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Checklist of Family Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 (Gelechiid moths)
for Kwazulu-Natal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
565
7120
15641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
562
7116
15633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
534
6992
15382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
341
5714
13109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
76
2032
4913
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
75
2030
4909
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
73
2022
4878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
34
634
1342
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
26
556
1202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
11
155
396
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths
58
180
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kwazulu-Natal
54 Genera with 180 Species
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Aeolotrocha Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Anacampsis J. Curtis, 1914Anacampsis New Species2SpeciesTaxom
Anarsia Zeller, 19188SpeciesTaxom
Aphanostola Meyrick, 20163SpeciesTaxom
Aproaerema Durrant, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Aristotelia Hübner, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Aspades Vári, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Athrips Billberg, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Atremaea Staudinger, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Bilobata Vári, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Brachmia Hübner, 1911Mountain Horned Agama5SpeciesTaxom
Bucolarcha Meyrick, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Calliphylla Janse, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Chionodes Hübner, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Chrysoesthia Hübner, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Dactylethrella T.B. Fletcher, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Deltophora Janse, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Dichomeris Hübner, 191326SpeciesTaxom
Dicranucha Janse, 19375SpeciesTaxom
Encentrotis Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Encolpotis Meyrick, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Ephysteris Meyrick, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Flexiptera Janse, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Furcaphora Janse, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Gambrostola Meyrick, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Gelechia Hübner, 19186SpeciesTaxom
Gnorimoschema Busck, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Haplovalva Janse, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Helcystogramma Zeller, 18816SpeciesTaxom
Hypatima Hübner, 19117SpeciesTaxom
Lacharissa Meyrick, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Lachnostola Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Lanceopenna Janse, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Lasiarchis Meyrick, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Leuronoma Meyrick, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Mesophleps Hübner, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Microsetia Hübner, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Ochrodia Meyrick, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Parapsectris Meyrick, 19114SpeciesTaxom
Paraselotis Janse, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Photodotis Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Phthorimaea Meyrick, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Polyhymno Chambers, 19509SpeciesTaxom
Ptychovalva Janse, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Pycnodytis Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Pyncostola Meyrick, 195014SpeciesTaxom
Schizovalva Janse, 19086SpeciesTaxom
Scrobipalpa Janse, 19187SpeciesTaxom
Sitotroga HEINEMANN, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Stegasta Meyrick, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Stomopteryx Heinemann, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Syngelechia Janse, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Telphusa V.T. Chambers, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Thiotricha Meyrick, 19041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kwazulu-Natal
180 Species
Aeolotrocha generosa Meyrick, 1921
Anacampsis cosmia Meyrick, 1921
Anacampsis embrocha Meyrick, 1914
Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891
Anarsia amalleuta Meyrick, 1913
Anarsia carbonaria Meyrick, 1913
Anarsia gravata Meyrick, 1911
Anarsia nigrimacula Janse, 1949
Anarsia semnopa Meyrick, 1921
Anarsia subfulvescens Meyrick, 1918
Anarsia vectaria Meyrick, 1918
Aphanostola emarginata Bidzilya & Mey, 2016
Aphanostola joannoui Bidzilya & Mey, 2016
Aphanostola rooiklipella Bidzilya & Mey, 2016
Aproaerema africanella Janse, 1951
Aristotelia balanocentra Meyrick, 1914
Aristotelia comis Meyrick, 1913
Aspades hutchinsonella Walsingham, 1891
Athrips cretulata Meyrick, 1927
Athrips ptychophora Meyrick, 1914
Athrips zetterstedtiella Zeller, 1852
Atremaea lonchoptera Staudinger, 1871
Bilobata subsecivella Zeller, 1852
Brachmia dryadopa (Meyrick, 1918)⇒ Helcystogramma convolvuli Walsingham, 1908
Brachmia fiscinata Meyrick, 1918
Brachmia graphicodes Meyrick, 1914
Brachmia pantheropa Meyrick, 1913
Brachmia verberata Meyrick, 1911
Bucolarcha geodes (Meyrick, 1929)⇒ Mesophleps geodes Meyrick, 1929
Calliphylla retusa Janse, 1963
Chionodes trichostola Meyrick, 1927
Chrysoesthia mimetis Vári, 1963
Chrysoesthia stipelloides Janse, 1950
Dactylethrella chionitis Meyrick, 1910
Dactylethrella siccifolii Walsingham, 1881
Dactylethrella tegulifera Meyrick, 1932
Deltophora typica Sattler, 1979
Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876)⇒ Dichomeris acuminata Staudinger, 1876
Dichomeris acuta Meyrick, 1927
Dichomeris alogista Meyrick, 1935
Dichomeris antizyga Meyrick, 1913
Dichomeris byrsoxantha Meyrick, 1918
Dichomeris caeca Meyrick, 1912
Dichomeris conclusa Meyrick, 1918
Dichomeris cyprophanes Meyrick, 1918
Dichomeris fluitans Meyrick, 1920
Dichomeris furvellus Zeller, 1853
Dichomeris impigra Meyrick, 1913
Dichomeris introspiciens Meyrick, 1926
Dichomeris lamprostoma Zeller, 1847
Dichomeris latipalpis Walsingham, 1881
Dichomeris ligyra Meyrick, 1913
Dichomeris meridionella Walsingham, 1891
Dichomeris octophora Meyrick, 1918
Dichomeris oleata Meyrick, 1913
Dichomeris orthacma Meyrick, 1926
Dichomeris pleuropa Meyrick, 1921
Dichomeris reducta Janse, 1951
Dichomeris stromatias Meyrick, 1918
Dichomeris taphrites Meyrick, 1937
Dichomeris turgida Meyrick, 1918
Dichomeris xanthodeta Meyrick, 1913
Dicranucha dicksoni Janse, 1963
Dicranucha ochyrota Meyrick, 1920
Dicranucha serialis Meyrick, 1908
Dicranucha sterictis Meyrick, 1908
Dicranucha strepsigramma Meyrick, 1937
Encentrotis catagrapha Meyrick, 1921
Encolpotis xanthoria Meyrick, 1909
Ephysteris fluidescens Meyrick, 1914
Ephysteris infirma Meyrick, 1912
Ephysteris sirota Meyrick, 1908
Flexiptera revoluta Meyrick, 1918
Furcaphora caelata Meyrick, 1913
Furcaphora triscelis Meyrick, 1917
Gambrostola imposita Meyrick, 1926
Gelechia arotrias Meyrick, 1908
Gelechia chionomima Meyrick, 1929
Gelechia fecunda Meyrick, 1918
Gelechia flavipalpella (Walsingham, 1881)⇒ Bryotropha purpurella Zetterstedt, 1839
Gelechia rescissella Zeller, 1852
Gelechia tetraleuca Meyrick, 1918
Haplovalva ametris Meyrick, 1921
Helcystogramma fiscinata Meyrick, 1918
Helcystogramma graphicodes Meyrick, 1914
Helcystogramma lamprostoma Zeller, 1847
Helcystogramma metallica Walsingham, 1891
Helcystogramma septella Zeller, 1852
Helcystogramma zulu Walsingham, 1881
Hypatima albogrisea Walsingham, 1881
Hypatima binummulata Meyrick, 1929
Hypatima formidolosa Meyrick, 1916
Hypatima loxosaris Meyrick, 1918
Hypatima nigrogrisea Janse, 1949
Hypatima triannulata Meyrick, 1911
Lacharissa tanyzancla Meyrick, 1937
Lachnostola amphizeucta Meyrick, 1918
Lanceopenna prominula Meyrick, 1913
Lasiarchis pycnodes Meyrick, 1909
Leuronoma eodryas Meyrick, 1918
Leuronoma veterascens Meyrick, 1918
Mesophleps geodes Meyrick, 1929
Microsetia stipelloides Janse, 1950
Ochrodia subdiminutella Stainton, 1867
Parapsectris ferulata Meyrick, 1918
Parapsectris lacunosa Meyrick, 1918
Parapsectris ochrocosma Meyrick, 1911
Parapsectris tholaea Meyrick, 1911
Paraselotis pelochroa Janse, 1960
Photodotis spilodoma Meyrick, 1918
Phthorimaea operculella Zeller, 1873Kartoffelmè¸l
Polyhymno chionarcha Meyrick, 1913
Polyhymno eurydoxa Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918
Polyhymno intorta Meyrick, 1918
Polyhymno intortoides Janse, 1950
Polyhymno multifida Meyrick, 1917
Polyhymno paracma Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno pleuracma Meyrick, 1926
Polyhymno walsinghami Janse, 1950
Ptychovalva galatea Meyrick, 1926
Ptychovalva obruta Meyrick, 1921
Pycnodytis erebaula Meyrick, 1918
Pyncostola actias Meyrick, 1904
Pyncostola albicolorella Janse, 1950
Pyncostola auturga Meyrick, 1921
Pyncostola crateraula Meyrick, 1918
Pyncostola flavostriga Janse, 1950
Pyncostola hiberna Meyrick, 1912
Pyncostola illuminata Meyrick, 1913
Pyncostola oeconomica Meyrick, 1920
Pyncostola operosa Meyrick, 1909
Pyncostola pammacha Meyrick, 1913
Pyncostola pentacentra Meyrick, 1912
Pyncostola semnochroa Meyrick, 1913
Pyncostola suffusellus Walsingham, 1891
Pyncostola veronica Janse, 1950
Schizovalva alaopis Meyrick, 1921
Schizovalva exsulata Meyrick, 1918
Schizovalva nigrifasciata Janse, 1951
Schizovalva polygramma Meyrick, 1914
Schizovalva rhodochra Meyrick, 1913
Schizovalva trisignis Meyrick, 1908
Scrobipalpa aptatella Walker, 1864Eggplant budworm
Scrobipalpa concreta Meyrick, 1914
Scrobipalpa geomicta Meyrick, 1918
Scrobipalpa incola Meyrick, 1912
Scrobipalpa natalensis Bidzilya, 2021
Scrobipalpa nomias Meyrick, 1921
Scrobipalpa pendens Meyrick, 1918
Sitotroga cerealella Olivier, 1789Angoumois Grain Moth
Stegasta variana Meyrick, 1904Gelechiid Moth
Stomopteryx circaea Meyrick, 1911
Stomopteryx cirrhocoma Meyrick, 1914
Stomopteryx grandidierella Viette, 1956
Stomopteryx oncodes Meyrick, 1913
Syngelechia emphanista Meyrick, 1921
Syngelechia psimythota Meyrick, 1913
Telphusa iosticta Meyrick, 1937
Telphusa retecta Meyrick, 1921
Thiotricha chrysopa Meyrick, 1904

Subnodes of Gelechiidae with occurrences in Kwazulu-Natal
SubfamilyAnomologinae
Meyrick, 1926
4
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAristoteliinae
Le Marchand, 1947
7
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDichomeridinae
Hampson, 1918
Dichomeridines
3
36
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGelechiinae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiines
42
105
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyThiotrichinae
Karsholt & al., 2013
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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