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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
377
3064
5702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
377
3064
5702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
354
2978
5577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
2328
4540
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
60
776
1411
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
60
775
1410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
59
772
1400
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
329
561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
22
300
515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
9
93
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Transvaal
9 Families width 155 Species
Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854Gelechiid moths76SpeciesTaxom
Elachistidae Bruand, 1851Elachistid moths15SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & ..., 1876Cosmet Moths10SpeciesTaxom
Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851Concealer Moths20SpeciesTaxom
Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947Long-horned moths8SpeciesTaxom
Coleophoridae Hübner, 1825Case moths8SpeciesTaxom
Xyloryctidae Meyrick, 1890Flower Moths14SpeciesTaxom
Scythrididae Rebel, 1901Flower Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Autostichidae Le Marchand, 1947Autostichid Moths2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Transvaal
89 Genera with 155 Species
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Acraeologa HEINEMANN, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Agonopterix Hübner, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Alloclita Staudinger, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Amphipseustis Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Anarsia Zeller, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Anatrachyntis Meyrick, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Anomologa Meyrick, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Anoncia J.F.G. Clarke, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Antiopala Meyrick, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Aristotelia Hübner, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Asapharcha Meyrick, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Aspades Vári, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Athrips Billberg, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Atrichozancla Janse, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Augasma Herrich-Schä..., 19121SpeciesTaxom
Blastobasis Zeller, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Blastovalva Janse, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Brachmia Hübner, 1908Mountain Horned Agama1SpeciesTaxom
Choronoma Meyrick, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Chrysoesthia Hübner, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Cladophantis Meyrick, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Coleophora Hübner, 1921Casebearers4SpeciesTaxom
Cophomantella Fletcher, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopterix Hübner, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Cryptolechia Zeller, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Dactylethrella T.B. Fletcher, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Dichomeris Hübner, 196310SpeciesTaxom
Dicranucha Janse, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Doxomeres Meyrick, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Dragmatucha Meyrick, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Elachista Treitschke, 1921Elachista Algae2SpeciesTaxom
Endrosis Huebner, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Ephysteris Meyrick, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Epiphractis Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Eretmocera Zeller, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Erikssonella Janse, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Ethmia Hübner, 18835SpeciesTaxom
Eucleodora Walsingham, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Eupetochira Meyrick, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Gelechia Hübner, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Gibeauxiella Koster & Sinev, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Gisilia Kasy, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Haploscythris Viette, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Holcocera Clemens, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Homaloxestis Meyrick, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Hypatima Hübner, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Irenicodes Meyrick, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsis Walsingham, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Lasiarchis Meyrick, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Lecithocera Herrich-Schä..., 18751SpeciesTaxom
Leucophylla Janse, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Leuronoma Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Limnaecia Stainton, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Martyrhilda Stainton, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Metachanda Meyrick, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Metzneria Zeller, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Microcolona Meyrick, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Microcraspedus Janse, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Microsetia Hübner, 01SpeciesTaxom
Ocystola Meyrick, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Odites Walsingham, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Onebala Walker, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Orophia Hubner, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Pachnistis Meyrick, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Parapsectris Meyrick, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Perittia Stainton, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Philobota Meyrick, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Phthoracma Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Phthorimaea Meyrick, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Pithanurga Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Plesiosticha Meyrick, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Pleurota Hübner, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Polyhymno Chambers, 19085SpeciesTaxom
Procometis Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Promalactis Meyrick, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Protolychnis Meyrick, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotelphusa Janse, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Pyncostola Meyrick, 19504SpeciesTaxom
Schizovalva Janse, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Scrobipalpa Janse, 19374SpeciesTaxom
Scythris Hübner, 191211SpeciesTaxom
Sitotroga HEINEMANN, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Stathmopoda Herrich-Schä..., 19082SpeciesTaxom
Stenoma Zeller, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Stomopteryx Heinemann, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Syncopacma Meyrick, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Syrmadaula Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Telphusa V.T. Chambers, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Trachydora Meyrick, 1921Black Drums1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transvaal
155 Species
Acraeologa delotypa Janse, 1963
Acraeologa xanthobasalis Janse, 1963
Acraeologa xerochroa Meyrick, 1921
Agonopterix stigmella Moore, 1878
Alloclita paraphracta Meyrick, 1914
Amphipseustis disputanda Meyrick, 1921
Anarsia sciograpta Meyrick, 1921
Anarsia spicata Meyrick, 1918
Anatrachyntis tripola Meyrick, 1909
Anomologa demens Meyrick, 1926
Anomologa dispulsa Meyrick, 1926
Anoncia naclia Hodges, 1978
Antiopala tephraea Meyrick, 1889
Aristotelia argyractis Meyrick, 1923
Asapharcha strigifera Meyrick, 1920
Aspades hutchinsonella Walsingham, 1891
Athrips exstincta Meyrick, 1911
Athrips ptychophora Meyrick, 1914
Atrichozancla phaeocrossis Meyrick, 1937
Augasma nidifica Meyrick, 1912
Blastobasis coenomorpha Meyrick, 1931
Blastobasis determinata Meyrick, 1921
Blastovalva paltobola Meyrick, 1921
Brachmia musicopa Meyrick, 1908
Choronoma isoxysta Meyrick, 1926
Cladophantis spilozeucta Meyrick, 1927
Coleophora orphnoceros Meyrick, 1937
Coleophora presbytica Meyrick, 1921
Coleophora scaleuta Meyrick, 1911
Coleophora textoria Meyrick, 1921
Cophomantella bifrenata Meyrick, 1921
Cosmopterix bactrophora Meyrick, 1908
Cosmopterix tabellaria Meyrick, 1908
Cryptolechia scolia Meyrick, 1902
Dactylethrella chionitis Meyrick, 1910
Dichomeris festa Meyrick, 1921
Dichomeris hortulana Meyrick, 1918
Dichomeris inclusa Meyrick, 1927
Dichomeris interamna (Meyrick, 1926)⇒ Dichomeris aulotoma Meyrick, 1917
Dichomeris ochroxesta Meyrick, 1921
Dichomeris parochroma Janse, 1954
Dichomeris pseudomorpha Janse, 1954
Dichomeris torrefacta Meyrick, 1914
Dichomeris xanthophylla Janse, 1963
Dicranucha serialis Meyrick, 1908
Dicranucha sterictis Meyrick, 1908
Doxomeres diaxantha Meyrick, 1917
Dragmatucha proaula Meyrick, 1908
Elachista crocogastra Meyrick, 1908
Elachista sparsula Meyrick, 1921
Endrosis psammodora Meyrick, 1921
Ephysteris dispensata Staudinger, 1859Ratoon Shootborer
Ephysteris promptella Staudinger, 1859Ratoon Shootborer
Ephysteris sirota Meyrick, 1908
Epiphractis thysanarcha Meyrick, 1918
Eretmocera scatospila Zeller, 1852
Erikssonella permagna Meyrick, 1920
Ethmia epiloxa Meyrick, 1914
Ethmia glandifera Meyrick, 1918
Ethmia livida Zeller, 1852
Ethmia oculigera Möschler, 1883
Eucleodora chalybeella Walsingham, 1881
Eupetochira axysta Meyrick, 1927
Eupetochira xystopala Meyrick, 1908
Gibeauxiella genitrix Meyrick, 1927
Gisilia stagnans Meyrick, 1921
Haploscythris scoblei Bengtsson, 2014
Holcocera extensa Meyrick, 1918
Homaloxestis cholopis Meyrick, 1906
Hypatima austerodes Meyrick, 1918
Hypatima lecticata Meyrick, 1926
Hypatima melanecta Meyrick, 1914
Hypatima tetraptila Meyrick, 1909
Irenicodes eurychora Meyrick, 1919
Ischnopsis melanogma (Meyrick, 1908)⇒ Iriothyrsa melanogma Meyrick, 1908
Ischnopsis pilifera Meyrick, 1921
Lasiarchis elaeoxyla (Meyrick, 1937)⇒ Lasiarchis pycnodes Meyrick, 1909
Lecithocera anthologella Wallengren, 1875
Leucophylla nigribasis Janse, 1960
Leuronoma chlorotoma Meyrick, 1918
Limnaecia chlorodeta Meyrick, 1928
Limnaecia ichnographa Meyrick, 1908
Martyrhilda melanarcha Meyrick, 1913
Metachanda trimetropa Meyrick, 1937
Metzneria acrena Meyrick, 1908
Microcolona pantomima Meyrick, 1917
Microcraspedus brachypogon Meyrick, 1937
Microsetia isocharis
Ocystola proxena Meyrick, 1914
Odites exterrita Meyrick, 1937
Odites laconica Meyrick, 1927
Orophia haeresiella Wallengren, 1875
Orophia tranquilla Meyrick, 1927
Orophia xanthosarca Meyrick, 1917
Pachnistis craniota Meyrick, 1913
Parapsectris emerita Meyrick, 1921
Parapsectris ferax Meyrick, 1913
Parapsectris feraxoides Bidzilya, 2010
Parapsectris zetterstedtiella Zeller, 1852
Perittia pachyzona Meyrick, 1921
Perittia ptychospila Meyrick, 1918
Phthoracma blanda Meyrick, 1921
Phthorimaea operculella Zeller, 1873Kartoffelmè¸l
Pithanurga chariphila Meyrick, 1921
Plesiosticha endocentra Meyrick, 1914
Plesiosticha galactaea Meyrick, 1908
Pleurota drucella Walsingham, 1881
Polyhymno chionarcha Meyrick, 1913
Polyhymno erratica Janse, 1950
Polyhymno hostilis Meyrick, 1918
Polyhymno paracma Meyrick, 1909
Polyhymno tropaea Meyrick, 1908
Procometis ochricilia Meyrick, 1921
Promalactis sphaerograpta Meyrick, 1937
Protolychnis maculata Walsingham, 1881
Pseudotelphusa confixa Meyrick, 1918
Pyncostola melanatracta Meyrick, 1910
Pyncostola merista Meyrick, 1918
Pyncostola ochraula Meyrick, 1918
Pyncostola powelli Janse, 1950
Schizovalva hyperythra Meyrick, 1921
Schizovalva isochorda Meyrick, 1921
Schizovalva trisignis Meyrick, 1908
Scrobipalpa colasta Meyrick, 1921
Scrobipalpa dispensata Meyrick, 1921
Scrobipalpa intestina Meyrick, 1921
Scrobipalpa ocyphanes Meyrick, 1937
Scythris calciflua Meyrick, 1921
Scythris fonticola Meyrick, 1911
Scythris justifica Meyrick, 1911
Scythris lactanea Meyrick, 1913
Scythris lactifuscella Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris messinensis Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris nigrispersa Meyrick, 1918
Scythris nylsvleyensis Bengtsson, 2014
Scythris ochrantha Meyrick, 1909
Scythris pelinaula Meyrick, 1916
Scythris roseola Meyrick, 1912
Sitotroga psacasta Meyrick, 1908
Stathmopoda lychnacma Meyrick, 1927
Stathmopoda xanthoplitis Meyrick, 1908
Stenoma hydraena Meyrick, 1916
Stenoma stolida Meyrick, 1911
Stomopteryx elaeocoma Meyrick, 1918
Stomopteryx eremopis Meyrick, 1921
Syncopacma oxyspila Meyrick, 1909
Syrmadaula automorpha Meyrick, 1918
Trachydora scandalotis Meyrick, 1921

Subnodes of Gelechioidea with occurrences in Transvaal
FamilyAutostichidae
Le Marchand, 1947
Autostichid Moths
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyColeophoridae
Hübner, 1825
Case moths, Case-bearers, Case-makers, Casebearer Moths, Casebearers, Casebearing moths, Coleophorid Case-bearers
4
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmet Moths, Cosmopterigid moths, Cosmopterigids, Cosmopterygid moths, Seed Borers
8
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElachistidae
Bruand, 1851
Elachistid moths, Grass leafminer moths, Grass Miner Moths, Grass miners, Grass-miner miners, Grass-miner moths
8
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths
41
76
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLecithoceridae
Le Marchand, 1947
Long-horned moths, Tropical Longhorned Moths
8
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOecophoridae
Bruand, 1851
Concealer Moths, Oecophorid moths
17
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScythrididae
Rebel, 1901
Flower Moths, Scythrid moths, Scythridid Moths
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyXyloryctidae
Meyrick, 1890
Flower Moths, Timber Moths, Xyloryctid Moths
3
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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