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Checklist for Family Tineidae Latreille, 1810 (& Allies)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
3464
10323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
20
340
625
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
15
271
502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tineoidea
Latreille, 1810
Bagworm, Bagworms, Clothes moths, Tubeworm
2
32
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTineidae
Latreille, 1810
& Allies, Clothes moths, Clothes moths and relatives
21
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nigeria
21 Genera with 35 Species
#ACDEHMPSTW
Acridotarsa Meyrick, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Amphixystis Meyrick, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophaga G. Petersen, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Dasyses Durrant, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Ectabola Gozmany, 19752SpeciesTaxom
Edosa F. Walker, 19205SpeciesTaxom
Erechthias Meyrick, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Hyperbola Gozmany, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Monopis Hübner, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Perissomastix W. Warren & ..., 19085SpeciesTaxom
Phalloscardia Gozmany, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Phereoeca Hinton & Bra..., 1921Household Casebearer Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Phthoropoea Walsingham, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Pitharcha Meyrick, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Platysceptra Meyrick, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Proterospastis Meyrick, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Sphallestasis1SpeciesTaxom
Syncalipsis Gozmany, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Tinemelitta Gozmany & Vári, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Tiquadra F. Walker, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Wegneria A.N. Diakonoff, 19141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
35 Species
Acridotarsa melipecta Meyrick, 1915
Amphixystis anchiala Meyrick, 1909
Ceratophaga vastella Zeller, 1852Horn Moth
Ceratophaga vastellus Zeller, 1852Horn Moth
Dasyses nigerica Gozmany, 1968
Ectabola deviata Gozmany, 1966
Ectabola fuscopilleata Bland, 1975
Edosa cristata Gozmany, 1967
Edosa epixena Gozmany, 1966
Edosa nigralba Gozmany, 1968
Edosa phlegethon Gozmany, 1968
Edosa semiumbrata Meyrick, 1920
Erechthias travestita (Gozmany, 1968)⇒ Erechthias zebrina /Butler, 1881
Erechthias zebrina /Butler, 1881Fungus moth
Hyperbola pastoralis Meyrick, 1931
Monopis jacobsi Gozmany, 1967
Monopis megalodelta Meyrick, 1908
Perissomastix breviberbis Meyrick, 1933
Perissomastix nigerica Gozmany, 1967
Perissomastix sericea Gozmany, 1966
Perissomastix similatrix Gozmany, 1968
Perissomastix stibarodes Meyrick, 1908
Phalloscardia semiumbrata Meyrick, 1920
Phereoeca praecox Gozmany & Vári, 1973
Phereoeca proletaria Meyrick, 1921
Phthoropoea oenochares Meyrick, 1920
Pitharcha chalinaea Meyrick, 1908
Platysceptra optania Meyrick, 1908
Proterospastis proletaria Meyrick, 1921
Sphallestasis cristata Gozmany, 1967
Syncalipsis optania Meyrick, 1908
Syncalipsis typhodes Meyrick, 1917
Tinemelitta ceriaula Meyrick, 1914
Tiquadra cultrifera Meyrick, 1914
Wegneria speciosa Meyrick, 1914

Subnodes of Tineidae with occurrences in Nigeria
SubfamilyErechthiinae
Meyrick, 1880
Erechthiine Moths
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHapsiferinae
Gozmany, 1968
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHieroxestinae
Meyrick, 1893
Hieroxestine Moths
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMyrmecozelinae
Capuse, 1968
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPerissomasticinae
Gozmany, 1965
5
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTineinae
Latreille, 1810
Tineine Moths
6
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Tineidae at artfakta.se
Tineidae at dyntaxa.se
Tineidae at gbif.org
Tineidae at irmng.org
Tineidae at itis.gov