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Checklist for Superfamily Nepticuloidea Staiton, 1854 (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
77
2035
5452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
76
2029
5435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
73
2014
5363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Nepticulina
Meyrick, 1928
2
11
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Nepticuloidea
Staiton, 1854
Pygmy Leafmining Moths
1
8
51
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
1 Family width 51 Species
Nepticulidae Stainton, 1854Leaf miners51SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
8 Genera with 51 Species
Acalyptris Meyrick, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Ectoedemia Busck, 195514SpeciesTaxom
Etainia Beirne, 19482SpeciesTaxom
Fomoria Busck, 19557SpeciesTaxom
Muhabbetana Kocak & Kemal, 193713SpeciesTaxom
Simplimorpha Scoble, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Stigmella Schrank, 198311SpeciesTaxom
Trifurcula Zeller, 19802SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
51 Species
Acalyptris lorantivora Janse, 1948
Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) argyropeza Zeller, 1839Virgin Pigmy
Ectoedemia alexandria Scoble, 1983
Ectoedemia bicarina Scoble, 1983
Ectoedemia capensis Scoble, 1983
Ectoedemia craspedota Vári, 1963
Ectoedemia denticulata Scoble, 1983
Ectoedemia incisaevora Scoble, 1983
Ectoedemia knysnaensis Scoble, 1983
Ectoedemia maritima Scoble, 1983
Ectoedemia myrtinaecola Scoble, 1983
Ectoedemia portensis Scoble, 1983
Ectoedemia simiicola Scoble, 1983
Ectoedemia subnitescens Meyrick, 1937
Ectoedemia tecomariae Vári, 1955
Etainia crypsixantha Meyrick, 1918
Etainia nigricapitella Janse, 1948
Fomoria alexandria Scoble, 1983
Fomoria incisaevora Scoble, 1983
Fomoria knysnaensis Scoble, 1983
Fomoria myrtinaecola Scoble, 1983
Fomoria oroviale van Nieukerken, 2019
Fomoria portensis Scoble, 1983
Fomoria tecomariae Vári, 1955
Muhabbetana asantesana van Nieukerken, 2019
Muhabbetana bicarina Scoble, 1983
Muhabbetana capensis Scoble, 1983
Muhabbetana craspedota Vári, 1963
Muhabbetana crispae Scoble, 1983
Muhabbetana denticulata Scoble, 1983
Muhabbetana grandinosa Meyrick, 1911
Muhabbetana laquei van Niekerken, 2019
Muhabbetana malcolmi van Nieukerken, 2019
Muhabbetana maritima Scoble, 1983
Muhabbetana simiicola Scoble, 1983
Muhabbetana stimulata Meyrick, 1913
Muhabbetana subnitescens Meyrick, 1937
Simplimorpha lanceifoliella Vári, 1955
Stigmella angustivalva Scoble, 1978
Stigmella corylifoliella Clemens, 1861
Stigmella craspedota Vári, 1963
Stigmella generalis Scoble, 1978
Stigmella meyi van Nieukerken, 2019
Stigmella pallida (Scoble, 1978)⇒ Stigmella worcesteri Scoble, 1983
Stigmella panconista Meyrick, 1920
Stigmella platyzona Vári, 1963
Stigmella prunifoliella Clemens, 1861
Stigmella tecomariae Vári, 1955
Stigmella worcesteri Scoble, 1983
Trifurcula (Levarchama) eurema Tutt, 1899Field Lotus Pigmy
Trifurcula barbertonensis Scoble, 1980

Subnodes of Nepticuloidea with occurrences in Cape
FamilyNepticulidae
Stainton, 1854
Leaf miners, Leaf-miner moths, Midget moths, Minute Eye Cap Moths, Minute Eye-Cap Moths, Nepticulid moths, Pigmy, Pigmy moths, Pygmy Eye-Capped Moths, Pygmy eyecap moths, Pygmy Moths
8
51
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Nepticuloidea at artfakta.se
Nepticuloidea at dyntaxa.se
Nepticuloidea at itis.gov