevilla, or Tabernaemontana.
Compsoctena
Compsoctena is a genus of moths in the family Eriocottidae. It was erected by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852.
Hyponerita
thumb|Hyponerita Hyponerita is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1901.
Elysius
genus of insects
Ptilopsaltis
Ptilopsaltis is a genus of moths in the family Acrolophidae.
Ardices
Ardices is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855 and the moths are found in Australia.
Camptoloma
genus of insects
Poliopastea
Poliopastea is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1898.
Carcinopodia
Carcinopodia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1900.
Paraona
Paraona is a disputed genus of moths in the family Erebidae, considered synonymous to Macrobrochis by some but not all lepidopterists.
Eupseudosoma
Eupseudosoma is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. The best known and most widespread species is Eupseudosoma involutum, the snowy eupseudosoma, a bright white moth which is found from the southern United States right down to the south of South America. There are a few other species found across the Americas.