Horama Hübner 1819

Horama is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.

Species

• Horama diffissa Grote, 1866
• Horama grotei Butler, 1876
• Horama margarita McCabe, 1992
• Horama oedippus (Boisduval, 1870)
• Horama panthalon (Fabricius, 1793) – Texas wasp moth
• Horama pennipes (Grote, 1866)
• Horama plumipes (Drury, 1773)
• Horama pretus (Cramer, [1777])
• Horama rawlinsi McCabe, 1992
• Horama tarsalis Walker, 1856
• Horama zapata Dietz & Duckworth, 1976

Former species

• Horama clavipes (Boisduval, 1870)

References

• Dietz, R.E., IV; Duckworth, W.D. 1976: A review of the genus Horama Hübner and reestablishment of the genus Poliopastea Hampson (Lepidoptera: Ctenuchidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (215) abstract and pdf
• Lafontaine, J.D.; Schmidt, B.C. 2010: Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1–239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414
• McCabe, T.L. 1992: Caribbean Horama (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Ctenuchinae) with new species and notes on mimicry. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 94 (2): 243–248. BHL