Checklist of Superfamily Pyraloidea Latreille, 1802 (Crambid Snout Moths)
for Cape Town (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 275
1566
2037 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 267
1550
2024 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 200
1397
1873 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 50
338
479 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 50
337
478 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 48
330
460 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 26
148
198 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 21
141
189 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Pyraloidea
Latreille, 1802
Crambid Snout Moths, Pyralid, Pyraloid moths | 2
33
37 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape Town
2 Families width 37 Species
Genera for Cape Town
33 Genera with 37 Species
| Agathodes Guenée, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aglossa Latreille, 1906 | Tabby Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Blepharucha Warren, 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bocchoris Moore, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bostra Walker, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crambus Fabricius, 1866 | Sod webworms | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Crocidosema Zeller, 1847 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Culladia Moore, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolicharthria Stephens, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dysphylia Ragonot, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epicrocis Zeller, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Galleria Fabricius, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hellula Guenée, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isolopha Hampson, 1911 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lamoria Walker, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Loxostege Hübner, 1852 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Maliarpha Ragonot, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palpita Hübner, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pempelia Caradja, 1880 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plodia Guenée, 1813 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyocha Zeller, 1848 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prionapteryx Stephens, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudographis Mifsud, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyralis Linnaeus, 1852 | Meal Moths | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrausta Schrank, 1859 | Mint Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Samaria Ragonot, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tauroscopa Meyrick, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tegostoma Zeller, 1796 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Terastia Guenée, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Triphassa Hübner, 1818 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Udea Guenée, 1796 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Uresiphita Hübner, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zitha Walker, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Town
37 Species | Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854 | | | Aglossa caprealis Hübner, 1809 | Fungus Moth | | Aglossa rhodalis Hampson, 1906 | | | Blepharucha zaide Stoll, 1790 | | | Bocchoris onychinalis (Guenée, 1854) | ⇒ Glyphodes onychinalis Guenée, 1854 | | Bostra conspicualis Warren, 1911 | | | Crambus proteus Bassi & Mey, 2011 | | | Crambus quinquareatus Zeller, 1877 | Large-striped Grass-veneer | | Crambus sparsellus Walker, 1866 | | | Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847 | Cotton tip borer | | Culladia achroellum Mabille, 1900 | | | Dolicharthria lanceolalis Guenée, 1854 | | | Dysphylia viridella (Ragonot, 1888) | ⇒ Gaana viridella Ragonot, 1888 | | Epicrocis insolita Balinsky, 1994 | | | Galleria mellonella Linnaeus, 1758 | Bee moth | | Hellula undalis Fabricius, 1781 | Cabbage Webworm | | Isolopha albicristata Warren, 1911 | | | Lamoria imbella Walker, 1864 | | | Loxostege frustalis Zeller, 1852 | | | Loxostege plumbatalis (Zeller, 1852) | ⇒ Heterocnephes delicata Swinhoe, 1917 | | Palpita vitrealis Rossi, 1794 | Jasmine moth | | Pempelia morosalis (Saalmüller, 1880) | ⇒ Morosaphycita morosalis Saalmüller, 1880 | | Plodia interpunctella Hübner, 1813 | Cloaked knot-horn moth | | Polyocha sanguinariella Zeller, 1848 | | | Prionapteryx albiceps Hampson, 1919 | | | Pseudographis mesosema Balinsky, 1989 | | | Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Meal Moth | | Pyralis rubellalis Zeller, 1852 | | | Pyrausta procillusalis Walker, 1859 | | | Samaria inconspicuella Balinsky, 1994 | | | Tauroscopa gorgopis Meyrick, 1888 | | | Tegostoma comparalis Hübner, 1796 | | | Terastia meticulosalis Guenée, 1854 | Erythrina Borer | | Triphassa stalachtis Hübner, 1818 | | | Udea ferrugalis Hübner, 1796 | Rusty Dot | | Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794) | ⇒ Uresiphita maorialis Denis & Schi..., 1775 | | Zitha subcupralis Zeller, 1852 | |
Subnodes of Pyraloidea with occurrences in Cape Town | Family | Crambidae
Latreille, 1810
Crambid Snout Moths, Grass moth, Grass moths, Shoot Borers, Webworms | 17
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pyralidae
Latreille, 1802
Flour Moths, Frass Moths, Grass moths, Meal Moths, Pyrales moths, Pyralid Moths, Pyralid Snout Moths, Snout Moths | 16
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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