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Checklist for Family Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947 (Long-horned moths)
and region West Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
80
3730
13310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
80
3727
13306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
3725
13304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
37
939
2391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
774
1962
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
10
113
292
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLecithoceridae
Le Marchand, 1947
Long-horned moths, Tropical Longhorned Moths
16
48
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
16 Genera with 48 Species
Catacreagra Meyrick, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Cophomantella Fletcher, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Dragmatucha Meyrick, 20226SpeciesTaxom
Epimactis Meyrick, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Eridachtha Meyrick, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Homaloxestis Meyrick, 20233SpeciesTaxom
Hyperochtha Meyrick, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Lecithocera Herrich-Schä..., 19143SpeciesTaxom
Odites Walsingham, 19159SpeciesTaxom
Onebala Walker, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Pectinimura K.T.Park & B..., 20222SpeciesTaxom
Protolychnis Meyrick, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Ptilothyris Walsingham, 20255SpeciesTaxom
Thubdora9SpeciesTaxom
Timyra Walker, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Torodora Meyrick, 19972SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
48 Species
Catacreagra galeodes Meyrick, 1910
Cophomantella aphanozona Meyrick, 1926
Cophomantella bythota Meyrick, 1916
Dragmatucha flavoaurea Park & Karisch, 2022
Dragmatucha ghanaensis Park, 2020
Dragmatucha kakumensis Park, 2020
Dragmatucha mediolinea Park & Karisch, 2022
Dragmatucha ovartiella Park & Karisch, 2022
Dragmatucha polystriana Park & Karisch, 2022
Epimactis metazona Meyrick, 1908
Eridachtha hapalochra Meyrick, 1932
Homaloxestis dallastai Park, 2023
Homaloxestis lophophora (Meyrick, 1906)⇒ Homaloxestis cholopis Meyrick, 1906
Homaloxestis nuriana Park, 2023
Hyperochtha acanthovalva Park, 2001
Lecithocera eucharis Meyrick, 1933
Lecithocera minutiella Park, 2023
Lecithocera protoma Meyrick, 1914
Odites balanospila Meyrick, 1930
Odites carterella Walsingham, 1891
Odites cuculans Meyrick, 1918
Odites incolumis Meyrick, 1918
Odites inconspicua Walsingham, 1891
Odites pelochrosta Meyrick, 1933
Odites procellosa Meyrick, 1908
Odites prosedra Meyrick, 1915
Odites sucinea Meyrick, 1915
Onebala zulu (Walsingham, 1881)⇒ Helcystogramma lamprostoma Zeller, 1847
Pectinimura bongoensis Park, 2023
Pectinimura paraliberalis Park & Karisch, 2022
Protolychnis marginata Walsingham, 1891
Ptilothyris enormisella Park, 2019
Ptilothyris pollex Elliott, 2025
Ptilothyris purpurea Walsingham, 1897
Ptilothyris serangota Meyrick, 1932
Ptilothyris taiensis Elliott, 2025
Thubdora ambliodes Park, 2018
Thubdora barbata Meyrick, 1933
Thubdora cuneiformis Park & Karisch, 2022
Thubdora ivoryensis Park & Karisch, 2022
Thubdora laticucullusa Park, 2023
Thubdora nubidiella Park, 2023
Thubdora pulchella Park & Karisch, 2022
Thubdora tonkpiensis Park & Karisch, 2022
Thubdora vernaculella Park & Karisch, 2021
Timyra extranea Walsingham, 1891
Torodora hybrista Meyrick, 1922
Torodora notacma C.S. Wu, 1997

Subnodes of Lecithoceridae with occurrences in West Africa
SubfamilyLecithocerinae
Le Marchand, 1947
11
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOditinae
Lvovsky, 1996
1
9
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTorodorinae
Gozmany, 1978
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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