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Checklist for Tribe Litini Bruand, 1859
and region Afrotropical (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
209
6733
56403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
185
6591
56071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
83
4302
27836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
82
4295
27811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
4286
27718
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
39
1642
8394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
30
1405
7365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
10
395
2251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGelechiidae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiid moths, Twirler Moths
155
827
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGelechiinae
Stainton, 1854
Gelechiines
113
484
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeLitini
Bruand, 1859
9
51
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Afrotropical
9 Genera with 51 Species
Afrotelphusa Bidzilya & Mey, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Allotelphusa Janse, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Benguelasa Bidzilya & Mey, 20112SpeciesTaxom
Istrianis Meyrick, 20155SpeciesTaxom
Neotelphusa Janse, 195817SpeciesTaxom
Paratelphusa Janse, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotelphusa Janse, 192911SpeciesTaxom
Streyella Janse, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Telphusa V.T. Chambers, 193211SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afrotropical
51 Species
Afrotelphusa accensa Meyrick, 1921
Allotelphusa lathridia Meyrick, 1909
Benguelasa major Bidzilya & Mey, 2011
Benguelasa minor Bidzilya & Mey, 2011
Istrianis armatus Bidzilya & K..., 2015
Istrianis brucinella Mann, 1872
Istrianis fynbosella Bidzilya & Mey, 2011
Istrianis wachtlii Rogenhofer, 1881
Istrianis yemeniasquamella Bidzilya & K..., 2015
Neotelphusa anisogrisea Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa bimaculata Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa castrigera Meyrick, 1913
Neotelphusa cirrhomacula Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa craterota Meyrick, 1913
Neotelphusa ferrugilinea Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa flavinotata Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa fuscisparsa Janse, 1958
Neotelphusa limenaea Meyrick, 1920
Neotelphusa melicentra Meyrick, 1921
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
Pseudotelphusa albisignata Janse, 1960
Pseudotelphusa albopasta Janse, 1960
Pseudotelphusa confixa Meyrick, 1918
Pseudotelphusa cycota Meyrick, 1911
Pseudotelphusa devia Meyrick, 1913
Pseudotelphusa griseotincta Janse, 1958
Pseudotelphusa oxychasta Meyrick, 1929
Pseudotelphusa paracycota Janse, 1958
Pseudotelphusa probata Meyrick, 1909
Pseudotelphusa tornimacula Janse, 1958
Pseudotelphusa trinephela Meyrick, 1929
Streyella pallidigrisea Janse, 1958
Telphusa amphichroma Meyrick, 1913
Telphusa calathaea Meyrick, 1913
Telphusa iosticta Meyrick, 1937
Telphusa iriditis Meyrick, 1920
Telphusa microsperma Meyrick, 1920
Telphusa objecta Meyrick, 1921
Telphusa phaulosema Meyrick, 1920
Telphusa retecta Meyrick, 1921
Telphusa sarcochroma Walsingham, 1900
Telphusa syndelta Meyrick, 1921
Telphusa xyloptera Meyrick, 1932