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Checklist of Family Tineidae Latreille, 1810 (& Allies)
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
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
33
589
1539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
26
527
1423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tineoidea
Latreille, 1810
Bagworm, Bagworms, Clothes moths, Tubeworm
3
91
223
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTineidae
Latreille, 1810
& Allies, Clothes moths, Clothes moths and relatives
58
127
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
58 Genera with 127 Species
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Acanthocheira Gozmany, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Amphixystis Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Amydria Clemens, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Ateliotum Zeller, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophaga G. Petersen, 19086SpeciesTaxom
Cimitra platyloxa. M..., 19681SpeciesTaxom
Cosmeombra Gozmany & Vári, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Criticonoma Meyrick, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Crypsithyris Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Drimylastis Meyrick, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Drosica F. Walker, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Dryadaula Meyrick, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Edosa F. Walker, 190810SpeciesTaxom
Ellochotis Meyrick, 19087SpeciesTaxom
Erechthias Meyrick, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Eressoxesta Gozmany & Vári, 20192SpeciesTaxom
Eriozancla Gozmany & Vári, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Exonomasis Gozmany & Vári, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Glaucostolella T.B. Fletcher, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Hapsifera Zeller, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Hapsiferona Gozmany, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Harmaclona Busck, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Homalopsycha Meyrick, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Homosetia Clemens, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Hyperbola Gozmany, 20192SpeciesTaxom
Janseana Gozmany & Vári, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Lindera Blanchard, 1852Spicebush1SpeciesTaxom
Meessia Hofmann, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Mesopherna Meyrick, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Monopis Hübner, 20207SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecozela Zeller, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Nemapogon Schrank, 19054SpeciesTaxom
Niditinea G. Petersen, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Ochetoxena Meyrick, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Ocnophilella T.B. Fletcher, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Oinophila Stephens, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Opogona Zeller, 19097SpeciesTaxom
Paraptica Meyrick, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Pelecystola Meyrick, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Perissomastix W. Warren & ..., 19675SpeciesTaxom
Phthoropoea Walsingham, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Phyciodyta Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Pitharcha Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Pringleophaga Enderlein, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Proterospastis Meyrick, 18915SpeciesTaxom
Prothinodes Meyrick, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Pseudurgis Meyrick, 19119SpeciesTaxom
Scalmatica Meyrick, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Scardiella G.S. Robinson, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Setomorpha Zeller, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Sindonophora Meyrick, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Tenaga Clemens, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Tinea Linnaeus, 18635SpeciesTaxom
Tineola Herrich-Schä..., 18232SpeciesTaxom
Tracheloteina Gozmany, 19127SpeciesTaxom
Trachycentra Meyrick, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Transmixta Gozmany & Vári, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Trichophaga Ragonot, 17583SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
127 Species
Acanthocheira loxopa Meyrick, 1914
Amphixystis oxystyla Meyrick, 1911
Amydria poliodes Meyrick, 1909
Ateliotum crymodes Meyrick, 1908
Ceratophaga gigantella Stainton, 1860
Ceratophaga lucidella Walker, 1863
Ceratophaga obnoxia Meyrick, 1917
Ceratophaga tragoptila Meyrick, 1917
Ceratophaga vastellus Zeller, 1852Horn Moth
Ceratophaga xanthastis Meyrick, 1908
Cimitra spinignatha Gozmany, 1968
Cosmeombra doxochares Meyrick, 1926
Criticonoma chelonaea Meyrick, 1910
Criticonoma flaveata Gozmany, 1968
Crypsithyris insolita Meyrick, 1918
Drimylastis telamonia Meyrick, 1907
Drosica abjectella Walker, 1863
Dryadaula acrodisca Meyrick, 1917
Edosa bizilyai Mey, 2019
Edosa catharinae Gozmany, 1968
Edosa divacariata Mey, 2019
Edosa karooensis Mey, 2019
Edosa namakwana Mey, 2011
Edosa numeesensis Mey, 2019
Edosa paramecis Gozmany, 1969
Edosa recta Mey, 2019
Edosa sanctifica Meyrick, 1921
Edosa tanystis Meyrick, 1908
Ellochotis exilis Gozmany & Vári, 1973
Ellochotis infausta Meyrick, 1920
Ellochotis picroxesta Meyrick, 1926
Ellochotis purpurea Stainton, 1860
Ellochotis seclusa
Ellochotis territa Meyrick, 1920
Ellochotis trophias Meyrick, 1908
Erechthias deloneura Turner, 1923
Erechthias glossophora Meyrick, 1926
Eressoxesta doxochares Meyrick, 1926
Eressoxesta furcovalvata Mey, 2019
Eriozancla trachyphaea Meyrick, 1921
Exonomasis exolescens Meyrick, 1926
Glaucostolella oxyteles Meyrick, 1926
Hapsifera glebata Meyrick, 1908
Hapsiferona glareosa Meyrick, 1912
Harmaclona tephrantha Meyrick, 1916
Homalopsycha aestuaria (Meyrick, 1920)⇒ Homalopsycha rapida Meyrick, 1909
Homalopsycha rapida Meyrick, 1909
Homosetia fasciella Chambers, 1873
Hyperbola chloristis Meyrick, 1908
Hyperbola minutissima Mey, 2019
Janseana crispa Meyrick, 1920
Janseana vibrata Meyrick, 1913
Lindera tessellatella Blanchard, 1852Chequered Clothes
Meessia sesquitertia Meyrick, 1909
Mesopherna incultella Walker, 1864
Monopis crocicapitella Clemens, 1859Bird Nest Moth
Monopis ethelella Newman, 1856Black monopis moth
Monopis nepheloscopa Meyrick, 1928
Monopis rejectella Walker, 1864
Monopis rutilicostella Stainton, 1860
Monopis speculella Zeller, 1852
Monopis truncata Davis & Davis, 2020
Myrmecozela paurosperma Meyrick, 1926
Nemapogon cloacella Haworth, 1828Cork Moth
Nemapogon granella Linnaeus, 1758Corn Moth
Nemapogon ophrionella Dietz, 1905
Niditinea abligatella (Walker, 1863)⇒ Niditinea fuscella Linnaeus, 1758
Niditinea fuscella Linnaeus, 1758Brown-dotted Clothes
Ochetoxena phaneraula Meyrick, 1920
Ocnophilella autocrypta Meyrick, 1926
Ocnophilella tetraula Meyrick, 1926
Oinophila v-flava Haworth, 1828Moth
Opogona cyrtomis Meyrick, 1915
Opogona dimidiatella Zeller, 1853
Opogona indiscreta Meyrick, 1917
Opogona iricharis Meyrick, 1926
Opogona omoscopa Meyrick, 1893Detritus moth
Opogona scaphopis Meyrick, 1909
Paraptica concinerata Meyrick, 1917
Pelecystola melanchares Meyrick, 1937
Perissomastix damnificella Zeller, 1852
Perissomastix meretrix Meyrick, 1908
Perissomastix nox Gozmany, 1968
Perissomastix othello Meyrick, 1907
Perissomastix varii Gozmany, 1967
Phthoropoea oenochares Meyrick, 1920
Phyciodyta neritis Meyrick, 1918
Pitharcha atrisecta Meyrick, 1918
Pringleophaga tetraula Meyrick, 1926
Proterospastis antiphracta Meyrick, 1909
Proterospastis craurota Meyrick, 1920
Proterospastis trilinguis Meyrick, 1920
Proterospastis zebra Walsingham, 1891
Prothinodes arvicola Meyrick, 1924
Pseudurgis acosmetos Mey, 2011
Pseudurgis decorata Mey, 2019
Pseudurgis leucosema Meyrick, 1908
Pseudurgis mollis Mey, 2011
Pseudurgis ochrolychna Meyrick, 1914
Pseudurgis poliastis Meyrick, 1937
Pseudurgis polychorda Meyrick, 1913
Pseudurgis protracta Meyrick, 1924
Pseudurgis undulata Meyrick, 1911
Scalmatica lichtensteini Mey, 2019
Scalmatica phaulocentra Meyrick, 1921
Scardiella approximatella Dietz, 1905
Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852Tropical Tobacco Moth
Sindonophora leucozona Meyrick, 1917
Tenaga nigripunctella (Haworth, 1828)⇒ Tenaga rhenania G. Petersen, 1962
Tinea abactella Walker, 1863
Tinea pellionella Linnaeus, 1758Case-bearing Clothes
Tinea roesleri Gozmany, 1969
Tinea spilocoma Meyrick, 1920
Tinea thecophora (Walker, 1863)⇒ Antitinea atomosella Walker, 1863
Tineola bisselliella Hummel, 1823Clothing moth
Tracheloteina arctocephala Meyrick, 1909
Tracheloteina bilobata Gozmany, 1968
Tracheloteina farraginella Zeller, 1852
Tracheloteina peloplaca Meyrick, 1917
Tracheloteina sneeubergensis Mey, 2019
Tracheloteina spinipenis Gozmany, 1968
Tracheloteina suspiciosa Meyrick, 1912
Trachycentra psorodes Meyrick, 1907
Transmixta fortuita Meyrick, 1920
Trichophaga bipartitella (Ragonot, 1892)⇒ Trichophaga robinsoni Gaedike & Ka..., 2001
Trichophaga cuspidata Gozmany, 1967
Trichophaga tapetzella Linnaeus, 1758Carpet Moth

Subnodes of Tineidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyAcrolophinae
Busck, 1912
Acrolophinids
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDryadaulinae
Bradley, 1966
Dryadauline Moths
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyErechthiinae
Meyrick, 1880
Erechthiine Moths
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHapsiferinae
Gozmany, 1968
7
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHarmacloninae
Davis, 1998
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHieroxestinae
Meyrick, 1893
Hieroxestine Moths
4
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMeessiinae
Capuse, 1966
Meessiine Moths
4
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmecozelinae
Capuse, 1968
10
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyNemapogoninae
Hinton, 1955
Nemapogonine Moths
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPerissomasticinae
Gozmany, 1965
3
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyScardiinae
Eyer, 1924
Scardiine Moths
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySetomorphinae
Walsingham, 1891
Setomorphine Moths
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyTineinae
Latreille, 1810
Tineine Moths
19
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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