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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
3780
15848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
3774
15825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
3756
15683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Incurvariina
Börner, 1939
5
13
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Incurvarioidea
Spuler, 1898
5
13
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAdelidae
Bruand, 1851
Adelid Moths, Fairy longhorn moths, Fairy moths
4
95
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
4 Genera with 95 Species
Adela Latreille, 20117SpeciesTaxom
Ceromitia Zeller, 191786SpeciesTaxom
Nemophora Hübner, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Ulometra Zeller, 19121SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
95 Species
Adela albicornis (Walker, 1863)⇒ Ceromitia natalensis Stainton, 1860
Adela culminicola Mey, 2011
Adela cuneella Walsingham, 1891
Adela droseropa Meyrick, 1921
Adela electella Walker, 1863
Adela natalensis Stainton, 1860
Adela siccana Mey, 2011
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 arata Meyrick, 1920
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 chelicerata Mey, 2019
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 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 intermedia Janse, 1945
Ceromitia jamaka Mey, 2011
Ceromitia lanceata Mey, 2019
Ceromitia laureata Meyrick, 1911
Ceromitia libropis Meyrick, 1908
Ceromitia longijuxtata Mey, 2019
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 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 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 chrysocharis Caradja, 1938
Ulometra indigna (Meyrick, 1912)⇒ Scyrotis kochi Mey, 2007

Subnodes of Adelidae with occurrences in Southern Africa
SubfamilyAdelinae
Bruand, 1850
Adeline Moths, Longhorn Moths
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNematopogoninae
Hinton, 1955
1
86
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