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Checklist for Tribe Hieroxestini
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
3780
15848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
3774
15825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
3756
15683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
37
1343
5444
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
1197
5042
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tineoidea
Latreille, 1810
Bagworm, Bagworms, Clothes moths, Tubeworm
3
163
582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTineidae
Latreille, 1810
& Allies, Clothes moths, Clothes moths and relatives
105
331
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHieroxestinae
Meyrick, 1893
Hieroxestine Moths
6
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeHieroxestini
4
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
4 Genera with 22 Species
Oinophila Stephens, 18283SpeciesTaxom
Opogona Zeller, 191316SpeciesTaxom
Pelecystola Meyrick, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Phaeoses W.T.M. Forbes, 19131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
22 Species
Oinophila amphicrossa (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Nyctocyrmata crotalopis Meyrick, 1921
Oinophila oxystyla Meyrick, 1912
Oinophila v-flava Haworth, 1828Moth
Opogona apicalis (Wollaston, 1879)⇒ Opogona omoscopa Meyrick, 1893
Opogona chlorophanes Meyrick, 1908
Opogona cyrtomis Meyrick, 1915
Opogona dimidiatella Zeller, 1853
Opogona harpalea Meyrick, 1911
Opogona indiscreta Meyrick, 1917
Opogona iricharis Meyrick, 1926
Opogona ischnoscia Meyrick, 1928
Opogona omiastis Meyrick, 1937
Opogona omoscopa Meyrick, 1893Detritus moth
Opogona phaeochalca Meyrick, 1908
Opogona phaeocrana Meyrick, 1914
Opogona praematura (Meyrick, 1909)⇒ Opogona omoscopa Meyrick, 1893
Opogona pyrometalla Meyrick, 1928
Opogona scaphopis Meyrick, 1909
Opogona trophis Meyrick, 1913
Pelecystola melanchares Meyrick, 1937
Pelecystola tephrinitis Meyrick, 1911
Phaeoses pileigera Meyrick, 1913