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Checklist for Family Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947 (Long-horned moths)
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
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
11
372
1830
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLecithoceridae
Le Marchand, 1947
Long-horned moths, Tropical Longhorned Moths
16
74
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
16 Genera with 74 Species
Atrichozancla Janse, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Catacreagra Meyrick, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Cophomantella Fletcher, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Dragmatucha Meyrick, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Epimactis Meyrick, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Eridachtha Meyrick, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Holaxyra Hübner, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Homaloxestis Meyrick, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Hyperochtha Meyrick, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Idiopteryx Walsingham, 19185SpeciesTaxom
Isotypa Janse, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Lecithocera Herrich-Schä..., 191111SpeciesTaxom
Odites Walsingham, 192629SpeciesTaxom
Onebala Walker, 18815SpeciesTaxom
Plagiocrossa Janse, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Protolychnis Meyrick, 20193SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
74 Species
Atrichozancla cosymbota Meyrick, 1920
Atrichozancla gymnopalpa Janse, 1963
Atrichozancla phaeocrossis Meyrick, 1937
Catacreagra galeodes Meyrick, 1910
Cophomantella bifrenata Meyrick, 1921
Cophomantella furnaria Meyrick, 1913
Cophomantella homogramma Meyrick, 1918
Dragmatucha bivia Meyrick, 1918
Dragmatucha proaula Meyrick, 1908
Epimactis atropunctella Walsingham, 1881
Eridachtha capensis Park, 2024
Eridachtha cosymbota Meyrick, 1920
Eridachtha phaeocrossis Meyrick, 1937
Holaxyra acuta Meyrick, 1927
Holaxyra ithyaula Meyrick, 1926
Holaxyra picrophanes Meyrick, 1913
Homaloxestis cholopis Meyrick, 1906
Homaloxestis lophophora (Meyrick, 1906)⇒ Homaloxestis cholopis Meyrick, 1906
Hyperochtha acanthovalva Park, 2001
Idiopteryx bivia Meyrick, 1918
Idiopteryx discopuncta Janse, 1954
Idiopteryx jansei Park & De Prins, 2019
Idiopteryx obliquella Walsingham, 1881
Idiopteryx obsepta Meyrick, 1918
Isotypa discopuncta Janse, 1954
Lecithocera aenicta Janse, 1954
Lecithocera anthologella Wallengren, 1875
Lecithocera binotata Meyrick, 1918
Lecithocera flavipalpis Walsingham, 1891
Lecithocera ideologa Meyrick, 1937
Lecithocera lucernata Meyrick, 1913
Lecithocera marginata Walsingham, 1891
Lecithocera micromela Lower, 1897
Lecithocera myopa Meyrick, 1913
Lecithocera officialis Meyrick, 1914
Lecithocera officinalis Meyrick, 1911
Odites argyrophanes Meyrick, 1937
Odites artigena Meyrick, 1914
Odites assidua Meyrick, 1914
Odites atropunctella Walsingham, 1881
Odites balsamias Meyrick, 1911
Odites citrantha Meyrick, 1908
Odites consignata Meyrick, 1921
Odites crocota Meyrick, 1912
Odites cuculans Meyrick, 1918
Odites dilutella Walsingham, 1881
Odites emensa Meyrick, 1921
Odites encarsia Meyrick, 1908
Odites exterrita Meyrick, 1937
Odites fessa Meyrick, 1921
Odites hemipercna Meyrick, 1914
Odites incolumis Meyrick, 1918
Odites insons Meyrick, 1912
Odites inversa Meyrick, 1914
Odites laconica Meyrick, 1927
Odites meloxantha Meyrick, 1927
Odites metaclista Meyrick, 1915
Odites metaphracta Meyrick, 1909
Odites metascia Meyrick, 1937
Odites natalensis Walsingham, 1891
Odites nubeculosa Meyrick, 1918
Odites obumbrata Meyrick, 1925
Odites obvia Meyrick, 1914
Odites sucinea Meyrick, 1915
Odites superscripta Meyrick, 1926
Onebala brunneotincta Janse, 1954
Onebala obsoleta Janse, 1954
Onebala probolaspis Meyrick, 1929
Onebala semiluna Janse, 1954
Onebala zulu (Walsingham, 1881)⇒ Helcystogramma lamprostoma Zeller, 1847
Plagiocrossa picrodora Meyrick, 1913
Protolychnis maculata Walsingham, 1881
Protolychnis marginata Walsingham, 1891
Protolychnis natalensis Park & De Prins, 2019

Subnodes of Lecithoceridae with occurrences in Southern Africa
SubfamilyLecithocerinae
Le Marchand, 1947
12
42
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOditinae
Lvovsky, 1996
1
29
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTorodorinae
Gozmany, 1978
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Lecithoceridae at gbif.org
Lecithoceridae at irmng.org