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Checklist for Family Yponomeutidae Stephens, 1829 (Ermine Moths)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
332
4419
10200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
71
1255
2808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
70
1251
2798
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
1237
2748
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
30
398
826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
24
354
760
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Yponomeutoidea
Stephens, 1829
Ermine Moths, Kin
4
22
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyYponomeutidae
Stephens, 1829
Ermine Moths, Yponomeutid Moths
12
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
12 Genera with 23 Species
Coptoproctis Zeller, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Embryonopsis Eaton, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Exanthica Meyrick, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Gymnogramma Zeller, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Morotripta Meyrick, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Parexaula Meyrick, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Plexippica Meyrick, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Prays Hübner, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Swammerdamia Hübner, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Xyrosaris Meyrick, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Yponomeuta Latreille, 1881Ermine Moths7SpeciesTaxom
Zygographa Meyrick, 19171SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
23 Species
Coptoproctis languida Philipp Chri..., 1852
Embryonopsis halticella Eaton, 1875
Exanthica atelacma Edward Meyrick, 1926
Exanthica trigonella Felder, 1875
Gymnogramma flavivittella Walsingham, 1881
Gymnogramma hutchinsoni Walsingham, 1891
Gymnogramma rhodoneura Meyrick, 1909
Morotripta argillacea Mey, 2011
Parexaula isomima Edward Meyrick, 1909
Plexippica terebrata Meyrick, 1924
Plexippica verberata Meyrick, 1912
Prays citri Milliere, 1873Citrus Blossum Moth
Prays liophaea Meyrick, 1927
Swammerdamia tobii Agassiz, 2019
Xyrosaris secreta Meyrick, 1912
Yponomeuta africana Stainton, 1862
Yponomeuta africanus Stainton, 1860
Yponomeuta capensis Agassiz, 2019
Yponomeuta fumigata Philipp Chri..., 1852
Yponomeuta staudei Agassiz, 2019
Yponomeuta strigillata Zeller, 1852
Yponomeuta subplumbella Walsingham, 1881
Zygographa asaphochalca Meyrick, 1917

Subnodes of Yponomeutidae with occurrences in Western Cape
SubfamilyEmbryonopsinae
Enderlein, 1905
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPraydinae
Moriuti, 1977
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyYponomeutinae
Stephens, 1829
Small Ermine Moths, Yponomeutine Moths
10
20
Genera
Species

Taxom



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