Checklist for Family Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 (Gelechiid moths) and region Kenya (East Africa)
Class | Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects | 503 7105 22102 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Subclass | Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects | 501 7100 22096 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Infraclass | Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects | 482 7015 21853 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Superorder | Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects | 302 5811 19641 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Order | Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 68 2170 8011 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Suborder | Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths | 68 2168 8008 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Infraorder | Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918
| 67 2164 8002 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Section | Tineina Stainton, 1857
| 29 541 1344 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Subsection | Tineina Stainton, 1857
| 23 465 1190 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Superfamily | Gelechioidea Stainton, 1854 Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths | 9 104 343 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | | Family | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths | 49 116 | Genera Species | Taxom |
Genera for Kenya 45 Genera with 116 Species #ABCDEFGHILMNPST
| Anarsia Zeller, 1918 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Aphanostola Meyrick, 1960 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Aproaerema Durrant, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aristotelia Hübner, 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aspades Vári, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Athrips Billberg, 2023 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Bilobata Vári, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachmia Hübner, 1931 | Mountain Horned Agama | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Brachyacma Hübner, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bucolarcha Meyrick, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chilopselaphus J.J. Mann, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysoesthia Hübner, 1963 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dactylethrella T.B. Fletcher, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deltophora Janse, 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dichomeris Hübner, 2013 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Encolpotis Meyrick, 1909 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ephysteris Meyrick, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Falcipenna Bidzilya & A..., 2023 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Flexiptera Janse, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechia Hübner, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Helcystogramma Zeller, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hypatima Hübner, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Istrianis Meyrick, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leuronoma Meyrick, 2016 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Mesophleps Hübner, 2012 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | Mometa Durrant, 1914 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Neotelphusa Janse, 2016 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palumbina Rondani, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pectinophora Busck, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Photodotis Meyrick, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phthorimaea Meyrick, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyhymno Chambers, 2016 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudotelphusa Janse, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scrobipalpa Janse, 2021 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Sergeya Ponomarenko, 2024 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sitotroga HEINEMANN, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphenogrypa Meyrick, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stegasta Meyrick, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stomopteryx Heinemann, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Telphusa V.T. Chambers, 1900 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thiognatha Meyrick, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tricerophora Janse, 2018 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichotaphe Hübner, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tuta Strand, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kenya 116 Species | Anarsia acaciae Walsingham, 1896 | | | Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891 | | | Anarsia amalleuta Meyrick, 1913 | | | Anarsia arsenopa Meyrick, 1920 | | | Anarsia balioneura Meyrick, 1921 | | | Anarsia carbonaria Meyrick, 1913 | | | Anarsia citromitra Meyrick, 1921 | | | Anarsia eriozona Meyrick, 1921 | | | Anarsia fasciella Agassiz & Bi..., 2016 | | | Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913 | | | Anarsia permissa Meyrick, 1926 | | | Anarsia subfulvescens Meyrick, 1918 | | | Aphanostola acaciae Bidzilya & Mey, 2016 | | | Aphanostola africanella Bidzilya, Ag..., 2016 | | | Aphanostola alternella Bidzilya & A..., 2016 | | | Aphanostola griseella Bidzilya & Mey, 2016 | | | Aphanostola kenyella Bidzilya & A..., 2016 | | | Aphanostola longicornutata Bidzilya, Ag..., 2016 | | | Aphanostola melliferae Bidzilya, Ag..., 2016 | | | Aphanostola pentastigma Janse, 1960 | | | Aproaerema simplexella Walker, 1864 | Soybean moth | | Aristotelia rhopalovalva Agassiz & Bi..., 2016 | | | Asapharcha deltopis Meyrick, 1920 | | | Aspades hutchinsonella Walsingham, 1891 | | | Athrips albibasella Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips bruneosparsa Janse, 1958 | | | Athrips dorsochrella Bidzilya, Aa..., 2023 | | | Athrips macrosignella Bidzilya, Aa..., 2023 | | | Athrips nigribasella Bidzilya, Aa..., 2023 | | | Athrips ochrocosma Meyrick, 1911 | | | Athrips sisterina Povolny, 1989 | | | Athrips spinosum Bidzilya, Aa..., 2023 | | | Bilobata subsecivella Zeller, 1852 | | | Brachmia deltopis Meyrick, 1920 | | | Brachmia orthomastix Meyrick, 1931 | | | Brachyacma palpigera (Walsingham, 1891) | ⇒ Mesophleps palpigera Walsingham, 1891 | | Bucolarcha geodes (Meyrick, 1929) | ⇒ Mesophleps geodes Meyrick, 1929 | | Chilopselaphus ethicodes Meyrick, 1920 | | | Chrysoesthia cyathulae Bidzilya, Me..., 2025 | | | Chrysoesthia isocharis Vári, 1963 | | | Chrysoesthia parilis Vári, 1963 | | | Dactylethrella bryophilella Walsingham, 1891 | | | Deltophora angulella Sattler, 1979 | | | Deltophora diversella Sattler, 1979 | | | Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876) | ⇒ Dichomeris acuminata Staudinger, 1876 | | Dichomeris bisignellus Snellen, 1885 | | | Dichomeris bodenheimeri Rebel, 1926 | | | Dichomeris melanosoma Meyrick, 1920 | | | Dichomeris metachalca Meyrick, 1920 | | | Dichomeris oxygrapha Meyrick, 1913 | | | Dichomeris paulidigitata H.H. Li, H. ..., 2013 | | | Dichomeris tenextrema H.H. Li, H. ..., 2013 | | | Encolpotis scioplasta Meyrick, 1920 | | | Encolpotis xanthoria Meyrick, 1909 | | | Ephysteris promptella Staudinger, 1859 | Ratoon Shootborer | | Falcipenna argenteomaculata Bidzilya & A..., 2023 | | | Falcipenna irinae Bidzilya & A..., 2023 | | | Flexiptera revoluta Meyrick, 1918 | | | Gelechia crudescens Meyrick, 1920 | | | Helcystogramma lamprostoma Zeller, 1847 | | | Helcystogramma septella Zeller, 1852 | | | Helcystogramma verberata Meyrick, 1911 | | | Hypatima mangiferae Sattler, 1989 | | | Hypatima triannulata Meyrick, 1911 | | | Istrianis epacria Bradley, 1965 | | | Leuronoma eodryas Meyrick, 1918 | | | Leuronoma leuconigrella Agassiz & Bi..., 2016 | | | Leuronoma nakurensis Agassiz & Bi..., 2016 | | | Leuronoma undulella Agassiz & Bi..., 2016 | | | Mesophleps furcatella Bidzilya & R..., 2024 | | | Mesophleps geodes Meyrick, 1929 | | | Mesophleps gigantella Li & Sattler, 2012 | | | Mesophleps kenyensis Bidzilya & R..., 2024 | | | Mesophleps nairobiensis Li & Zhang, 1995 | | | Mesophleps palpigera Walsingham, 1891 | Palo verde moth | | Mesophleps safranella Legrand, 1966 | | | Mesophleps unguella Li & Sattler, 2012 | | | Neotelphusa flaviterminella Agassiz & Bi..., 2016 | | | Palumbina guerinii Stainton, 1858 | | | Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders, 1844 | Bollworm | | Photodotis prochalina Meyrick, 1911 | | | Phthorimaea operculella Zeller, 1873 | Kartoffelmè¸l | | Polyhymno albifulvella Agassiz & Bi..., 2016 | | | Polyhymno chionarcha Meyrick, 1913 | | | Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918 | | | Polyhymno pausimacha Meyrick, 1909 | | | Polyhymno striella Agassiz & Bi..., 2016 | | | Pseudotelphusa microsperma Meyrick, 1920 | | | Scrobipalpa (Ergasiola) ergasima Meyrick, 1916 | | | Scrobipalpa afromontana Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Scrobipalpa agassizi Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Scrobipalpa aptatella Walker, 1864 | Eggplant budworm | | Scrobipalpa concreta Meyrick, 1914 | | | Scrobipalpa incola Meyrick, 1912 | | | Scrobipalpa munita Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Scrobipalpa nigristriana Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Scrobipalpa subroseata Meyrick, 1932 | | | Scrobipalpa turiensis Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Scrobipalpa typica Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Sergeya davidi Bidzilya, Me..., 2024 | | | Sergeya harambee Bidzilya, Me..., 2024 | | | Sitotroga cerealella Olivier, 1789 | Angoumois Grain Moth | | Sphenogrypa syncosma Meyrick, 1920 | | | Stegasta sattleri Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Stomopteryx phaulosema Meyrick, 1920 | | | Telphusa microsperma Meyrick, 1920 | | | Telphusa phaulosema Meyrick, 1920 | | | Telphusa sarcochroma Walsingham, 1900 | | | Thiognatha metachalca Meyrick, 1920 | | | Tricerophora rukinga Bidzilya & Mey, 2018 | | | Trichotaphe melanosoma Meyrick, 1920 | | | Tuta absoluta Meyrick, 1917 | South American Tomato Moth |
Subnodes of Gelechiidae with occurrences in Kenya
Links, sources and further information Gelechiidae at artfakta.se Gelechiidae at dyntaxa.se Gelechiidae at gbif.org Gelechiidae at irmng.org Gelechiidae at itis.gov
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