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