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Checklist of Superfamily Gelechioidea Stainton, 1854 (Case-bearers)
for Limpopo (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
299
2770
5056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
299
2770
5056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
286
2724
4971
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
197
2389
4520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
56
1025
1965
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
56
1023
1963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
55
1019
1955
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
27
267
459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
23
234
417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
10
73
178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Limpopo
10 Families width 178 Species
Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & ..., 1876Cosmet Moths13SpeciesTaxom
Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854Gelechiid moths103SpeciesTaxom
Batrachedridae Heinemann & ..., 1876Batrachedrid Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Coleophoridae Hübner, 1825Case moths8SpeciesTaxom
Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851Concealer Moths11SpeciesTaxom
Xyloryctidae Meyrick, 1890Flower Moths15SpeciesTaxom
Autostichidae Le Marchand, 1947Autostichid Moths3SpeciesTaxom
Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947Long-horned moths6SpeciesTaxom
Scythrididae Rebel, 1901Flower Moths6SpeciesTaxom
Elachistidae Bruand, 1851Elachistid moths12SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Limpopo
72 Genera with 178 Species
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Alloclita Staudinger, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Anarsia Zeller, 19187SpeciesTaxom
Aphanostola Meyrick, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Aproaerema Durrant, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Aristotelia Hübner, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Batrachedra Herrich-Schä..., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Blastobasis Zeller, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Brachmia Hübner, 1911Mountain Horned Agama1SpeciesTaxom
Cerofrontia Janse, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Chalcocolona Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Coleophora Hübner, 1911Casebearers6SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopterix Hübner, 20167SpeciesTaxom
Cryptolechia Zeller, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Cryptophasa Lewin, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Dactylethrella T.B. Fletcher, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Deltophora Janse, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Dichomeris Hübner, 196321SpeciesTaxom
Diophila Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Dragmatucha Meyrick, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Encolapta Meyrick, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Ephysteris Meyrick, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Eporycta Meyrick, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Eretmocera Zeller, 19265SpeciesTaxom
Eteobalea Hodges, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Ethmia Hübner, 18755SpeciesTaxom
Flexiptera Janse, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Furcaphora Janse, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Gonionota Zeller, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Haplochrois Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Haploscythris Viette, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Hednophora Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Helcystogramma Zeller, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Homaloxestis Meyrick, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Hypatima Hübner, 19114SpeciesTaxom
Irenicodes Meyrick, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsis Walsingham, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Lacistodes Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Lanceopenna Janse, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Lecithocera Herrich-Schä..., 19141SpeciesTaxom
Leuronoma Meyrick, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Limnaecia Stainton, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Machaeritis Meyrick, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Mesophleps Hübner, 20212SpeciesTaxom
Metachanda Meyrick, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Metzneria Zeller, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Microcolona Meyrick, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Neotelphusa Janse, 19585SpeciesTaxom
Odites Walsingham, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Orophia Hubner, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pachyrhabda Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Parapsectris Meyrick, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Philobota Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Plesiosticha Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Polyhymno Chambers, 19087SpeciesTaxom
Procometis Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotelphusa Janse, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pyncostola Meyrick, 19504SpeciesTaxom
Radionerva Janse, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Schematistis Hübner, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Schizovalva Janse, 19518SpeciesTaxom
Scrobipalpa Janse, 20215SpeciesTaxom
Scythris Hübner, 201413SpeciesTaxom
Sitotroga HEINEMANN, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Stathmopoda Herrich-Schä..., 19271SpeciesTaxom
Stegasta Meyrick, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Stenoma Zeller, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Stomopteryx Heinemann, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Symmoca Hübner, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Syncopacma Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Syngelechia Janse, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Teleiopsis Sattler, 20211SpeciesTaxom
Tricerophora Janse, 20183SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Limpopo
178 Species
Alloclita paraphracta Meyrick, 1914
Alloclita xylodesma Meyrick, 1911
Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891
Anarsia amalleuta Meyrick, 1913
Anarsia carbonaria Meyrick, 1913
Anarsia citromitra Meyrick, 1921
Anarsia gravata Meyrick, 1911
Anarsia sciograpta Meyrick, 1921
Anarsia subfulvescens Meyrick, 1918
Aphanostola griseella Bidzilya & Mey, 2016
Aproaerema oxyspila Meyrick, 1909
Aproaerema polychromella Rebel, 1902African Sober
Aristotelia comis Meyrick, 1913
Batrachedra saurota Meyrick, 1911
Blastobasis coenomorpha Meyrick, 1931
Blastobasis determinata Meyrick, 1921
Brachmia verberata Meyrick, 1911
Cerofrontia griseotincta Janse, 1951
Chalcocolona cyananthes Meyrick, 1911
Coleophora efflua Meyrick, 1911
Coleophora halmodes Meyrick, 1911
Coleophora illustrata Meyrick, 1913
Coleophora leucaula Meyrick, 1911
Coleophora scaleuta Meyrick, 1911
Coleophora scariphota Meyrick, 1911
Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, 1908
Cosmopterix jansei Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix omurambensis Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix oxyglossa Meyrick, 1909
Cosmopterix rosalind Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix soutpansbergensis Koster, 2016
Cosmopterix titania Koster, 2016
Cryptolechia scolia Meyrick, 1902
Cryptophasa geron Diakonoff, 1954
Dactylethrella chionitis Meyrick, 1910
Dactylethrella siccifolii Walsingham, 1881
Deltophora diversella Sattler, 1979
Deltophora typica Sattler, 1979
Dichomeris agathopa Meyrick, 1921
Dichomeris amblystola Janse, 1954
Dichomeris brevicornuta H.H. Li, H. ..., 2013
Dichomeris coenulenta Meyrick, 1927
Dichomeris dysnotata Janse, 1954
Dichomeris eustacta Meyrick, 1921
Dichomeris hamata Janse, 1954
Dichomeris impigra Meyrick, 1913
Dichomeris ironica Meyrick, 1909
Dichomeris latipalpis Walsingham, 1881
Dichomeris ligyra Meyrick, 1913
Dichomeris meridionella Walsingham, 1891
Dichomeris metrodes Meyrick, 1913
Dichomeris ochroxesta Meyrick, 1921
Dichomeris oxygrapha Meyrick, 1913
Dichomeris pyrrhitis Meyrick, 1911
Dichomeris quadrifurcata Janse, 1954
Dichomeris subiridescens Janse, 1954
Dichomeris tephrodes Meyrick, 1909
Dichomeris xanthodeta Meyrick, 1913
Dichomeris xanthophylla Janse, 1963
Diophila bathrota Meyrick, 1911
Dragmatucha proaula Meyrick, 1908
Encolapta stasimodes Meyrick, 1931
Ephysteris sirota Meyrick, 1908
Eporycta tarbalea Meyrick, 1908
Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852
Eretmocera letabensis Bengtsson, 2014
Eretmocera malelanensis Bengtsson, 2014
Eretmocera scatospila Zeller, 1852
Eretmocera syleuta Meyrick, 1926
Eteobalea phanoptila Meyrick, 1911
Ethmia ampanella Viette, 1976
Ethmia anikini Mey & Shovkoon, 2014
Ethmia circumdatella Walker, 1863
Ethmia coscineutis Meyrick, 1912
Ethmia sabiella Felder & Rog..., 1875
Flexiptera revoluta Meyrick, 1918
Furcaphora caelata Meyrick, 1913
Gonionota hyptiotes Clarke, 1964
Haplochrois ganota Meyrick, 1911
Haploscythris scoblei Bengtsson, 2014
Hednophora pyritis Meyrick, 1911
Helcystogramma verberata Meyrick, 1911
Homaloxestis cholopis Meyrick, 1906
Homaloxestis lophophora (Meyrick, 1906)⇒ Homaloxestis cholopis Meyrick, 1906
Hypatima austerodes Meyrick, 1918
Hypatima solutrix Meyrick, 1911
Hypatima tetraptila Meyrick, 1909
Hypatima triannulata Meyrick, 1911
Irenicodes eurychora Meyrick, 1919
Ischnopsis melanogma (Meyrick, 1908)⇒ Iriothyrsa melanogma Meyrick, 1908
Lacistodes tauropis Meyrick, 1921
Lanceopenna prominula Meyrick, 1913
Lecithocera officialis Meyrick, 1914
Leuronoma zymotis Meyrick, 1909
Limnaecia chlorodeta Meyrick, 1928
Limnaecia ichnographa Meyrick, 1908
Limnaecia neurogramma Meyrick, 1909
Machaeritis milichia Meyrick, 1885
Mesophleps catericta Meyrick, 1927
Mesophleps kruegeri Bidzilya, 2021
Metachanda citrodesma Meyrick, 1911
Metachanda oncera Janse, 1954
Metzneria acrena Meyrick, 1908
Metzneria heptacentra Meyrick, 1911
Microcolona pantomima Meyrick, 1917
Neotelphusa castrigera Meyrick, 1913
Neotelphusa craterota Meyrick, 1913
Neotelphusa pallidistola Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa similella Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa tapinota Janse, 1958
Odites balsamias Meyrick, 1911
Odites encarsia Meyrick, 1908
Orophia transfuga Meyrick, 1911
Pachyrhabda unctoria Meyrick, 1911
Parapsectris carinata Meyrick, 1911
Parapsectris fastidiosa Meyrick, 1911
Parapsectris lacunosa Meyrick, 1918
Parapsectris ochrocosma Meyrick, 1911
Parapsectris opaula Meyrick, 1911
Philobota mylothris (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Philobota hypopolia Turner, 1917
Plesiosticha acida Meyrick, 1911
Polyhymno deuteraula Meyrick, 1914
Polyhymno eurydoxa Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno furcatella Janse, 1950
Polyhymno palinorsa Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno paracma Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno paraintortoides Bidzilya & Mey, 2011
Polyhymno tropaea Meyrick, 1908
Procometis limitata Meyrick, 1911
Pseudotelphusa cycota Meyrick, 1911
Pyncostola illuminata Meyrick, 1913
Pyncostola melanatracta Meyrick, 1910
Pyncostola tanylopha Janse, 1960
Pyncostola veronica Janse, 1950
Radionerva collecta Meyrick, 1921
Schematistis analoxa Meyrick, 1911
Schizovalva exsulata Meyrick, 1918
Schizovalva naufraga Meyrick, 1911
Schizovalva peronectis Meyrick, 1909
Schizovalva polygramma Meyrick, 1914
Schizovalva prioleuca Meyrick, 1911
Schizovalva rhodochra Meyrick, 1913
Schizovalva trisignis Meyrick, 1908
Schizovalva xylotincta Janse, 1951
Scrobipalpa (Ergasiola) ergasima Meyrick, 1916
Scrobipalpa concreta Meyrick, 1914
Scrobipalpa geomicta Meyrick, 1918
Scrobipalpa incola Meyrick, 1912
Scrobipalpa typica Bidzilya, 2021
Scythris anthracodelta Meyrick, 1911
Scythris aulaeella Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris bosicornella Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris fonticola Meyrick, 1911
Scythris lactifuscella Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris marginifuscella Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris messinensis Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris nylstroomensis Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris popensis Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris rivigera Meyrick, 1911
Scythris satarensis Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris shingwedziensis Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris simplicella Bengtsson, 2014
Sitotroga psacasta Meyrick, 1908
Stathmopoda lychnacma Meyrick, 1927
Stegasta sattleri Bidzilya & Mey, 2011
Stenoma modicola Meyrick, 1911
Stenoma stolida Meyrick, 1911
Stomopteryx circaea Meyrick, 1911
Stomopteryx officiosa Janse, 1951
Stomopteryx thoracica Meyrick, 1911
Symmoca crocodesma Meyrick, 1911
Syncopacma acrophylla Meyrick, 1911
Syngelechia psimythota Meyrick, 1913
Teleiopsis sharporum Bidzilya, 2021
Tricerophora commaculata Meyrick, 1921
Tricerophora nigribasis Janse, 1960
Tricerophora pundamilia Bidzilya & Mey, 2018

Subnodes of Gelechioidea with occurrences in Limpopo
FamilyAutostichidae
Le Marchand, 1947
Autostichid Moths
3
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBatrachedridae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Batrachedrid Moths, Flower moths, Fringed Moths
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyColeophoridae
Hübner, 1825
Case moths, Case-bearers, Case-makers, Casebearer Moths, Casebearers, Casebearing moths, Coleophorid Case-bearers
2
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmet Moths, Cosmopterigid moths, Cosmopterigids, Cosmopterygid moths, Seed Borers
4
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElachistidae
Bruand, 1851
Elachistid moths, Grass leafminer moths, Grass Miner Moths, Grass miners, Grass-miner miners, Grass-miner moths
7
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths
37
103
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLecithoceridae
Le Marchand, 1947
Long-horned moths, Tropical Longhorned Moths
4
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOecophoridae
Bruand, 1851
Concealer Moths, Oecophorid moths
10
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScythrididae
Rebel, 1901
Flower Moths, Scythrid moths, Scythridid Moths
2
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyXyloryctidae
Meyrick, 1890
Flower Moths, Timber Moths, Xyloryctid Moths
3
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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