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 (Walker, 1862) India, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Saleyer, New Guinea, N.Queensland Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852 India, Thailand, Andamans, Sundaland, Sulawesi, Seram, Kei, New Guinea, Bismarcks Homodes fulva Hampson, 1896 Sri Lanka, Borneo Homodes lassula Prout, 1928 Sumatra, Borneo Homodes iomolybda Meyrick, 1889 India (Meghalaya), New Guinea Homodes lithographa Hampson, 1926 Solomon Islands Homodes magnifica Viette, 1958 Madagascar Homodes muluensis Holloway, 2005 Borneo Homodes ornata Roepke, 1938 northern Sulawesi Homodes perilitha Hampson, 1926 southern India, Borneo, Philippines Homodes vivida Guenée, 1852 India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Singapore, Borneo, Sulawesi
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