Checklist of Superfamily Nepticuloidea Staiton, 1854 (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
for Gauteng (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 331
2962
5500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 330
2961
5499 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 313
2903
5412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 206
2450
4777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 61
1071
2273 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 60
1069
2271 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 59
1065
2254 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Nepticulina
Meyrick, 1928
| 3
15
68 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Nepticuloidea
Staiton, 1854
Pygmy Leafmining Moths | 2
12
65 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Gauteng
2 Families width 65 Species
Genera for Gauteng
12 Genera with 65 Species | Acalyptris Meyrick, 1980 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Areticulata Scoble, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ectoedemia Busck, 1983 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Etainia Beirne, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fomoria Busck, 1914 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Muhabbetana Kocak & Kemal, 1983 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Opostega Zeller, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudopostega Kozlov, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Simplimorpha Scoble, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stigmella Schrank, 1921 | | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Trifurcula Zeller, 1980 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Varius Scoble, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Gauteng
65 Species | Acalyptris combretella Vári, 1955 | | | Acalyptris fagarivora Vári, 1955 | | | Acalyptris krooni Scoble, 1980 | | | Acalyptris lanneivora Vári, 1955 | | | Acalyptris molleivora Scoble, 1980 | | | Acalyptris rubiaevora Scoble, 1980 | | | Acalyptris sellata Scoble, 1980 | | | Acalyptris zeyheriae Scoble, 1980 | | | Areticulata leucosideae Scoble, 1983 | | | Ectoedemia (Laqueus) grandinosa Meyrick, 1911 | | | Ectoedemia crispae Scoble, 1983 | | | Ectoedemia crypsixantha Meyrick, 1918 | | | Ectoedemia guerkiae Scoble, 1983 | | | Ectoedemia gymnosporiae Vári, 1955 | | | Ectoedemia leptodictyae Scoble, 1983 | | | Ectoedemia macrochaeta Meyrick, 1921 | | | Ectoedemia nigrisquama Scoble, 1983 | | | Ectoedemia oleivora Vári, 1955 | | | Ectoedemia royenicola Vári, 1955 | | | Ectoedemia vannifera Meyrick, 1914 | | | Ectoedemia wilkinsoni (Scoble, 1983) | ⇒ Ectoedemia christopheri Puplesis, 1985 | | Etainia crypsixantha Meyrick, 1918 | | | Fomoria leptodictyae Scoble, 1983 | | | Fomoria oleivora Vári, 1955 | | | Fomoria pappeivora Vári, 1963 | | | Fomoria primaria Meyrick, 1913 | | | Fomoria vannifera Meyrick, 1914 | | | Muhabbetana crispae Scoble, 1983 | | | Muhabbetana digitata Scoble, 1983 | | | Muhabbetana grandinosa Meyrick, 1911 | | | Muhabbetana guerkiae Scoble, 1983 | | | Muhabbetana gymnosporiae Vári, 1955 | | | Muhabbetana macrochaeta Meyrick, 1921 | | | Muhabbetana nigrisquama Scoble, 1983 | | | Muhabbetana royenicola Vári, 1955 | | | Muhabbetana undatae Scoble, 1983 | | | Muhabbetana wilkinsoni Scoble, 1983 | | | Opostega diplardis Meyrick, 1912 | | | Pseudopostega bellicosa Meyrick, 1911 | | | Simplimorpha lanceifoliella Vári, 1955 | | | Stigmella androflavus Scoble, 1978 | | | Stigmella caliginosa Meyrick, 1921 | | | Stigmella celtifoliella Vári, 1955 | | | Stigmella combretella Vári, 1955 | | | Stigmella fagarivora (Vári, 1955) | ⇒ Acalyptris fuscofascia Scoble, 1980 | | Stigmella fluida Meyrick, 1911 | | | Stigmella grandinosa | | | Stigmella gymnosporiae Vári, 1955 | | | Stigmella ingens Meyrick, 1913 | | | Stigmella lanceifoliella (Vári, 1955) | ⇒ Acalyptris acontarcha Meyrick, 1926 | | Stigmella lanneivora Vári, 1955 | | | Stigmella nigrata Meyrick, 1913 | | | Stigmella ochnicola (Vári, 1955) | ⇒ Varius ochnicola Vári, 1955 | | Stigmella pappeivora Vári, 1963 | | | Stigmella parinarella Vári, 1955 | | | Stigmella pretoriata Scoble, 1978 | | | Stigmella primaria | | | Stigmella protosema Meyrick, 1921 | | | Stigmella rhynchosiella Vári, 1955 | | | Stigmella royenicola Vári, 1955 | | | Stigmella triumfettica Scoble, 1978 | | | Stigmella xuthomitra Meyrick, 1921 | | | Trifurcula (Levarchama) eurema Tutt, 1899 | Field Lotus Pigmy | | Trifurcula barbertonensis Scoble, 1980 | | | Varius ochnicola Vári, 1955 | |
Subnodes of Nepticuloidea with occurrences in Gauteng | 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 | 10
63 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Opostegidae
Meyrick, 1893
Opostegid moths, White Eye Cap Moths, White Eye-Cap Moths, White Eye-Capped Moths, White eyecap moths | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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