Checklist of Family Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 (Gelechiid moths)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 62
1218
2857 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 62
1217
2856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 60
1214
2851 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 28
450
1039 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 24
412
984 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths | 11
124
457 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Gelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths | 78
243 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Namibia
71 Genera with 243 Species
| Acutitornus Janse, 1951 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afrotelphusa Bidzilya & Mey, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allotelphusa Janse, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amblyphylla Janse, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anarsia Zeller, 1921 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Anastomopteryx Janse, 1951 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anomologa Meyrick, 2025 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Antoniejanse Kemal & Koçak, 1958 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Aphanostola Meyrick, 2016 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Aproaerema Durrant, 1902 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ardozyga Lower, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argophara Janse, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aristotelia Hübner, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asapharcha Meyrick, 2024 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Aspades Vári, 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Athrips Billberg, 2010 | | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Bantuella Bidzilya, 2019 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Benguelasa Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bilobata Vári, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachmia Hübner, 1907 | Mountain Horned Agama | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cerofrontia Janse, 1951 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dactylethrella T.B. Fletcher, 1932 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Deltophora Janse, 1979 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dichomeris Hübner, 2013 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Dicranucha Janse, 1908 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ephysteris Meyrick, 1911 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Euryctista Janse, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechia Hübner, 1913 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gnosimacha Hübner, 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grandipalpa Janse, 1951 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hedma Dumont, 1931 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Helcystogramma Zeller, 1954 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hypatima Hübner, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lacistodes Meyrick, 1921 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leuronoma Meyrick, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrocalcara Janse, 1921 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mesophleps Hübner, 2021 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metatactis Janse, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metzneria Zeller, 1963 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Microcraspedus Janse, 1909 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Microlechia Haworth, 1931 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Namatetris Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neopatetris Janse, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neotelphusa Janse, 1958 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Nothris Hübner, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ochrodia Meyrick, 1867 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Octonodula Janse, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ornativalva Gozmany, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parapsectris Meyrick, 1852 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Paratelphusa Janse, 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parathectis Janse, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Photodotis Meyrick, 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phthorimaea Meyrick, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyhymno Chambers, 1950 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudotelphusa Janse, 1958 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pyncostola Meyrick, 1960 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Radionerva Janse, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rotundivalva Staudinger, 1951 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schistovalva Janse, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Schizovalva Janse, 1918 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Scrobipalpa Janse, 2021 | | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Sitotroga HEINEMANN, 1908 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sphenogrypa Meyrick, 1920 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stegasta Meyrick, 2011 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stomopteryx Heinemann, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Streyella Janse, 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syncopacma Meyrick, 1902 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Syrmadaula Meyrick, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Telphusa V.T. Chambers, 1926 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thiotricha Meyrick, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tricerophora Janse, 2018 | | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Namibia
243 Species | Acutitornus munda Janse, 1951 | | | Afrotelphusa accensa Meyrick, 1921 | | | Allotelphusa lathridia Meyrick, 1909 | | | Amblyphylla lophozancla Janse, 1960 | | | Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891 | | | Anarsia albibasella Janse, 1963 | | | Anarsia austerodes Meyrick, 1918 | | | Anarsia citromitra Meyrick, 1921 | | | Anarsia nimbosa Meyrick, 1913 | | | Anarsia permissa Meyrick, 1926 | | | Anarsia pustulata Janse, 1949 | | | Anarsia sciograpta Meyrick, 1921 | | | Anastomopteryx angulata Janse, 1951 | | | Anomologa dispulsa Meyrick, 1926 | | | Anomologa hobohmi Janse, 1963 | | | Anomologa terminata Bidzilya, Ka..., 2025 | | | Antoniejanse mediopunctata Bidzilya & R..., 2024 | | | Antoniejanse minima Bidzilya & R..., 2024 | | | Antoniejanse reducta Janse, 1958 | | | Aphanostola acaciae Bidzilya & Mey, 2016 | | | Aphanostola africanella Bidzilya, Ag..., 2016 | | | Aphanostola antennata Bidzilya & Mey, 2016 | | | Aphanostola brandbergensis Bidzilya & Mey, 2016 | | | Aphanostola centripunctella Bidzilya & Mey, 2016 | | | Aphanostola griseella Bidzilya & Mey, 2016 | | | Aphanostola longicornutata Bidzilya, Ag..., 2016 | | | Aphanostola melliferae Bidzilya, Ag..., 2016 | | | Aphanostola namibiensis Bidzilya & Mey, 2016 | | | Aphanostola rooiklipella Bidzilya & Mey, 2016 | | | Aproaerema monochromella Janse, 1951 | | | Aproaerema oxyspila Meyrick, 1909 | | | Aproaerema perfuscata Janse, 1951 | | | Aproaerema polychromella Rebel, 1902 | African Sober | | Ardozyga desmatra Lower, 1897 | | | Ardozyga eumela Lower, 1897 | | | Argophara epaxia Janse, 1953 | | | Aristotelia argyractis Meyrick, 1923 | | | Asapharcha fuscomaculata Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Asapharcha lacistoides Bidzilya, Me..., 2024 | | | Asapharcha strigifera Meyrick, 1920 | | | Asapharcha unipunctella Bidzilya, Me..., 2024 | | | Aspades hutchinsonella Walsingham, 1891 | | | Aspades luteomaculata Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Athrips albibasella Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips albicostella Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips alfonsi Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips angustisaccula Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips bruneosparsa Janse, 1958 | | | Athrips carinata Meyrick, 1911 | | | Athrips curvisaccula Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips dorsimaculata Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips fastidiosa Meyrick, 1911 | | | Athrips flavida Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips griseoflavida Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips hirtopalpa Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips lacunosa Meyrick, 1918 | | | Athrips latipalpella Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips mappigera Meyrick, 1914 | | | Athrips meyi Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips modica Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips neograpta Meyrick, 1914 | | | Athrips nigrifasciata Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips nigrinervosa Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips ochrocosma Meyrick, 1911 | | | Athrips ochrostigma Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips pallida Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips phoenaula Meyrick, 1913 | | | Athrips punctosa Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips ravidinigra Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips savannae Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Athrips tholaea Meyrick, 1911 | | | Athrips violae Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Bantuella namibiensis Bidzilya, 2019 | | | Benguelasa major Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Benguelasa minor Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Bilobata argosticha Janse, 1954 | | | Brachmia convolvuli (Walsingham, 1907) | ⇒ Helcystogramma convolvuli Walsingham, 1908 | | Cerofrontia griseotincta Janse, 1951 | | | Dactylethrella leuconota Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Dactylethrella tegulifera Meyrick, 1932 | | | Deltophora peltosema sensu Janse, 1950 | | | Deltophora typica Sattler, 1979 | | | Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876) | ⇒ Dichomeris acuminata Staudinger, 1876 | | Dichomeris amblopis Janse, 1954 | | | Dichomeris amblychroa Janse, 1954 | | | Dichomeris anomala Janse, 1960 | | | Dichomeris antizyga Meyrick, 1913 | | | Dichomeris basistriatus Walsingham, 1897 | | | Dichomeris deltophora Janse, 1954 | | | Dichomeris dysnotata Janse, 1954 | | | Dichomeris finitima Meyrick, 1921 | | | Dichomeris marmoratus Walsingham, 1891 | | | Dichomeris metrodes Meyrick, 1913 | | | Dichomeris subiridescens Janse, 1954 | | | Dichomeris ventriprojecta H.H. Li, H. ..., 2013 | | | Dicranucha homochroma Janse, 1954 | | | Dicranucha sterictis Meyrick, 1908 | | | Ephysteris (Ochrodia) subdiminutella Stainton, 1867 | Caltrop moth | | Ephysteris eremaula Janse, 1960 | | | Ephysteris gobabebensis Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Ephysteris gondwana Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Ephysteris infirma Meyrick, 1912 | | | Ephysteris leptocentra Meyrick, 1912 | | | Ephysteris neosirota Janse, 1950 | | | Ephysteris ornata Janse, 1950 | | | Ephysteris promptella Staudinger, 1859 | Ratoon Shootborer | | Ephysteris synecta Meyrick, 1911 | | | Euryctista hobohmi Janse, 1963 | | | Gelechia omphalopis Meyrick, 1926 | | | Gelechia sematica Meyrick, 1913 | | | Gnosimacha catericta (Meyrick, 1927) | ⇒ Mesophleps catericta Meyrick, 1927 | | Grandipalpa robusta Janse, 1951 | | | Hedma microcasis Meyrick, 1929 | | | Hedma rhamnifoliae Amsel & Hering, 1931 | | | Helcystogramma brunneotincta Janse, 1954 | | | Helcystogramma deltophora Janse, 1954 | | | Helcystogramma lamprostoma Zeller, 1847 | | | Helcystogramma obsoleta Janse, 1954 | | | Hypatima austerodes Meyrick, 1918 | | | Lacistodes fuscomaculata Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Lacistodes tauropis Meyrick, 1921 | | | Leuronoma oenochyta Meyrick, 1912 | | | Macrocalcara sporima Janse, 1960 | | | Macrocalcara undina Meyrick, 1921 | | | Mesophleps albicostella Bidzilya & R..., 2024 | | | Mesophleps catericta Meyrick, 1927 | | | Mesophleps kruegeri Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Metatactis griseobrunnea Janse, 1949 | | | Metzneria acrena Meyrick, 1908 | | | Metzneria brandbergi Janse, 1963 | | | Microcraspedus eremaula Janse, 1960 | | | Microcraspedus synecta Meyrick, 1909 | | | Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924 | | | Microlechia magna Bidzilya, 2019 | | | Microlechia rhamnifoliae Amsel & Hering, 1931 | | | Namatetris rhinoceros Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Neopatetris tenuis Janse, 1960 | | | Neotelphusa anisogrisea Janse, 1958 | | | Neotelphusa bimaculata Janse, 1958 | | | Neotelphusa fuscisparsa Janse, 1958 | | | Neotelphusa ochlerodes Meyrick, 1925 | | | Neotelphusa ochrophthalma Meyrick, 1927 | | | Neotelphusa phaeomacula Janse, 1958 | | | Neotelphusa tapinota Janse, 1958 | | | Ochrodia pentamacula Janse, 1958 | | | Ochrodia pulverea Janse, 1950 | | | Ochrodia subdiminutella Stainton, 1867 | | | Octonodula binotella Janse, 1951 | | | Octonodula inumbrata Meyrick, 1914 | | | Ornativalva kalahariensis Janse, 1960 | | | Parapsectris alfonsi Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Parapsectris curvisaccula Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Parapsectris fastidiosa Meyrick, 1911 | | | Parapsectris griseoflavida Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Parapsectris lacunosa Meyrick, 1918 | | | Parapsectris modica Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Parapsectris neograpta Meyrick, 1914 | | | Parapsectris nigrifasciata Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Parapsectris ochrocosma Meyrick, 1911 | | | Parapsectris ochrostigma Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Parapsectris savannae Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Parapsectris tholaea Meyrick, 1911 | | | Parapsectris violae Bidzilya, 2010 | | | Parapsectris zetterstedtiella Zeller, 1852 | | | Paratelphusa reducta Janse, 1958 | | | Parathectis sordidula Meyrick, 1913 | | | Photodotis abachausi Janse, 1958 | | | Phthorimaea operculella Zeller, 1873 | Kartoffelmè¸l | | Polyhymno blastophora Janse, 1950 | | | Polyhymno centrophora Meyrick, 1921 | | | Polyhymno chionarcha Meyrick, 1913 | | | Polyhymno deuteraula Meyrick, 1914 | | | Polyhymno eurydoxa Meyrick, 1909 | | | Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918 | | | Polyhymno palinorsa Meyrick, 1909 | | | Polyhymno paracma Meyrick, 1909 | | | Polyhymno paraintortoides Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Polyhymno pausimacha Meyrick, 1909 | | | Polyhymno pernitida Janse, 1950 | | | Polyhymno tropaea Meyrick, 1908 | | | Polyhymno walsinghami Janse, 1950 | | | Pseudotelphusa oxychasta Meyrick, 1929 | | | Pseudotelphusa probata Meyrick, 1909 | | | Pseudotelphusa tornimacula Janse, 1958 | | | Pyncostola abnormalis Janse, 1950 | | | Pyncostola grandicornuta Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Pyncostola iospila Meyrick, 1909 | | | Pyncostola lacteata Janse, 1950 | | | Pyncostola monophanes Janse, 1960 | | | Radionerva collecta Meyrick, 1921 | | | Rotundivalva blanda Janse, 1951 | | | Schistovalva trachyptera Janse, 1960 | | | Schizovalva brunneotincta Janse, 1951 | | | Schizovalva brunneovesta Janse, 1960 | | | Schizovalva exoenota Meyrick, 1918 | | | Scrobipalpa (Ergasiola) ergasima Meyrick, 1916 | | | Scrobipalpa (Euscrobipalpa) traganella Chrétien, 1915 | | | Scrobipalpa admirabilis Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Scrobipalpa aptatella Walker, 1864 | Eggplant budworm | | Scrobipalpa brandbergensis Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Scrobipalpa concreta Meyrick, 1914 | | | Scrobipalpa diversa Janse, 1950 | | | Scrobipalpa etoshensis Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Scrobipalpa geomicta Meyrick, 1918 | | | Scrobipalpa incola Meyrick, 1912 | | | Scrobipalpa meridioafricana Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Scrobipalpa selectoides Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Scrobipalpa swakopi Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Scrobipalpa typica Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Scrobipalpa vicaria Meyrick, 1921 | | | Scrobipalpa wieseri Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Scrobipalpa wolframi Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Sitotroga cerealella Olivier, 1789 | Angoumois Grain Moth | | Sitotroga exquisita Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Sitotroga psacasta Meyrick, 1908 | | | Sphenogrypa epaxia Janse, 1963 | | | Sphenogrypa syncosma Meyrick, 1920 | | | Stegasta sattleri Bidzilya & Mey, 2011 | | | Stomopteryx eremopis Meyrick, 1921 | | | Streyella pallidigrisea Janse, 1958 | | | Syncopacma oxyspila Meyrick, 1909 | | | Syncopacma polychromella Rebel, 1902 | African Sober | | Syrmadaula automorpha Meyrick, 1918 | | | Telphusa iriditis Meyrick, 1920 | | | Telphusa ochlerodes Meyrick, 1926 | | | Thiotricha chrysopa Meyrick, 1904 | | | Tricerophora brumale Bidzilya & Mey, 2018 | | | Tricerophora minimorum Bidzilya & Mey, 2018 | | | Tricerophora nigribasis Janse, 1960 | | | Tricerophora nigrinervis Bidzilya & Mey, 2018 | |
Subnodes of Gelechiidae with occurrences in Namibia
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