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Checklist for Tribe Aristoteliini Heslop, 1938
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
77
2035
5452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
76
2029
5435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
73
2014
5363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
33
598
1564
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
26
535
1447
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
11
176
582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths
83
276
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAnomologinae
Meyrick, 1926
7
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAristoteliini
Heslop, 1938
4
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
4 Genera with 16 Species
Acutitornus Janse, 20155SpeciesTaxom
Aristotelia Hübner, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Megacraspedus Zeller, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Polyhymno Chambers, 19097SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
16 Species
Acutitornus kalahariensis Janse, 1957
Acutitornus leucostola Janse, 1957
Acutitornus liebenbergi Janse, 1963
Acutitornus munroi Janse, 1957
Acutitornus persectus Krüger, 2015
Aristotelia argyractis Meyrick, 1923
Aristotelia dryonota Meyrick, 1926
Aristotelia ptilastis Meyrick, 1909
Megacraspedus serica Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno chionarcha Meyrick, 1913
Polyhymno eurydoxa Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno inermis Meyrick, 1913
Polyhymno intortoides Janse, 1950
Polyhymno oxystola Meyrick, 1913
Polyhymno palinorsa Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno pausimacha Meyrick, 1909