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Checklist for Tribe Aristoteliini Heslop, 1938
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
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
48
2503
15187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
35
2162
13533
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
14
619
4248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths
251
1527
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAnomologinae
Meyrick, 1926
19
104
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAristoteliini
Heslop, 1938
7
76
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
7 Genera with 76 Species
Acutitornus Janse, 20157SpeciesTaxom
Aristotelia Hübner, 191324SpeciesTaxom
Chilopselaphus J.J. Mann, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Megacraspedus Zeller, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Ornativalva Gozmany, 196712SpeciesTaxom
Polyhymno Chambers, 195030SpeciesTaxom
Psamathocrita Meyrick, 19651SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
76 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acutitornus kalahariensis Janse, 1957
Acutitornus leucostola Janse, 1957
Acutitornus liebbergi Janse, 1963
Acutitornus liebenbergi Janse, 1963
Acutitornus munda Janse, 1951
Acutitornus munroi Janse, 1957
Acutitornus persectus Krüger, 2015
Aristotelia achyrobathra Meyrick, 1933
Aristotelia argyractis Meyrick, 1923
Aristotelia balanocentra Meyrick, 1914
Aristotelia benedenii Weyenbergh, 1873
Aristotelia brizella Treitschke, 1833Thrift Elder
Aristotelia callyntrophora Rebel, 1899
Aristotelia chlorographa Meyrick, 1914
Aristotelia comis Meyrick, 1913
Aristotelia condensata Meyrick, 1928
Aristotelia dryonota Meyrick, 1926
Aristotelia epacria Bradley, 1965
Aristotelia flavicapitella Chrétien, 1916
Aristotelia galeotis Meyrick, 1908
Aristotelia mesoxysta Meyrick, 1913
Aristotelia mirandella Chrétien, 1908
Aristotelia modulatrix Meyrick, 1938
Aristotelia ochreella Rebel, 1927
Aristotelia ouedella Chrétien, 1908
Aristotelia ptilastis Meyrick, 1909
Aristotelia rufinotella Chrétien, 1922
Aristotelia schematias Meyrick, 1911
Aristotelia swierstrae Janse, 1950
Aristotelia swierstrai Janse, 1950
Aristotelia trematias Meyrick, 1913
Chilopselaphus ethicodes Meyrick, 1920
Megacraspedus arnaldi Turati & Krü..., 1930
Megacraspedus serica Meyrick, 1909
Ornativalva antipyramis Meyrick, 1925
Ornativalva cerostomatella Walsingham, 1904
Ornativalva erubescens Walsingham, 1904Moth
Ornativalva frankeniivorella Chrétien, 1917
Ornativalva heligmatodes Walsingham, 1904
Ornativalva heluanensis Debski, 1913
Ornativalva kalahariensis Janse, 1960
Ornativalva mixolitha Meyrick, 1918
Ornativalva mixolitha bipunctella Sattler, 1967
Ornativalva oasicolella Turati, 1924
Ornativalva plutelliformis Staudinger, 1859Tamarisk moth
Ornativalva triangulella Sattler, 1967
Polyhymno albifulvella Agassiz & Bi..., 2016
Polyhymno blastophora Janse, 1950
Polyhymno centrophora Meyrick, 1921
Polyhymno chionarcha Meyrick, 1913
Polyhymno cleodorella Walsingham, 1891
Polyhymno colorata Legrand, 1966
Polyhymno deuteraula Meyrick, 1914
Polyhymno erratica Janse, 1950
Polyhymno eurydoxa Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno furcatella Janse, 1950
Polyhymno hieracitis Meyrick, 1913
Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918
Polyhymno inermis Meyrick, 1913
Polyhymno intorta Meyrick, 1918
Polyhymno intortoides Janse, 1950
Polyhymno lignicolor Janse, 1950
Polyhymno millotiella Viette, 1954
Polyhymno multifida Meyrick, 1917
Polyhymno oxystola Meyrick, 1913
Polyhymno palinorsa Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno paracma Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno paraintortoides Bidzilya & Mey, 2011
Polyhymno pausimacha Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno pernitida Janse, 1950
Polyhymno pleuracma Meyrick, 1926
Polyhymno striella Agassiz & Bi..., 2016
Polyhymno tetragrapha Meyrick, 1913
Polyhymno thinoclasta Meyrick, 1926
Polyhymno tropaea Meyrick, 1908
Polyhymno walsinghami Janse, 1950
Psamathocrita doloma Bradley, 1965