Checklist of Superfamily Nepticuloidea Staiton, 1854 (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
for Kwazulu-Natal (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 565
7120
15641 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 562
7116
15633 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 534
6992
15382 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 341
5714
13109 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 76
2032
4913 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 75
2030
4909 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 73
2022
4878 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Nepticulina
Meyrick, 1928
| 2
10
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Nepticuloidea
Staiton, 1854
Pygmy Leafmining Moths | 2
10
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Kwazulu-Natal
2 Families width 30 Species
Genera for Kwazulu-Natal
10 Genera with 30 Species | Acalyptris Meyrick, 1963 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ectoedemia Busck, 1983 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Fomoria Busck, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Muhabbetana Kocak & Kemal, 1983 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Opostega Zeller, 1918 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Opostegoides Kozlov, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudopostega Kozlov, 1918 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Simplimorpha Scoble, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stigmella Schrank, 1963 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Trifurcula Zeller, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kwazulu-Natal
30 Species | Acalyptris obliquella Scoble, 1980 | | | Acalyptris rubiaevora Scoble, 1980 | | | Acalyptris umdoniensis Scoble, 1980 | | | Acalyptris vepricola Vári, 1963 | | | Ectoedemia rhabdophora Scoble, 1983 | | | Ectoedemia scabridae Scoble, 1983 | | | Ectoedemia umdoniella Scoble, 1983 | | | Fomoria vannifera Meyrick, 1914 | | | Muhabbetana rhabdophora Scoble, 1983 | | | Muhabbetana scabridae Scoble, 1983 | | | Muhabbetana umdoniella Scoble, 1983 | | | Opostega idiocoma Meyrick, 1918 | | | Opostega melitardis Meyrick, 1918 | | | Opostega symbolica Meyrick, 1914 | | | Opostega tincta Meyrick, 1918 | | | Opostegoides melitardis Meyrick, 1918 | | | Pseudopostega idiocoma Meyrick, 1918 | | | Pseudopostega symbolica Meyrick, 1914 | | | Pseudopostega tincta Meyrick, 1918 | | | Simplimorpha lanceifoliella Vári, 1955 | | | Stigmella abutilonica Scoble, 1978 | | | Stigmella allophylica Scoble, 1978 | | | Stigmella charistis Vári, 1963 | | | Stigmella galactacma Meyrick, 1924 | | | Stigmella geranica Scoble, 1978 | | | Stigmella grewiae Scoble, 1978 | | | Stigmella porphyreuta Meyrick, 1917 | | | Stigmella tragilis Scoble, 1978 | | | Stigmella vepricola Vári, 1963 | | | Trifurcula (Levarchama) eurema Tutt, 1899 | Field Lotus Pigmy |
Subnodes of Nepticuloidea with occurrences in Kwazulu-Natal | 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 | 7
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Opostegidae
Meyrick, 1893
Opostegid moths, White Eye Cap Moths, White Eye-Cap Moths, White Eye-Capped Moths, White eyecap moths | 3
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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