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Checklist for Tribe Litini Bruand, 1859
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
524
27533
203737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
101
8059
57615
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
99
8043
57561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
96
8020
57386
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
48
2503
15187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
35
2162
13533
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
14
619
4248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths
251
1527
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGelechiinae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiines
167
902
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeLitini
Bruand, 1859
20
99
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
20 Genera with 99 Species
Afrotelphusa Bidzilya & Mey, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Agnippe V.T. Chambers, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Allotelphusa Janse, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Altenia Sattler, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Arogalea Walsingham, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Benguelasa Bidzilya & Mey, 20112SpeciesTaxom
Carpatolechia Capuse, 181211SpeciesTaxom
Coleotechnites V.T. Chambers, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Exoteleia Wallengren, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Istrianis Meyrick, 20158SpeciesTaxom
Neotelphusa Janse, 195822SpeciesTaxom
Paratelphusa Janse, 20193SpeciesTaxom
Pragmatodes Walsingham, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotelphusa Janse, 192913SpeciesTaxom
Recurvaria Haworth, 17755SpeciesTaxom
Sinoe V.T. Chambers, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Streyella Janse, 19585SpeciesTaxom
Teleiodes Sattler, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Teleiopsis Sattler, 20213SpeciesTaxom
Telphusa V.T. Chambers, 193216SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
99 Species
Afrotelphusa accensa Meyrick, 1921
Agnippe prunifoliella (Chambers, 1873)⇒ Evippe prunifoliella Chambers, 1873
Allotelphusa lathridia Meyrick, 1909
Altenia modesta Danilevsky, 1955
Arogalea archaea Walsingham, 1911
Benguelasa major Bidzilya & Mey, 2011
Benguelasa minor Bidzilya & Mey, 2011
Carpatolechia belangerella Chambers, 1875
Carpatolechia buckwelli Haworth, 1812
Carpatolechia decorella Haworth, 1812Black-shouldered Grey
Carpatolechia dumitrescui (Haworth, 1812)⇒ Carpatolechia subericolella Haworth, 1812
Carpatolechia erschoffii Haworth, 1812
Carpatolechia humeralella Haworth, 1812
Carpatolechia humeralis (Haworth, 1812)⇒ Carpatolechia decorella Haworth, 1812
Carpatolechia incretella Haworth, 1812
Carpatolechia lyellella Haworth, 1812
Carpatolechia scabra Haworth, 1812
Carpatolechia subericolella Haworth, 1812
Coleotechnites piceaella Kearfott, 1903Orange spruce needle miner
Exoteleia oribatella Rebel, 1918
Istrianis armatus Bidzilya & K..., 2015
Istrianis brucinella Mann, 1872
Istrianis epacria Bradley, 1965
Istrianis fynbosella Bidzilya & Mey, 2011
Istrianis inquilinus Bidzilya, 2021
Istrianis leontianella Legrand, 1966
Istrianis wachtlii Rogenhofer, 1881
Istrianis yemeniasquamella Bidzilya & K..., 2015
Neotelphusa albifasciella Bidzilya, 2019
Neotelphusa anisogrisea Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa bimaculata Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa castrigera Meyrick, 1913
Neotelphusa cirrhomacula Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa cisti Stainton, 1869
Neotelphusa craterota Meyrick, 1913
Neotelphusa ferrugilinea Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa flavinotata Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa flavinotatta Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa flaviterminella Agassiz & Bi..., 2016
Neotelphusa fuscisparsa Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa limenaea Meyrick, 1920
Neotelphusa melicentra Meyrick, 1921
Neotelphusa nigromaculata Bidzilya, 2019
Neotelphusa obliquifascia Janse, 1960
Neotelphusa ochlerodes Meyrick, 1925
Neotelphusa ochrophthalma Meyrick, 1927
Neotelphusa pallidistola Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa phaeomacula Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa similella Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa tapinota Janse, 1958
Paratelphusa griseoptera Janse, 1958
Paratelphusa reducta Janse, 1958
Paratelphusa sagittata Bidzilya, 2019
Pragmatodes fruticosella Walsingham, 1908
Pseudotelphusa albisignata Janse, 1960
Pseudotelphusa albopasta Janse, 1960
Pseudotelphusa calathaea Meyrick, 1913
Pseudotelphusa confixa Meyrick, 1918
Pseudotelphusa cycota Meyrick, 1911
Pseudotelphusa devia Meyrick, 1913
Pseudotelphusa griseotincta Janse, 1958
Pseudotelphusa microsperma Meyrick, 1920
Pseudotelphusa oxychasta Meyrick, 1929
Pseudotelphusa paracycota Janse, 1958
Pseudotelphusa probata Meyrick, 1909
Pseudotelphusa tornimacula Janse, 1958
Pseudotelphusa trinephela Meyrick, 1929
Recurvaria cinerella Chrétien, 1908
Recurvaria crataegella (Denis & Schi..., 1775)⇒ Recurvaria nanella Denis & Schi..., 1775
Recurvaria nana (Denis & Schi..., 1775)⇒ Recurvaria nanella Denis & Schi..., 1775
Recurvaria nanella Denis & Schi..., 1775Brindled Groundling
Recurvaria unicolor (Denis & Schi..., 1775)⇒ Recurvaria nanella Denis & Schi..., 1775
Sinoe chambersi S.M. Lee, 2012
Streyella anguinella Herrich-Schä..., 1861
Streyella canariensis Walsingham, 1908
Streyella curtijuxta Bidzilya, 2019
Streyella ostentella (Zerny, 1934)⇒ Streyella anguinella Herrich-Schä..., 1861
Streyella pallidigrisea Janse, 1958
Teleiodes anguinella (Herrich-Schä..., 1861)⇒ Streyella anguinella Herrich-Schä..., 1861
Teleiodes ostentella (Herrich-Schä..., 1861)⇒ Streyella anguinella Herrich-Schä..., 1861
Teleiopsis diffinis Haworth, 1828Common Groundling
Teleiopsis lunariella Walsingham, 1908
Teleiopsis sharporum Bidzilya, 2021
Telphusa accensa (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Afrotelphusa accensa Meyrick, 1921
Telphusa amphichroma Meyrick, 1913
Telphusa calathaea Meyrick, 1913
Telphusa cistiflorella Constant, 1890
Telphusa deltocrates Meyrick, 1927
Telphusa iosticta Meyrick, 1937
Telphusa iriditis Meyrick, 1920
Telphusa microsperma Meyrick, 1920
Telphusa nigrorosea Walsingham, 1904
Telphusa objecta Meyrick, 1921
Telphusa ochlerodes Meyrick, 1926
Telphusa phaulosema Meyrick, 1920
Telphusa retecta Meyrick, 1921
Telphusa sarcochroma Walsingham, 1900
Telphusa syndelta Meyrick, 1921
Telphusa xyloptera Meyrick, 1932