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Checklist for Family Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 (Gelechiid moths)
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
314
3514
7841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
3513
7840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
302
3456
7694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
209
2933
6972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
305
529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
20
247
432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
7
27
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths
8
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sierra Leone
8 Genera with 17 Species
Battaristis Meyrick, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Brachmia Hübner, 1931Mountain Horned Agama3SpeciesTaxom
Dichomeris Hübner, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Ephysteris Meyrick, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Helcystogramma Zeller, 18526SpeciesTaxom
Hypatima Hübner, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Mesophleps Hübner, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Telphusa V.T. Chambers, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sierra Leone
17 Species
Battaristis psamathaula Meyrick, 1934
Brachmia convolvuli (Walsingham, 1907)⇒ Helcystogramma convolvuli Walsingham, 1908
Brachmia septella Zeller, 1852
Brachmia tholeromicta Meyrick, 1931
Dichomeris atricordis Meyrick, 1934
Dichomeris eurynotus Walsingham, 1897
Dichomeris molybdoterma Meyrick, 1933
Dichomeris physocoma Meyrick, 1926
Ephysteris despectella (Staudinger, 1859)⇒ Ephysteris xanthorhabda Staudinger, 1859
Helcystogramma conturbata Meyrick, 1933
Helcystogramma convolvuli Walsingham, 1908Black leaf folder
Helcystogramma hibisci Stainton, 1859
Helcystogramma lamprostola Zeller, 1847
Helcystogramma lamprostoma Zeller, 1847
Helcystogramma septella Zeller, 1852
Hypatima trachyspila Meyrick, 1933
Mesophleps nairobiensis Li & Zhang, 1995

Subnodes of Gelechiidae with occurrences in Sierra Leone
SubfamilyDichomeridinae
Hampson, 1918
Dichomeridines
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGelechiinae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiines
5
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



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