Hong Kong Moths

Scranciidae & Notodontidae found in Hong Kong

This page is an index to the 4 Scranciidae & 30 Notodontidae species of Hong Kong. Each link (once active) leads to species information page containing details about that species.
The Scranciidae were promoted to the rank of family in 2023 by St Laurent et al., who found, using various molecular methods, that this group of elongate forewing and slender bodied noctuoids were sister to all other noctuoid families.
Note that the subfamily and genus arrangement follows Schintlmeister's global list (2013), now outdated. The arrangement of Kobayashi and Nonaka (2016), based on molecular phylogeny, differs.
Work remains ongoing to find a more accurate and natural phylogeny within Notodontidae.

Scranciidae (4 species)


Phycidopsis albovittata

Hampson, 1893


Gargetta curvaria

(Hampson, 1892)


Gargetta divisa

Gaede, 1930


Thacona punctifascia

(Hampson, 1893)

Notodontidae - Dudusinae (1 species)


Gangarides puerariae

Mell, 1922

Ceirinae (8 species)


Ambadra sp. cf. modesta

Schintlmeister, 2007


Norraca longipennis

(Moore, 1881)


Hyperaeschra pallida

Butler, 1880


Saliocleta sp. cf. guanyin

(Schintlmeister & Fang, 2001)


Besaia obliqua

(Hampson, 1897)


Besaia neglecta

Schintlmeister, 2007


Ramesa tosta

Walker, 1855


Turnaca ernestina

(Swinhoe, 1885)

Cerurinae (1 species)

Dicranurinae (6 species)


Kamalia priapus

(Schintlmeister, 1997)


Betashachia angustipennis

Matsumura, 1925


Netria viridescens

Walker, 1855


Syntypistis umbrosa

Matsumura, 1927


Syntypistis pallidifascia

(Hampson, 1892)


Antiphalera exquisitor

Schintlmeister, 1989


Stauropus alternus

Walker, 1855

Notodontinae (5 species)


Neodrymonia filix

Schintlmeister, 1989


Neodrymonia ignicoruscens

Galsworthy, 1997


Neodrymonia taipoensis

Galsworthy, 1997


Norracoides basinotata

(Wileman, 1910)


Chadisra bipartita

(Matsumura, 1925)

Ptilodontinae (1 species)

Phalerinae (2 species)


Higena trichosticha

(Hampson, 1897)


Phalera grotei

Moore, 1859


Phalera torpida

Walker, 1865

Pygaerinae (6 species)


Spatalia duplius

Schintlmeister, 2007


Clostera fulgurita

(Walker, 1865)


Clostera restitura

(Walker, 1865)


Micromelalopha albifrons

Schintlmeister, 1989


Micromelalopha baibarana

Matsumura, 1929


Micromelalopha simonovi

Schintlmeister, 1997

 note that M. baibarana has much broader antennae at the base, tapering to narrow by about 1/2 way along the antennae.
M. simonovi has antennae pectination of roughly uniform length along the whole antenna

some of these photos may also be accessed on hkmoths Flickr set of Notodontidae

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