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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
80
3730
13310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
80
3727
13306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
3725
13304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
37
939
2391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
774
1962
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
10
113
292
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths
27
74
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
27 Genera with 74 Species
#ABCDEHMPST
Anarsia Zeller, 19218SpeciesTaxom
Apotactis Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Araeophylla Janse, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Baryceros Gravenhorst, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Battaristis Meyrick, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Brachmia Hübner, 1931Mountain Horned Agama4SpeciesTaxom
Brachyacma Hübner, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Carterica Thomson, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Dactylethrella T.B. Fletcher, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Deltophora Janse, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Dichomeris Hübner, 194011SpeciesTaxom
Ephysteris Meyrick, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Helcystogramma Zeller, 18527SpeciesTaxom
Hypatima Hübner, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Hypatopa Walsingham, 201319SpeciesTaxom
Mesophleps Hübner, 19663SpeciesTaxom
Mometa Durrant, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Parapsectris Meyrick, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Paratelphusa Janse, 1958
0SpeciesTaxom
Polyhymno Chambers, 19502SpeciesTaxom
Prasodryas Hübner, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Scrobipalpa Janse, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Sergeya Ponomarenko, 20241SpeciesTaxom
Telphusa V.T. Chambers, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Thiotricha Meyrick, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Tricyanaula Meyrick, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Tuta Strand, 19171SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
74 Species and 1 Subspecies
Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891
Anarsia balioneura Meyrick, 1921
Anarsia citromitra Meyrick, 1921
Anarsia eriozona Meyrick, 1921
Anarsia gambiensis Strand, 1913
Anarsia guiera Bradley, 1969
Anarsia inculta Walsingham, 1891
Anarsia semnopa Meyrick, 1921
Apotactis drimylota Meyrick, 1918
Araeophylla spiladias Meyrick, 1921
Baryceros mirabilis Cresson, 1873
Battaristis psamathaula Meyrick, 1934
Brachmia circumfusa Meyrick, 1922
Brachmia convolvuli (Walsingham, 1907)⇒ Helcystogramma convolvuli Walsingham, 1908
Brachmia septella Zeller, 1852
Brachmia tholeromicta Meyrick, 1931
Brachyacma palpigera (Walsingham, 1891)⇒ Mesophleps palpigera Walsingham, 1891
Carterica pygmaea Bates, 1881
Dactylethrella bryophilella Walsingham, 1891
Deltophora sella atacta Meyrick, 1927
Deltophora typica Sattler, 1979
Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876)⇒ Dichomeris acuminata Staudinger, 1876
Dichomeris atricordis Meyrick, 1934
Dichomeris circumfusa Meyrick, 1922
Dichomeris dysnotata Janse, 1954
Dichomeris eurynotus Walsingham, 1897
Dichomeris fracticostella Walsingham, 1891
Dichomeris marginata Walsingham, 1891
Dichomeris marmoratus Walsingham, 1891
Dichomeris molybdoterma Meyrick, 1933
Dichomeris physocoma Meyrick, 1926
Dichomeris schoutedeniella Ghesquière, 1940
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 metallica Walsingham, 1891
Helcystogramma septella Zeller, 1852
Hypatima trachyspila Meyrick, 1933
Hypatopa agnae Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa caedis Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa caepae Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa cladis Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa edax Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa fio Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa hera Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa hora Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa io Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa ira Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa leda Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa plebis Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa rego Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa scobis Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa styga Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa texo Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa umbra Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa verax Adamski, 2013
Hypatopa vitis Adamski, 2013
Mesophleps nairobiensis Li & Zhang, 1995
Mesophleps palpigera Walsingham, 1891Palo verde moth
Mesophleps safranella Legrand, 1966
Mometa zemiodes Durrant, 1914
Parapsectris violae Bidzilya, 2010
Polyhymno cleodorella Walsingham, 1891
Polyhymno pernitida Janse, 1950
Prasodryas fracticostella Walsingham, 1891
Scrobipalpa (Ergasiola) ergasima Meyrick, 1916
Scrobipalpa concreta Meyrick, 1914
Sergeya bunsoensis Bidzilya, Me..., 2024
Thiotricha tenuis Walsingham, 1891
Tricyanaula metallica Walsingham, 1891
Tuta absoluta Meyrick, 1917South American Tomato Moth

Subnodes of Gelechiidae with occurrences in West Africa
SubfamilyAnomologinae
Meyrick, 1926
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAristoteliinae
Le Marchand, 1947
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDichomeridinae
Hampson, 1918
Dichomeridines
3
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGelechiinae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiines
16
42
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyThiotrichinae
Karsholt & al., 2013
1
1
Genus
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