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Checklist for Family Adelidae Bruand, 1851 (Adelid Moths)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
101
8059
57615
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
99
8043
57561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
96
8020
57386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Incurvariina
Börner, 1939
5
19
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Incurvarioidea
Spuler, 1898
5
19
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAdelidae
Bruand, 1851
Adelid Moths, Fairy longhorn moths, Fairy moths
9
127
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
9 Genera with 127 Species
Adela Latreille, 193715SpeciesTaxom
Agisana Zeller, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceromitia Zeller, 191797SpeciesTaxom
Exorectis Zeller, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Haplotypa Zeller, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Nemophora Hübner, 013SpeciesTaxom
Trichofrons Amsel, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Trichorrhabda Zeller, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Ulometra Zeller, 19121SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
127 Species
Adela albicornis (Walker, 1863)⇒ Ceromitia natalensis Stainton, 1860
Adela collicolella Walsingham, 1904
Adela croesella Scopoli, 1763Small Barred Long-horn
Adela culminicola Mey, 2011
Adela cuneella Walsingham, 1891
Adela droseropa Meyrick, 1921
Adela electella Walker, 1863
Adela gymnota Meyrick, 1912
Adela janineae Viette, 1954
Adela natalensis Stainton, 1860
Adela reaumurella Linnaeus, 1758Green Long-horn
Adela siccana Mey, 2011
Adela stenonipha Bradley, 1965
Adela tsaratanana Viette, 1954
Adela xanthoceros Meyrick, 1937
Ceromitia albicans Mey, 2019
Ceromitia albicornis Stainton, 1860
Ceromitia albosparsa Janse, 1945
Ceromitia alternipunctella Walsingham, 1881
Ceromitia amphichroa Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia angulivalvata Mey, 2019
Ceromitia aphroneura Meyrick, 1930
Ceromitia arata Meyrick, 1920
Ceromitia atelopis Walsingham, 1938
Ceromitia auricrinis Walsingham, 1933
Ceromitia benedicta (Meyrick, 1918)⇒ Ceromitia tyrochlora Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia bipartita Janse, 1945
Ceromitia bipectinifera Janse, 1945
Ceromitia brevijuxtata Mey, 2019
Ceromitia brevilobata Janse, 1945
Ceromitia brevipalpa Janse, 1945
Ceromitia caffrariella (Walker, 1863)⇒ Ceromitia tyrochlora Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia camdebooensis Mey, 2019
Ceromitia centrologa Meyrick, 1937
Ceromitia cerochlora Meyrick, 1921
Ceromitia chalcocapna Meyrick, 1933
Ceromitia chelicerata Mey, 2019
Ceromitia chrysomitra Meyrick, 1937
Ceromitia crinigerella Zeller, 1850
Ceromitia cuneella Walsingham, 1891
Ceromitia decepta Janse, 1945
Ceromitia delta Janse, 1945
Ceromitia descripta Meyrick, 1924
Ceromitia devia Janse, 1945
Ceromitia dicksoni Janse, 1945
Ceromitia durbanica Janse, 1945
Ceromitia elongatella Walsingham, 1881
Ceromitia flavicoma (Meyrick, 1937)⇒ Ceromitia tyrochlora Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia fuscipunctella Janse, 1945
Ceromitia geminata Meyrick, 1914
Ceromitia gerstbergeri Mey, 2019
Ceromitia gigantea Janse, 1945
Ceromitia glandularis Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia graptosema Meyrick, 1914
Ceromitia grisata Janse, 1945
Ceromitia heteroloba Janse, 1945
Ceromitia holosticta Meyrick, 1918
Ceromitia impura Janse, 1945
Ceromitia indigna Meyrick, 1912
Ceromitia ingeminans Meyrick, 1935
Ceromitia intermedia Janse, 1945
Ceromitia iolitha Meyrick, 1914
Ceromitia jamaka Mey, 2011
Ceromitia lanceata Mey, 2019
Ceromitia laureata Meyrick, 1911
Ceromitia libropis Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia longijuxtata Mey, 2019
Ceromitia macrograpta Meyrick, 1934
Ceromitia melanodesma Meyrick, 1914
Ceromitia melanostrota Meyrick, 1912
Ceromitia mellicoma Meyrick, 1912
Ceromitia mesosema (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Ceromitia phyrsima Meyrick, 1911
Ceromitia mioclina Meyrick, 1921
Ceromitia mitrata Meyrick, 1917
Ceromitia monopectinifera Janse, 1945
Ceromitia multipunctata Janse, 1945
Ceromitia natalensis Stainton, 1860
Ceromitia nerina Meyrick, 1912
Ceromitia ochrotricha Meyrick, 1912
Ceromitia okatjikona Mey, 2011
Ceromitia palyntis Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia phaeocoma Meyrick, 1912
Ceromitia phaeocomoides Janse, 1945
Ceromitia phyrsima Meyrick, 1911
Ceromitia pilularis Meyrick, 1921
Ceromitia praetexta Meyrick, 1924
Ceromitia pubescens Mey, 2019
Ceromitia pumila Mey, 2019
Ceromitia punctulata Janse, 1945
Ceromitia ravida Mey, 2019
Ceromitia resonans Meyrick, 1918
Ceromitia rixata (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Ceromitia resonans Meyrick, 1918
Ceromitia simpliciella Janse, 1945
Ceromitia somphodes (Walsingham, 1881)⇒ Ceromitia exalbata Meyrick, 1922
Ceromitia spatalodes Meyrick, 1920
Ceromitia spatolodes Meyrick, 1920Ceromitia spatalodes
Ceromitia spilodesma Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia sporaea Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia stathmodes Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia synchroma Janse, 1945
Ceromitia synneura Meyrick, 1921
Ceromitia systelitis Meyrick, 1921
Ceromitia transtrifera Meyrick, 1912
Ceromitia trigoniferella Walsingham, 1881
Ceromitia trilobata Janse, 1945
Ceromitia turpisella Walker, 1863Dusted Longhorn
Ceromitia tyrochlora Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia unguiphora Janse, 1945
Ceromitia vansoni Janse, 1945
Ceromitia wahlbergi Zeller, 1852
Ceromitia xanthocoma Meyrick, 1917
Ceromitia xanthosoma Meyrick, 1917
Nemophora acaciae Agassiz & Ko..., 2015
Nemophora chlorocosma Meyrick, 1915
Nemophora chrysocharis Caradja, 1938
Nemophora cleuteriella Ghesquière, 1940
Nemophora degeerella Linnaeus, 1758Longhorn moth
Nemophora dohertyi Kozlov, 0
Nemophora humilis Walsingham, 1891
Nemophora lamprodes Meyrick, 1914
Nemophora parvella Walker, 1863
Nemophora porphyraspis Meyrick, 1930
Nemophora stenopterella Kozlov, 0
Nemophora thermochalca Meyrick, 1933
Nemophora toxopeusi Kozlov, 0
Trichofrons pantherella Guenée, 1849
Ulometra indigna (Meyrick, 1912)⇒ Scyrotis kochi Mey, 2007

Subnodes of Adelidae with occurrences in Africa
SubfamilyAdelinae
Bruand, 1850
Adeline Moths, Longhorn Moths
6
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNematopogoninae
Hinton, 1955
1
97
Genus
Species

Taxom



Adelidae (Bruand 1851)
Adelidae (Bruand 1851)


Links, sources and further information
Adelidae at artfakta.se
Adelidae at dyntaxa.se
Adelidae at gbif.org
Adelidae at irmng.org
Adelidae at itis.gov