Checklist of Superfamily Gelechioidea Stainton, 1854 (Case-bearers)
for Uganda (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 417
5194
15507 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 417
5194
15507 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 395
5079
15165 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 266
4269
13768 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 62
1798
6868 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 62
1797
6867 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 61
1796
6866 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 30
388
831 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 25
316
661 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths | 10
61
167 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Uganda
11 Families width 167 Species | Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854 | Gelechiid moths | 41 | Species | Taxom | | Cosmopterigidae (Heinemann & ..., 1876) | Cosmet Moths | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Batrachedridae Heinemann & ..., 1876 | Batrachedrid Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coleophoridae Hübner, 1825 | Case moths | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Elachistidae Bruand, 1851 | Elachistid moths | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947 | Long-horned moths | 67 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851 | Concealer Moths | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Autostichidae (Le Marchand, 1947) | Autostichid Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scythrididae Rebel, 1901 | Flower Moths | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 | Bag Shelter Moths | 95 | Species | Taxom | | Xyloryctidae Meyrick, 1890 | Flower Moths | 6 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Uganda
59 Genera with 167 Species
| Anarsia Zeller, 1913 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anatrachyntis Meyrick, 1882 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Batrachedra Herrich-Schä..., 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bilobata Vári, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blastobasis Zeller, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Brachmia Hübner, 1911 | Mountain Horned Agama | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Brachyacma Hübner, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chlamydastis Meyrick, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysoesthia Hübner, 1963 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Coleophora Hübner, 1965 | Casebearers | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cophomantella Fletcher, 1926 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Corymbus Park, 2024 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cosmopterix Hübner, 1922 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Deltophora Janse, 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dichomeris Hübner, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diocosma Meyrick, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diophila Meyrick, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dorodoca Meyrick, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dragmatucha Meyrick, 2020 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Elachista Treitschke, 1965 | Elachista Algae | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Encolapta Meyrick, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eretmocera Zeller, 2014 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eridachtha Meyrick, 2024 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Eteobalea Hodges, 1986 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ethmia Hübner, 1922 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Furcalis Park, 2021 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Helcystogramma Zeller, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Homaloxestis Meyrick, 1906 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hypatima Hübner, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Istrianis Meyrick, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labdia F. Walker, 1932 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lecithocera Herrich-Schä..., 1923 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Limnaecia Stainton, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesophleps Hübner, 1891 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metachanda Meyrick, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metzneria Zeller, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mometa Durrant, 1927 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Odites Walsingham, 1930 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pectinophora Busck, 1844 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Persicoptila Meyrick, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Philobota Meyrick, 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyedra Meyrick, 1927 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Protolychnis Meyrick, 2020 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psamathocrita Meyrick, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ptilothyris Walsingham, 1932 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Scrobipalpa Janse, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scythris Hübner, 2014 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Sergeya Ponomarenko, 2024 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sitotroga HEINEMANN, 1789 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stagmatophora Herrich-Schä..., 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stathmopoda Herrich-Schä..., 1934 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Telphusa V.T. Chambers, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thrombialis Park, 2021 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thubdora | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Timyra Walker, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Torodora Meyrick, 1931 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tuta Strand, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Viperinus Park, 2021 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Uganda
167 Species | Anarsia agricola Walsingham, 1891 | | | Anarsia balioneura Meyrick, 1921 | | | Anarsia carbonaria Meyrick, 1913 | | | Anatrachyntis coriacella Snellen, 1901 | | | Anatrachyntis orphnographa Meyrick, 1936 | | | Anatrachyntis rileyi Walsingham, 1882 | Moth | | Asapharcha deltopis Meyrick, 1920 | | | Batrachedra isochtha Meyrick, 1914 | | | Bilobata subsecivella Zeller, 1852 | | | Blastobasis acarta Meyrick, 1911 | | | Blastobasis intrepida Meyrick, 1911 | | | Brachmia convolvuli (Walsingham, 1907) | ⇒ Helcystogramma convolvuli Walsingham, 1908 | | Brachmia deltopis Meyrick, 1920 | | | Brachmia nesidias Meyrick, 1911 | | | Brachyacma palpigera (Walsingham, 1891) | ⇒ Mesophleps palpigera Walsingham, 1891 | | Chlamydastis habrolepis Blanchard & ..., 1986 | | | Chrysoesthia flavinigrella Bidzilya, Me..., 2025 | | | Chrysoesthia frontella Bidzilya, Me..., 2025 | | | Chrysoesthia isocharis Vári, 1963 | | | Coleophora agassizi Baldizzone &..., 2011 | | | Coleophora kibalensis Baldizzone, 2022 | | | Coleophora nyanzaensis Baldizzone &..., 2020 | | | Coleophora sabaea Baldizzone, 2007 | | | Coleophora silvestris Baldizzone &..., 2020 | | | Coleophora tacera Bradley, 1965 | | | Cophomantella aphanozona Meyrick, 1926 | | | Cophomantella syngonarcha Meyrick, 1926 | | | Corymbus nigrizosterus Park & Aarvik, 2019 | | | Corymbus sineriana Park & Aarvik, 2024 | | | Cosmopterix attenuatella Walker, 1864 | Hall's milkweed | | Cosmopterix caliban Koster, 2016 | | | Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, 1908 | | | Cosmopterix emmolybda Meyrick, 1914 | | | Cosmopterix fibigeri Koster, 2016 | | | Cosmopterix pararufella Riedl, 1976 | | | Cosmopterix rhabdophanes (Meyrick, 1928) | ⇒ Cosmopterix trilopha Meyrick, 1922 | | Cosmopterix transcissa Meyrick, 1914 | | | Cosmopterix trilopha Meyrick, 1922 | | | Deltophora diversella Sattler, 1979 | | | Dichomeris eurynotus Walsingham, 1897 | | | Diocosma rhodopola Meyrick, 1930 | | | Diophila bathrota Meyrick, 1911 | | | Diophila claricoma (Meyrick, 1911) | ⇒ Dorodoca anthophoba Ghesquière, 1940 | | Dorodoca anthophoba Ghesquière, 1940 | | | Dragmatucha cochliana Park, 2020 | | | Dragmatucha crinifrutalis Park, 2020 | | | Dragmatucha dizostera Park, 2020 | | | Dragmatucha galbinea Park, 2020 | | | Dragmatucha kabarolensis Park, 2020 | | | Dragmatucha pedalis Park, 2020 | | | Dragmatucha vittatella Park, 2020 | | | Elachista glossina Kaila, 2011 | | | Elachista iriphaea Meyrick, 1932 | | | Elachista oritropha Bradley, 1965 | | | Encolapta stasimodes Meyrick, 1931 | | | Eretmocera haemogastra Meyrick, 1936 | | | Eretmocera homalocrossa Meyrick, 1930 | | | Eretmocera lyneborgi Bengtsson, 2014 | | | Eridachtha atrihispida Park, 2024 | | | Eridachtha crococorypha Park, 2024 | | | Eridachtha cupaformis Park, 2024 | | | Eridachtha pholexana Park, 2024 | | | Eteobalea aglaopa Meyrick, 1928 | | | Eteobalea eurinella Sinev, 1986 | | | Ethmia kagamegensis Mey & Shovkoon, 2014 | | | Ethmia kibalensis Mey, 2023 | | | Ethmia phricotypa Bradley, 1965 | | | Ethmia phricotype Bradley, 1965 | | | Ethmia sabiella Felder & Rog..., 1875 | | | Ethmia spyrathodes Meyrick, 1922 | | | Furcalis hemigastra Meyrick, 1931 | | | Furcalis mpangensis Park & Koo, 2021 | | | Helcystogramma convolvuli Walsingham, 1908 | Black leaf folder | | Helcystogramma cricopa Meyrick, 1911 | | | Helcystogramma microsema Meyrick, 1911 | | | Homaloxestis arcuatus Park & Mey, 2019 | | | Homaloxestis hemigastra Meyrick, 1931 | | | Homaloxestis lactizonalis Park & Mey, 2019 | | | Homaloxestis lophophora (Meyrick, 1906) | ⇒ Homaloxestis cholopis Meyrick, 1906 | | Hypatima procax Meyrick, 1911 | | | Istrianis epacria Bradley, 1965 | | | Labdia embrochota Meyrick, 1914 | | | Labdia iriphaea (Meyrick, 1932) | ⇒ Elachista iriphaea Meyrick, 1932 | | Labdia oxychlora Meyrick, 1932 | | | Lecithocera corythaeola Meyrick, 1931 | | | Lecithocera monobyrsa Meyrick, 1931 | | | Lecithocera pseudideologa Park, 2024 | | | Lecithocera ptyona Park, 2024 | | | Lecithocera sarangalis Park, 2024 | | | Lecithocera xanthocosma Meyrick, 1923 | | | Limnaecia pamphaea Bradley, 1965 | | | Mesophleps gigantella Li & Sattler, 2012 | | | Mesophleps nairobiensis Li & Zhang, 1995 | | | Mesophleps palpigera Walsingham, 1891 | Palo verde moth | | Metachanda lucasi Guillermet, 2010 | | | Metachanda miltospila Meyrick, 1911 | | | Metachanda mormodes Meyrick, 1911 | | | Metzneria sanguinea Meyrick, 1934 | | | Mometa anthophthora Meyrick, 1937 | | | Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927 | | | Mometa cunctatrix Meyrick, 1931 | | | Mometa erebodoxa Meyrick, 1927 | | | Odites encarsia Meyrick, 1908 | | | Odites microbelista | | | Odites microbolista (Meyrick, 1937) | ⇒ Odites pelochrosta Meyrick, 1933 | | Odites pelochrosta Meyrick, 1933 | | | Odites repetita Meyrick, 1932 | | | Odites siccinervis Meyrick, 1930 | | | Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders, 1844 | Bollworm | | Persicoptila euphaedra (Lower, 1904) | ⇒ Trissodoris euphaedra Lower, 1904 | | Philobota mylothris (Meyrick, 1921) | ⇒ Philobota hypopolia Turner, 1917 | | Platyedra cunctatrix (Meyrick, 1931) | ⇒ Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927 | | Platyedra erebodoxa Meyrick, 1927 | | | Protolychnis petiliella Park, 2020 | | | Psamathocrita doloma Bradley, 1965 | | | Ptilothyris crassiella Park, 2019 | | | Ptilothyris drepanodes Park, 2019 | | | Ptilothyris galbiplatella Park, 2021 | | | Ptilothyris hylodes Park, 2019 | | | Ptilothyris leifaarviki Park, 2019 | | | Ptilothyris pilosa Park, 2019 | | | Ptilothyris serangota Meyrick, 1932 | | | Scrobipalpa subroseata Meyrick, 1932 | | | Scythris aphanatma Meyrick, 1933 | | | Scythris budongensis Bengtsson, 2014 | | | Scythris lamprochalca Meyrick, 1931 | | | Scythris praematura Meyrick, 1937 | | | Scythris sciochalca Meyrick, 1928 | | | Scythris ugandica Bengtsson, 2014 | | | Sergeya korongotaji Bidzilya, Me..., 2024 | | | Sergeya lobata Bidzilya, Me..., 2024 | | | Sergeya palescens Bidzilya, Me..., 2024 | | | Sitotroga cerealella Olivier, 1789 | Angoumois Grain Moth | | Stagmatophora aglaopa (Meyrick, 1928) | ⇒ Eteobalea eurinella Sinev, 1986 | | Stathmopoda arcata Meyrick, 1913 | | | Stathmopoda osteitis Meyrick, 1917 | | | Stathmopoda tridryas Meyrick, 1934 | | | Telphusa xyloptera Meyrick, 1932 | | | Thrombialis sylvestrana Park & Koo, 2021 | | | Thubdora afropyralidis Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora ambliodes Park, 2018 | | | Thubdora bilobella Park, 2018 | | | Thubdora corystos Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora ealaensis Park & De Prins, 2019 | | | Thubdora elgozmanyi Park, 2021 | | | Thubdora fruticosa Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora ghesquierei Park & De Prins, 2019 | | | Thubdora kibalensis Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora klenodes Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora latidiscalis Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora mirinae Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora narusia Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora nemorosa Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora onsemiro Park, 2021 | | | Thubdora retusivalva Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora trigonoides Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora umbratilis Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora villosiphalla Park, 2020 | | | Thubdora wooriana Park, 2020 | | | Timyra floccula Bradley, 1965 | | | Torodora chrysotes Park & Koo, 2022 | | | Torodora manalis Park & Koo, 2022 | | | Torodora monobyrsa Meyrick, 1931 | | | Tuta absoluta Meyrick, 1917 | South American Tomato Moth | | Viperinus pyknoistus Park & Koo, 2021 | |
Subnodes of Gelechioidea with occurrences in Uganda | Family | Autostichidae
Le Marchand, 1947
Autostichid Moths | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Batrachedridae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Batrachedrid Moths, Flower moths, Fringed Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Coleophoridae
Hübner, 1825
Case moths, Case-bearers, Case-makers, Casebearer Moths, Casebearers, Casebearing moths, Coleophorid Case-bearers | 2
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cosmopterigidae
Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
Cosmet Moths, Cosmopterigid moths, Cosmopterigids, Cosmopterygid moths, Seed Borers | 8
21 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elachistidae
Bruand, 1851
Elachistid moths, Grass leafminer moths, Grass Miner Moths, Grass miners, Grass-miner miners, Grass-miner moths | 3
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Gelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths | 25
41 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lecithoceridae
Le Marchand, 1947
Long-horned moths, Tropical Longhorned Moths | 15
67 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Oecophoridae
Bruand, 1851
Concealer Moths, Oecophorid moths | 4
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scythrididae
Rebel, 1901
Flower Moths, Scythrid moths, Scythridid Moths | 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Xyloryctidae
Meyrick, 1890
Flower Moths, Timber Moths, Xyloryctid Moths | 1
6 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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