Baniana is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was previously classified in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.

 Palpi usually reaching vertex of head, where the third joint minute. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewings with slightly produced and falcate apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from above lower angle of cell.

Species: 

• Baniana arvorum (Guenée 1852)
• Baniana athamas Schaus 1914
• Baniana centrata Dognin 1912
• Baniana chelesema Hampson 1926
• Baniana cohaerens Draudt 1950
• Baniana craterosema Hampson 1926
• Baniana culminifera Hampson 1910
• Baniana disticta Hampson 1926
• Baniana firmalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Baniana fulvia Druce 1898
• Baniana gobar Druce, in Godman and Salvin, 1898
• Baniana gulussa Schaus 1914
• Baniana gyas Schaus 1914
• Baniana haga Schaus, 1912
• Baniana helicon Druce 1898
• Baniana helle Schaus 1914
• Baniana herceus Schaus 1914
• Baniana inaequalis Walker, 1862 (synonym: Baniana crucilla (Schaus, 1914))
• Baniana lodebar Dyar 1916
• Baniana mademalis (Viette, 1978)
• Baniana mexicana Walker 1865
• Baniana minor Lafontaine & Walsh, 2010
• Baniana nephele Schaus 1914
• Baniana ochracea Hampson 1926
• Baniana octomaculata (Holland 1894)
• Baniana omoptila Viette 1956
• Baniana ostia Druce 1898
• Baniana pastoria Schaus 1911
• Baniana phaleniforma Dognin 1912
• Baniana phruxus Schaus 1914
• Baniana pulverulenta Hampson 1926
• Baniana punctifera Dognin 1912
• Baniana quadrimaculata (Holland 1894)
• Baniana relapsa Walker, 1858
• Baniana retrorsa Hampson 1926
• Baniana semilugens (Walker 1858)
• Baniana serpens Schaus 1914
• Baniana sexmaculata (Holland 1894)
• Baniana significans Walker, 1858
• Baniana sminthochroa Hampson 1926
• Baniana strigata Schaus 1911
• Baniana suggesta (Walker 1858)
• Baniana tincticollis (Walker 1858)
• Baniana triangulifera Dognin 1912
• Baniana trigrammos (Mabille 1881)
• Baniana veluta Schaus, 1901
• Baniana veluticollis Hampson 1898
• Baniana ypita Schaus, 1901