Checklist of Superfamily Nepticuloidea Staiton, 1854 (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)
for Zimbabwe (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 480
6542
17532 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 478
6538
17527 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 462
6445
17300 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 302
5519
15626 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 67
1983
5266 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 67
1981
5263 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 65
1975
5248 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Nepticulina
Meyrick, 1928
| 3
13
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Nepticuloidea
Staiton, 1854
Pygmy Leafmining Moths | 2
10
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Zimbabwe
2 Families width 20 Species
Genera for Zimbabwe
10 Genera with 20 Species | Acalyptris Meyrick, 1980 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ectoedemia Busck, 1983 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Etainia Beirne, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fomoria Busck, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Opostega Zeller, 1928 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Opostegoides Kozlov, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudopostega Kozlov, 1928 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Simplimorpha Scoble, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stigmella Schrank, 1921 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Trifurcula Zeller, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Zimbabwe
20 Species | Acalyptris fuscofascia Scoble, 1980 | | | Acalyptris lundiensis Scoble, 1980 | | | Acalyptris mariepsensis Scoble, 1980 | | | Acalyptris vumbaensis Scoble, 1980 | | | Ectoedemia indicaevora Scoble, 1983 | | | Ectoedemia zimbabwiensis Scoble, 1983 | | | Etainia zimbabwiensis Scoble, 1983 | | | Fomoria indicaevora Scoble, 1983 | | | Opostega orophoxantha Meyrick, 1921 | | | Opostega pelocrossa Meyrick, 1928 | | | Opostega phaeosoma Meyrick, 1928 | | | Opostegoides pelocrossa Meyrick, 1928 | | | Pseudopostega orophoxantha Meyrick, 1921 | | | Pseudopostega phaeosoma Meyrick, 1928 | | | Simplimorpha lanceifoliella Vári, 1955 | | | Stigmella confinalis Scoble, 1978 | | | Stigmella crotonica Scoble, 1978 | | | Stigmella dombeyivora Scoble, 1978 | | | Stigmella protosema Meyrick, 1921 | | | Trifurcula (Levarchama) eurema Tutt, 1899 | Field Lotus Pigmy |
Subnodes of Nepticuloidea with occurrences in Zimbabwe | 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
14 | 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
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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