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Checklist for Family Adelidae Bruand, 1851 (Adelid Moths)
and region Afrotropical (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
209
6733
56403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
185
6591
56071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
83
4302
27836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
82
4295
27811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
4286
27718
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Incurvariina
Börner, 1939
5
8
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Incurvarioidea
Spuler, 1898
5
8
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAdelidae
Bruand, 1851
Adelid Moths, Fairy longhorn moths, Fairy moths
3
93
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Afrotropical
3 Genera with 93 Species
Adela Latreille, 193710SpeciesTaxom
Ceromitia Zeller, 191775SpeciesTaxom
Nemophora Hübner, 19338SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afrotropical
93 Species
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 siccana Mey, 2011
Adela tsaratanana Viette, 1954
Adela xanthoceros Meyrick, 1937
Ceromitia albosparsa Janse, 1945
Ceromitia alternipunctella Walsingham, 1881
Ceromitia amphichroa Meyrick, 1908
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 brevilobata Janse, 1945
Ceromitia centrologa Meyrick, 1937
Ceromitia cerochlora Meyrick, 1921
Ceromitia chalcocapna Meyrick, 1933
Ceromitia chrysomitra Meyrick, 1937
Ceromitia crinigerella Zeller, 1850
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 fuscipunctella Janse, 1945
Ceromitia geminata Meyrick, 1914
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 laureata Meyrick, 1911
Ceromitia libropis Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia macrograpta Meyrick, 1934
Ceromitia melanodesma Meyrick, 1914
Ceromitia melanostrota Meyrick, 1912
Ceromitia mellicoma Meyrick, 1912
Ceromitia mioclina Meyrick, 1921
Ceromitia mitrata Meyrick, 1917
Ceromitia monopectinifera Janse, 1945
Ceromitia multipunctata Janse, 1945
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 punctulata Janse, 1945
Ceromitia resonans Meyrick, 1918
Ceromitia simpliciella Janse, 1945
Ceromitia spatalodes Meyrick, 1920
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
Nemophora acaciae Agassiz & Ko..., 2015
Nemophora chlorocosma Meyrick, 1915
Nemophora cleuteriella Ghesquière, 1940
Nemophora humilis Walsingham, 1891
Nemophora lamprodes Meyrick, 1914
Nemophora parvella Walker, 1863
Nemophora porphyraspis Meyrick, 1930
Nemophora thermochalca Meyrick, 1933

Subnodes of Adelidae with occurrences in Afrotropical
SubfamilyAdelinae
Bruand, 1850
Adeline Moths, Longhorn Moths
2
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNematopogoninae
Hinton, 1955
1
75
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