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Checklist of Family Tineidae Latreille, 1810 (& Allies)
for India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
701
14106
56149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
697
14097
56137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
660
13851
55355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
419
10816
46887
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
4150
15725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
4146
15716
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
4133
15674
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
37
1163
4257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
29
1036
3907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tineoidea
Latreille, 1810
Bagworm, Bagworms, Clothes moths, Tubeworm
4
126
383
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTineidae
Latreille, 1810
& Allies, Clothes moths, Clothes moths and relatives
83
281
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
83 Genera with 281 Species
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Amathyntis Meyrick, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Amphixystis Meyrick, 19156SpeciesTaxom
Anemallota Zagulajev, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Archinemapogon Zagulajev, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Brachydoxa Meyrick, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Briaraula Meyrick, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Cephitinea Zagulajev, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophaga G. Petersen, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Cervaria F. Walker, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Cimitra platyloxa. M..., 18641SpeciesTaxom
Colobocrossa Meyrick, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Coryptilum Zeller, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Crypsithyris Meyrick, 191710SpeciesTaxom
Crypsithyrodes Zimmerman, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Dasyses Durrant, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Dinochora Meyrick, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Drimylastis Meyrick, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Echyrota Meyrick, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Ectropoceros A.N. Diakonoff, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Edosa F. Walker, 188616SpeciesTaxom
Epactris Meyrick, 19283SpeciesTaxom
Epicnaptis Meyrick, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Erechthias Meyrick, 188112SpeciesTaxom
Eucrotala Meyrick, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Eudarcia Clemens, 19146SpeciesTaxom
Euplocamus Latreille, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Gaphara F. Walker, 01SpeciesTaxom
Gerontha F. Walker, 20094SpeciesTaxom
Glyphipteryx Hübner, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Gracillaria Haworth, 17942SpeciesTaxom
Graphicoptila Meyrick, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Haplotinea A.N. Diakono..., 17941SpeciesTaxom
Hapsifera Zeller, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Harmaclona Busck, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Harmotona Meyrick, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Hyladaula Meyrick, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Infurcitinea Spuler, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ippa F. Walker, 18647SpeciesTaxom
Kangerosithyris Skalski, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Lozostoma Zeller, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Lysiphragma Meyrick, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Machaeropteris Walsingham, 186310SpeciesTaxom
Monopis Hübner, 185816SpeciesTaxom
Montescardia Amsel, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Morophaga Herrich-Schä..., 19164SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecozela Zeller, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Nemapogon Schrank, 185911SpeciesTaxom
Nematopogon Zeller, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Nemaxera Zagulajev, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Niditinea G. Petersen, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Oinophila Stephens, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Opogona Zeller, 193135SpeciesTaxom
Oxylychna Meyrick, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Pelecystola Meyrick, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Perissomastix W. Warren & ..., 19171SpeciesTaxom
Peristactis Meyrick, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Phaeoses W.T.M. Forbes, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Phereoca1SpeciesTaxom
Phereoeca Hinton & Bra..., 1897Household Casebearer Moths3SpeciesTaxom
Platysceptra Meyrick, 18867SpeciesTaxom
Plemyristis Meyrick, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Proterospastis Meyrick, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Psecadia Hübner, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Pyloetis Meyrick, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Rhinophyllis Meyrick, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Scalmatica Meyrick, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Scardia W. Treitschke, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Sciomystis Meyrick, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Setomorpha Zeller, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Synnympha Meyrick, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Thisizima F. Walker, 19075SpeciesTaxom
Tinea Linnaeus, 179421SpeciesTaxom
Tineola Herrich-Schä..., 19171SpeciesTaxom
Tineovertex S. Moriuti, 19114SpeciesTaxom
Tinissa F. Walker, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Tiquadra F. Walker, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Trachycentra Meyrick, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Trachytyla Meyrick, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Triaxomera Zagulajev, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Trichophaga Ragonot, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Trissochyta Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Wegneria A.N. Diakonoff, 19118SpeciesTaxom
Wyoma Clarke, 19112SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
281 Species
Amathyntis oporina Meyrick, 1911
Amphixystis gyracma Meyrick, 1915
Amphixystis habryntis Meyrick, 1930
Amphixystis oxymoris Meyrick, 1916
Amphixystis protelesta Meyrick, 1915
Amphixystis rotata Meyrick, 1915
Amphixystis thapsonota Meyrick, 1915
Anemallota pyrosoma Meyrick, 1924
Archinemapogon assamensis Robinson, 1980
Archinemapogon yildizae Koçak, 1981Large Scotch Clothes
Brachydoxa syntrocha Meyrick, 1917
Brachydoxa vagula Meyrick, 1919
Briaraula tholeropa Meyrick, 1922
Cephitinea plasmatica Meyrick, 1911
Ceratophaga haidarabadi Zagulajev, 1966Indian Clothes
Cervaria xylinella Walker, 1866
Cimitra seclusella Walker, 1864
Colobocrossa cylindrodes Meyrick, 1924
Coryptilum rutilella Walker, 1869
Crypsithyris abstrusa Meyrick, 1917
Crypsithyris epachyrota Meyrick, 1917
Crypsithyris fissella Walker, 1863
Crypsithyris immolata Meyrick, 1931
Crypsithyris longicornis Stainton, 1859
Crypsithyris melosema Meyrick, 1917
Crypsithyris mesodyas Meyrick, 1907
Crypsithyris pheretropa Meyrick, 1931
Crypsithyris psolocoma Meyrick, 1931
Crypsithyris synolca Meyrick, 1917
Crypsithyrodes auriculata Meyrick, 1917
Crypsithyrodes spectatrix Meyrick, 1911
Dasyses rugosella Stainton, 1859
Dinochora clytozona Meyrick, 1924
Dinochora polyantha Meyrick, 1924
Drimylastis stiphropa Meyrick, 1924
Drimylastis telamonia Meyrick, 1907
Echyrota chalicitis Meyrick, 1916
Ectropoceros chelyodes Meyrick, 1911
Ectropoceros sextaria Meyrick, 1917
Ectropoceros trierodes Meyrick, 1911
Edosa caerulipennis Erschoff, 1874
Edosa caradjella Zagulajev, 1964
Edosa citrocoma Meyrick, 1924
Edosa darjeelingella Zagulajev, 1964
Edosa exhausta Meyrick, 1917
Edosa glossoptera (Rose & Pathania, 2003)⇒ Edosa caerulipennis Erschoff, 1874
Edosa isopela Meyrick, 1917
Edosa nestoria Meyrick, 1910
Edosa opisgona Meyrick, 1911
Edosa opsigona Meyrick, 1911
Edosa orphnodes Meyrick, 1911
Edosa paraglossoptera Rose & Pathania, 2003
Edosa platyntis Meyrick, 1894
Edosa pyriata Meyrick, 1917
Edosa sacerdos Walsingham, 1885
Edosa subochraceella Walsingham, 1886
Epactris alcaea Meyrick, 1924
Epactris lotina Meyrick, 1916
Epactris orthiasta Meyrick, 1928
Epicnaptis xylophthora (Meyrick, 1922)⇒ Trachytyla xylophthora Meyrick, 1922
Erechthias coniochra Meyrick, 1915
Erechthias dissimulans Meyrick, 1915
Erechthias heliotoxa Meyrick, 1935
Erechthias lampadacma (Meyrick, 1921)⇒ Erechthias flavistriata Walsingham, 1907
Erechthias melanostropha Meyrick, 1931
Erechthias minuscula Walsingham, 1897Caribbean Scavenger Moth
Erechthias pachygramma Meyrick, 1921
Erechthias scorpiura Meyrick, 1931
Erechthias spartinodes Meyrick, 1916
Erechthias spodomicta Meyrick, 1915
Erechthias thraumatias Meyrick, 1916
Erechthias zebrina /Butler, 1881Fungus moth
Eucrotala nucleata Meyrick, 1917
Eucrotala tetracola Meyrick, 1919
Eudarcia celidopa Fletcher, 1933
Eudarcia cuniculata Meyrick, 1919
Eudarcia deferens Meyrick, 1927
Eudarcia ignara Meyrick, 1922
Eudarcia incincta Meyrick, 1919
Eudarcia servilis Meyrick, 1914
Euplocamus demodes Meyrick, 1924
Euplocamus melanchrodes Meyrick, 1916
Gaphara plana
Gerontha captiosella Walker, 1864
Gerontha dracuncula Meyrick, 1928
Gerontha rugulosa H.H. Li & Y...., 2009
Glyphipteryx dimidiatella (Zeller, 1853)⇒ Opogona dimidiatella Zeller, 1853
Gracillaria syringella Fabricius, 1794Common Slender
Graphicoptila dissociata Meyrick, 1922
Haplotinea insectella Fabricius, 1794Drab Clothes
Hapsifera deviella Walker, 1863
Hapsifera scabrata Meyrick, 1916
Hapsifera trachypsamma Meyrick, 1907
Harmaclona tephrantha Meyrick, 1916
Harmotona diplochorda Meyrick, 1919
Hyladaula claviformis Meyrick, 1931
Hyladaula perniciosa Meyrick, 1926
Infurcitinea ignicomella Zeller, 1852
Ippa inceptrix Meyrick, 1916
Ippa lepras Meyrick, 1917
Ippa megalopa Meyrick, 1915
Ippa plana Meyrick, 1920
Ippa sollicata Meyrick, 1917
Ippa sollicita Meyrick, 1917
Ippa vacivella Walker, 1864
Kangerosithyris kotomsarensis Skalski, 1992
Lozostoma semisulphurea (Zeller, 1853)⇒ Opogona dimidiatella Zeller, 1853
Lysiphragma mixochlora Meyrick, 1888
Machaeropteris acutipennis Walker, 1863
Machaeropteris dryinarma Meyrick, 1916
Machaeropteris encotopa Meyrick, 1922
Machaeropteris halistrepta Meyrick, 1911
Machaeropteris horrifera Meyrick, 1911
Machaeropteris leptacma Meyrick, 1919
Machaeropteris plinthotripta Meyrick, 1919
Machaeropteris synaphria Meyrick, 1922
Machaeropteris turbata Meyrick, 1922
Machaeropteris unicella Walker, 1863
Monopis artasyras Meyrick, 1931
Monopis avara Meyrick, 1919
Monopis crocicapitella Clemens, 1859Bird Nest Moth
Monopis dicycla Meyrick, 1905
Monopis dorsistrigella Clemens, 1859Skunkback Monopis
Monopis impressella Walker, 1863
Monopis laevigella Denis & Schi..., 1775Skin Moth
Monopis longella (Walker, 1863)⇒ Monopis monachella Hübner, 1796
Monopis meliorella Walker, 1863Blotched Monopis Moth
Monopis monachella Hübner, 1796Moth
Monopis pseudagyrta Meyrick, 1919
Monopis sertifera Meyrick, 1910
Monopis spilotella TENGSTRÖM, 1848Orange-Headed Monopis
Monopis trimaculella Snellen, 1885
Monopis viatica Meyrick, 1911
Monopis weaverella Scott, 1858Carrion Moth
Montescardia tessulatellus Zeller, 1846
Morophaga bucephala Snellen, 1884
Morophaga choragella Denis & Schi..., 1775Large Clothes
Morophaga cremnarcha Meyrick, 1932
Morophaga sistrata Meyrick, 1916
Myrmecozela ochraceella TENGSTRÖM, 1848Wood-ant Clothes
Nemapogon asyntacta Meyrick, 1917
Nemapogon clematella Fabricius, 1781Barred White Clothes
Nemapogon cloacella Haworth, 1828Cork Moth
Nemapogon diarthrota Meyrick, 1936
Nemapogon kashmirensis Robinson, 1980
Nemapogon koenigi Capuse, 1967White-speckled Clothes
Nemapogon leechi Robinson, 1980
Nemapogon mesoplaca Meyrick, 1919
Nemapogon nigralbella Zeller, 1839Olive fruit fly
Nemapogon picarella Clerck, 1759Oak Clothes
Nemapogon variatella Clemens, 1859Pale Corn Clothes
Nematopogon pilella Denis & Schi..., 1775Pale Brown Long-horn
Nematopogon robertella Clerck, 1759
Nematopogon schwarziellus Zeller, 1839Sandy Long-horn
Nematopogon swammerdamella Linnaeus, 1758Large Long-horn
Nemaxera betulinella Fabricius, 1787Gold-speckled Clothes
Niditinea baryspilas (Meyrick, 1937)⇒ Niditinea tugurialis Meyrick, 1932
Niditinea fuscella Linnaeus, 1758Brown-dotted Clothes
Niditinea tugurialis Meyrick, 1932
Oinophila xanthorrhabda Meyrick, 1915
Opogona aemula Meyrick, 1915
Opogona anaclina Meyrick, 1915
Opogona chalinota (Meyrick, 1910)⇒ Phaeoses chalinota Meyrick, 1910
Opogona choleropis Meyrick, 1920
Opogona citriseca Meyrick, 1928
Opogona clinomima Meyrick, 1918
Opogona dimidiatella Zeller, 1853
Opogona dramatica Meyrick, 1911
Opogona elaitis Meyrick, 1911
Opogona flavofasciata Stainton, 1859
Opogona fumiceps Felder, 1875
Opogona hylarcha Meyrick, 1928
Opogona iolychna Meyrick, 1920
Opogona isoclina Meyrick, 1907
Opogona isotalanta Meyrick, 1930
Opogona lamprocrossa Meyrick, 1928
Opogona liparopis Meyrick, 1922
Opogona loculata Meyrick, 1915
Opogona lutigena Meyrick, 1915
Opogona molybdis Meyrick, 1915
Opogona monosticta Meyrick, 1915
Opogona pandora Meyrick, 1911
Opogona percnodes Meyrick, 1910
Opogona praecincta Meyrick, 1916
Opogona protographa Meyrick, 1911
Opogona protomima Meyrick, 1918
Opogona sacchari Bojer, 1856Banana bud moth
Opogona scabricoma Meyrick, 1934
Opogona semisulphurea Stainton, 1859
Opogona succulenta Meyrick, 1931
Opogona taochroa Meyrick, 1934
Opogona tergemina Meyrick, 1915
Opogona xanthocrita Meyrick, 1911
Opogona zygodonta Meyrick, 1931
Oxylychna chilota Meyrick, 1919
Oxylychna euryzona Meyrick, 1920
Pelecystola strigosa Moore, 1888
Perissomastix paramima Meyrick, 1917
Peristactis taraxias Meyrick, 1916
Phaeoses chalinota Meyrick, 1910
Phaeoses horolyca Meyrick, 1915
Phereoca uterella
Phereoeca allutella Rebel, 1892Household Case-bearing Moth
Phereoeca spharagistis Meyrick, 1911
Phereoeca uterella Walsingham, 1897Household casebearer
Platysceptra aestuans Meyrick, 1916
Platysceptra corticina Fletcher, , 1921
Platysceptra glebifera Meyrick, 1911
Platysceptra latibularis Meyrick, 1916
Platysceptra leontina Meyrick, 1911
Platysceptra metrophora Meyrick, 1911
Platysceptra tineoides Walsingham, 1886
Plemyristis aphrochoa Meyrick, 1915
Proterospastis capnopis Meyrick, 1922
Proterospastis exsculpta Meyrick, 1917
Proterospastis inquisitrix Meyrick, 1916
Proterospastis scotangela Meyrick, 1919
Psecadia apicalis (Saalmüller, 1880)⇒ Ethmia nigroapicella Saalmüller, 1880
Psecadia decempunctella (Walsingham, 1880)⇒ Ethmia lapidella Walsingham, 1880
Pyloetis mimosae Stainton, 1859
Rhinophyllis dasychiras Meyrick, 1936
Scalmatica albofasciella Stainton, 1859
Scalmatica rhicnopa Meyrick, 1919
Scardia assamensis Robinson, 1986
Sciomystis amynias Meyrick, 1919
Setomorpha contestata (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852
Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852Tropical Tobacco Moth
Synnympha perfrenis Meyrick, 1920
Thisizima antiphanes Meyrick, 1894
Thisizima bovina Meyrick, 1928
Thisizima bubalopa Meyrick, 1911
Thisizima ceratella Walker, 1864
Thisizima sedilis Meyrick, 1907
Tinea antricola Meyrick, 1924
Tinea armifera Meyrick, 1932
Tinea charmatica Meyrick, 1911
Tinea cherota Meyrick, 1919
Tinea demiurga (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tinea pellionella Linnaeus, 1758
Tinea euzela Meyrick, 1916
Tinea frugivora (Meyrick, 1917)⇒ Tinea subalbidella Stainton, 1867
Tinea immolata (Meyrick, 1931)⇒ Crypsithyris immolata Meyrick, 1931
Tinea insignata Meyrick, 1919
Tinea nestoria Meyrick, 1910
Tinea nocticolor Meyrick, 1916
Tinea omphaciella (Hübner, 1796)⇒ Eupoecilia ambiguella Hübner, 1796
Tinea pagiducha Meyrick, 1932
Tinea pellionella Linnaeus, 1758Case-bearing Clothes
Tinea protothrinca Meyrick, 1932
Tinea pyrosoma Meyrick, 1924
Tinea sindonia Meyrick, 1911
Tinea strophiota Meyrick, 1911
Tinea subalbidella Stainton, 1867
Tinea svenssoni Opheim, 1965
Tinea trinotella Thunberg, 1794Bird's-nest Moth
Tineola corticina Meyrick, 1917
Tineovertex antidroma Meyrick, 1931
Tineovertex canicoma Meyrick, 1911
Tineovertex melanochrysa Meyrick, 1911
Tineovertex sartoria Meyrick, 1911
Tinissa distracta Meyrick, 1916
Tinissa indica G.S. Robinson, 1976
Tinissa mysorensis Robinson, 1976
Tiquadra enstacta Meyrick, 1928
Trachycentra elaeotropha Meyrick, 1933
Trachytyla rhizophaga (Meyrick, 1931)⇒ Trachytyla xylophthora Meyrick, 1922
Trachytyla xylophthora Meyrick, 1922
Triaxomera fulvimitrella Sodoffsky, 1830Four-spotted Clothes
Trichophaga mormopis Meyrick, 1935Hide Clothes
Trichophaga robinsoni Gaedike & Ka..., 2001
Trichophaga tapetzella Linnaeus, 1758Carpet Moth
Trissochyta acraspis Meyrick, 1921
Wegneria cerodelta Meyrick, 1911
Wegneria encharacta Meyrick, 1915
Wegneria impotens Meyrick, 1915
Wegneria lachanitis Meyrick, 1906
Wegneria oxydesma Meyrick, 1918
Wegneria plasturga Meyrick, 1911
Wegneria sphaerotoma Meyrick, 1911
Wegneria spherotoma Meyrick, 1911
Wyoma echinastra Meyrick, 1931
Wyoma schoenoploca Meyrick, 1911

Subnodes of Tineidae with occurrences in India
SubfamilyDryadaulinae
Bradley, 1966
Dryadauline Moths
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyErechthiinae
Meyrick, 1880
Erechthiine Moths
1
12
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEuplocaminae
Börner, 1938
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHapsiferinae
Gozmany, 1968
8
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHarmacloninae
Davis, 1998
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyHieroxestinae
Meyrick, 1893
Hieroxestine Moths
6
52
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMeessiinae
Capuse, 1966
Meessiine Moths
6
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmecozelinae
Capuse, 1968
13
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyNemapogoninae
Hinton, 1955
Nemapogonine Moths
5
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPerissomasticinae
Gozmany, 1965
2
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyScardiinae
Eyer, 1924
Scardiine Moths
5
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySetomorphinae
Walsingham, 1891
Setomorphine Moths
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyTeichobiinae
HEINEMANN, 1870
2
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyTineinae
Latreille, 1810
Tineine Moths
25
89
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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