Checklist of Superfamily Nepticuloidea Staiton, 1854 (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
for Cape (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 612
8112
20932 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 611
8101
20891 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 584
7978
20649 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 377
6559
17970 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 76
1916
5172 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 75
1910
5155 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 72
1895
5083 | 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
Genera for Cape
8 Genera with 51 Species
Species list for Cape
51 Species | Acalyptris lorantivora Janse, 1948 | | | Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) argyropeza Zeller, 1839 | Virgin 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, 1899 | Field Lotus Pigmy | | Trifurcula barbertonensis Scoble, 1980 | |
Subnodes of Nepticuloidea with occurrences in Cape | Family | Nepticulidae
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
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