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Checklist for Family Eriocottidae Spuler, 1898 (Old World Spiny Winged Moths)
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
435
15998
93602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
4923
29836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
4919
29827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
83
4908
29785
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
40
1475
6713
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
32
1237
5812
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tineoidea
Latreille, 1810
Bagworm, Bagworms, Clothes moths, Tubeworm
3
171
706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEriocottidae
Spuler, 1898
Old World Spiny Winged Moths, Old World spiny-winged moths
3
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Africa
3 Genera with 24 Species
Catolbistis Meyrick, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Compsoctena Zeller, 192722SpeciesTaxom
Filiramifera Mey, 20191SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
24 Species
Catolbistis thrasymedes Meyrick, 1930
Compsoctena aedifica Meyrick, 1908
Compsoctena africanella Strand, 1909
Compsoctena autoderma Meyrick, 1914
Compsoctena brachyctenis Meyrick, 1909
Compsoctena cyclatma Meyrick, 1908
Compsoctena delocrossa Meyrick, 1921
Compsoctena dermatodes Meyrick, 1914
Compsoctena expers Meyrick, 1911
Compsoctena furciformis Meyrick, 1921
Compsoctena isopetra Meyrick, 1921
Compsoctena microctenis Meyrick, 1914
Compsoctena montana Dierl, 1970
Compsoctena niphocosma Meyrick, 1934
Compsoctena psammosticha Meyrick, 1921
Compsoctena quassa Meyrick, 1921
Compsoctena rudis Meyrick, 1921
Compsoctena scriba Meyrick, 1921
Compsoctena similis Dierl, 1970
Compsoctena spilophanes Meyrick, 1921
Compsoctena talarodes Meyrick, 1927
Compsoctena terrestris Meyrick, 1914
Compsoctena tridentifera Meyrick, 1927
Filiramifera naumanni Mey, 2019

Subnodes of Eriocottidae with occurrences in East Africa
SubfamilyCompsocteninae
Dierl, 1970
2
23
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Eriocottidae at gbif.org
Eriocottidae at irmng.org