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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Nepticulidae

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Nepticuloidea

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Vári et al. (2002).

Acalyptris

Twenty-one species native to southern Africa.

 

Areticulata

One species native to southern Africa: Areticulata leucosideae

 

Ectoedemia

Forty-eight species native to southern Africa.

 

Etainia

Four species native to southern Africa.

 

Simplimorpha

One species native to southern Africa: Simplimorpha lanceifoliella

 

Stigmella

Forty species native to southern Africa.

 

Trifurcula

Two species native to southern Africa: Trifurcula barbetonenis and Trifurcula pulla.

 

Varius

One species native to southern Africa: Varius ochnicolus

 

Publications

  • VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.