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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
380
3140
5821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
380
3140
5821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
357
3054
5696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
229
2399
4651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
60
791
1438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
60
790
1437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
59
787
1426
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
337
571
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
22
303
520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tineoidea
Latreille, 1810
Bagworm, Bagworms, Clothes moths, Tubeworm
3
46
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEriocottidae
Spuler, 1898
Old World Spiny Winged Moths, Old World spiny-winged moths
2
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Transvaal
2 Genera with 6 Species
Cathalistis Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Compsoctena Zeller, 19275SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transvaal
6 Species
Cathalistis secularis Meyrick, 1918
Compsoctena aedifica Meyrick, 1908
Compsoctena brachyctenis Meyrick, 1909
Compsoctena cyclatma Meyrick, 1908
Compsoctena fossoria Meyrick, 1920
Compsoctena melitoploca Meyrick, 1927

Subnodes of Eriocottidae with occurrences in Transvaal
SubfamilyCompsocteninae
Dierl, 1970
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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