Checklist of Superfamily Gelechioidea Stainton, 1854 (Case-bearers)
for Malawi (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 327
3787
9639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 327
3787
9639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 308
3697
9441 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 226
3307
8733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 64
1621
4426 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 64
1621
4426 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 62
1618
4423 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 30
354
708 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 25
290
598 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths | 10
58
119 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Malawi
10 Families width 119 Species | Oecophoridae (Bruand, 1851) | Concealer Moths | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | Gelechiid moths | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Cosmet Moths | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Scythrididae Rebel, 1901 | Flower Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Batrachedridae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Batrachedrid Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947 | Long-horned moths | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Coleophoridae Hübner, 1825 | Case moths | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Xyloryctidae Meyrick, 1890 | Flower Moths | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Elachistidae Bruand, 1851 | Elachistid moths | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Autostichidae Le Marchand, 1947 | Autostichid Moths | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Malawi
58 Genera with 119 Species
| Aeolernis Meyrick, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anarsia Zeller, 1911 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Anatrachyntis Meyrick, 1909 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ancylometis Meyrick, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apostibes Walsingham, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ascalenia Wocke, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aspades Vári, 1963 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Batrachedra Herrich-Schä..., 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bilobata Vári, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachmia Hübner, 1914 | Mountain Horned Agama | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Brachyacma Hübner, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bucolarcha Meyrick, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carodista Meyrick, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coleophora Hübner, 1914 | Casebearers | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Colonophora Meyrick, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cophomantella Fletcher, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Corymbus Park, 2019 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cosmopterix Hübner, 1922 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptolechia Zeller, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptophasa Lewin, 1954 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dichomeris Hübner, 1914 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Dragmatucha Meyrick, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elachista Treitschke, 1914 | Elachista Algae | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Encolpotis Meyrick, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eretmocera Zeller, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ethmia Hübner, 1875 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Frisilia Walker, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Helcystogramma Zeller, 1847 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Holcocera Clemens, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homaloxestis Meyrick, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyperochtha Meyrick, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnopsis Walsingham, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labdia F. Walker, 1927 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lecithocera Herrich-Schä..., 1914 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Leptozestis Meyrick, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrobathra Meyrick, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesophleps Hübner, 1966 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metachanda Meyrick, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mometa Durrant, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mystacernis Meyrick, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odites Walsingham, 1891 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Oecia Walsingham, 1876 | Long-horned moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parallactis Meyrick, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parodaea Meyrick, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Philobota Meyrick, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phthorimaea Meyrick, 1873 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pigritia Clemens, 2013 | Pigritia Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plasmatica Meyrick, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Procometis Meyrick, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proselotis Meyrick, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protolychnis Meyrick, 1881 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scrobipalpa Janse, 2021 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scythris Hübner, 1916 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Sergeya Ponomarenko, 2024 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spiniola Park, 2022 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenoma Zeller, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syndroma Clemens, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Timyra Walker, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Malawi
119 Species | Aeolernis theatrica Meyrick, 1914 | | | Anarsia balioneura Meyrick, 1921 | | | Anarsia carbonaria Meyrick, 1913 | | | Anarsia citromitra Meyrick, 1921 | | | Anarsia gambiensis Strand, 1913 | | | Anarsia gravata Meyrick, 1911 | | | Anatrachyntis hemizopha (Meyrick, 1916) | ⇒ Pyroderces repandatella Legrand, 1965 | | Anatrachyntis simplex Walsingham, 1891 | False pink bollworm | | Anatrachyntis tripola Meyrick, 1909 | | | Ancylometis trigonodes Meyrick, 1887 | | | Apostibes halmyrodes Meyrick, 1921 | | | Ascalenia staurocentra Meyrick, 1915 | | | Aspades armatovalva Janse, 1963 | | | Batrachedra epombra Meyrick, 1914 | | | Batrachedra phaneropa Meyrick, 1914 | | | Bilobata subsecivella Zeller, 1852 | | | Brachmia digitata Meyrick, 1914 | | | Brachmia septella Zeller, 1852 | | | Brachmia torva Meyrick, 1914 | | | Brachyacma palpigera (Walsingham, 1891) | ⇒ Mesophleps palpigera Walsingham, 1891 | | Bucolarcha geodes (Meyrick, 1929) | ⇒ Mesophleps geodes Meyrick, 1929 | | Carodista flagitiosa Meyrick, 1914 | | | Coleophora acmura Meyrick, 1914 | | | Coleophora phaeocentra Meyrick, 1914 | | | Colonophora cateiata Meyrick, 1914 | | | Cophomantella crypsizyga Meyrick, 1914 | | | Corymbus hallicis Park & Aarvik, 2019 | | | Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, 1908 | | | Cosmopterix crassicervicella Chrétien, 1896 | | | Cosmopterix cressida Koster, 2016 | | | Cosmopterix emmolybda Meyrick, 1914 | | | Cosmopterix meyi Koster, 2016 | | | Cosmopterix mulanjensis Koster, 2016 | | | Cosmopterix nyikensis Koster, 2016 | | | Cosmopterix ophelia Koster, 2016 | | | Cosmopterix transcissa Meyrick, 1914 | | | Cosmopterix trilopha Meyrick, 1922 | | | Cryptolechia scolia Meyrick, 1902 | | | Cryptophasa geron Diakonoff, 1954 | | | Dichomeris arquata H.H. Li, H. ..., 2013 | | | Dichomeris dentata H.H. Li, H. ..., 2013 | | | Dichomeris erixantha Meyrick, 1914 | | | Dichomeris excepta Meyrick, 1914 | | | Dichomeris famosa Meyrick, 1914 | | | Dichomeris leucocosma Meyrick, 1916 | | | Dichomeris ligulacea H.H. Li, H. ..., 2013 | | | Dichomeris oenombra Meyrick, 1914 | | | Dragmatucha proaula Meyrick, 1908 | | | Elachista chelonites Meyrick, 1909 | | | Elachista chelonitis Meyrick, 1909 | | | Elachista glossina Kaila, 2011 | | | Elachista semophanta Meyrick, 1914 | | | Encolpotis xanthoria Meyrick, 1909 | | | Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852 | | | Ethmia coscineutis Meyrick, 1912 | | | Ethmia iphicrates Meyrick, 1921 | | | Ethmia rhomboidella Walsingham, 1897 | | | Ethmia sabiella Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Frisilia compsostoma Meyrick, 1921 | | | Frisilia triturata Meyrick, 1914 | | | Helcystogramma digitata Meyrick, 1914 | | | Helcystogramma lamprostola Zeller, 1847 | | | Helcystogramma lamprostoma Zeller, 1847 | | | Holcocera lignyodes Meyrick, 1914 | | | Homaloxestis cholopis Meyrick, 1906 | | | Hyperochtha dischema Meyrick, 1916 | | | Ischnopsis enopias Meyrick, 1914 | | | Labdia embrochota Meyrick, 1914 | | | Labdia leptonoma Meyrick, 1927 | | | Lecithocera flavipalpis Walsingham, 1891 | | | Lecithocera hadroidia Park & Agassiz, 2023 | | | Lecithocera iresia Meyrick, 1911 | | | Lecithocera isomitra Meyrick, 1914 | | | Lecithocera malawiana Park & Agassiz, 2023 | | | Lecithocera murphyi Park & Heppner, 2023 | | | Lecithocera namizimuensis Park & Heppner, 2023 | | | Lecithocera obsignata Meyrick, 1914 | | | Lecithocera xanthochalca (Meyrick, 1914) | ⇒ Lecithocera flavipalpis Walsingham, 1891 | | Leptozestis spodoptera Turner, 1923 | | | Macrobathra proxena Meyrick, 1914 | | | Mesophleps geodes Meyrick, 1929 | | | Mesophleps palpigera Walsingham, 1891 | Palo verde moth | | Mesophleps safranella Legrand, 1966 | | | Metachanda citrodesma Meyrick, 1911 | | | Mometa infricta Meyrick, 1916 | | | Mystacernis alphesta Meyrick, 1915 | | | Odites encarsia Meyrick, 1908 | | | Odites hemipercna Meyrick, 1914 | | | Odites heptasticta Meyrick, 1914 | | | Odites inversa Meyrick, 1914 | | | Odites malawiensis Heppner, 2011 | | | Odites matura Meyrick, 1914 | | | Odites natalensis Walsingham, 1891 | | | Oecia oecophila Staudinger, 1876 | Moth | | Parallactis mitigata Meyrick, 1914 | | | Parallactis periochra Meyrick, 1916 | | | Parodaea scaripheuta Meyrick, 1914 | | | Philobota mylothris (Meyrick, 1921) | ⇒ Philobota hypopolia Turner, 1917 | | Phthorimaea operculella Zeller, 1873 | Kartoffelmè¸l | | Pigritia stips Adamski, 2013 | | | Plasmatica sternitis Meyrick, 1914 | | | Procometis terrena Meyrick, 1908 | | | Proselotis sceletodes Meyrick, 1914 | | | Protolychnis chlorotoma Meyrick, 1914 | | | Protolychnis maculata Walsingham, 1881 | | | Scrobipalpa aptatella Walker, 1864 | Eggplant budworm | | Scrobipalpa munita Bidzilya, 2021 | | | Scythris aarviki Bengtsson, 2014 | | | Scythris catuliformis Bengtsson, 2014 | | | Scythris malawica Bengtsson, 2014 | | | Scythris mulanjensis Bengtsson, 2014 | | | Scythris nussi Bengtsson, 2014 | | | Scythris nyikensis Bengtsson, 2014 | | | Scythris pelinaula Meyrick, 1916 | | | Sergeya malawica Bidzilya, Me..., 2024 | | | Spiniola hanaro Park, 2022 | | | Stenoma modicola Meyrick, 1911 | | | Syndroma lignyodes (Meyrick, 1914) | ⇒ Holcocera lignyodes Meyrick, 1914 | | Timyra aeolocoma Meyrick, 1939 | |
Subnodes of Gelechioidea with occurrences in Malawi | Family | Autostichidae
Le Marchand, 1947
Autostichid Moths | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Batrachedridae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Batrachedrid Moths, Flower moths, Fringed Moths | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Coleophoridae
Hübner, 1825
Case moths, Case-bearers, Case-makers, Casebearer Moths, Casebearers, Casebearing moths, Coleophorid Case-bearers | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmet Moths, Cosmopterigid moths, Cosmopterigids, Cosmopterygid moths, Seed Borers | 7
19 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elachistidae
Bruand, 1851
Elachistid moths, Grass leafminer moths, Grass Miner Moths, Grass miners, Grass-miner miners, Grass-miner moths | 4
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Gelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths | 15
33 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lecithoceridae
Le Marchand, 1947
Long-horned moths, Tropical Longhorned Moths | 12
28 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Oecophoridae
Bruand, 1851
Concealer Moths, Oecophorid moths | 8
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scythrididae
Rebel, 1901
Flower Moths, Scythrid moths, Scythridid Moths | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Xyloryctidae
Meyrick, 1890
Flower Moths, Timber Moths, Xyloryctid Moths | 3
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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