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the web of life in southern Africa

Subfamily: Oecophorinae

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 > Neolepidoptera > Ditrysia > Gelechioidea > Family: Oecophoridae

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Vári et al. (2002).

Agroecodes

One species native to southern Africa: Agroecodes comata

 

Alabonia

One species native to southern Africa: Alabonia coarctata

 

Amphipseustis

One species native to southern Africa: Amphipseustis disputanda

 

Anchinia

 

Areocosma

One species native to southern Africa: Areocosma orsobela

 

Aulotropha

One species native to southern Africa: Aulotropha pentasticta

 

Batia

One species native to southern Africa: Batia decurrens

 

Borkhausenia

One species native to southern Africa: Borkhausenia intumescens

 

Briarostoma

One species native to southern Africa: Briarostoma pyrrhopsamma

 

Ceranthes

 

Chalcocolona

One species native to southern Africa: Chalcocolona cyananthes

 

Chalcorectis

One species native to southern Africa: Chalcorectis argoplecta

 

Choronoma

One species native to southern Africa: Choronoma isoxysta

 

Cnemidolophus

One species native to southern Africa: Cnemidolophus lavernellus

 

Coesyra

 

Crystallogenes

One species native to southern Africa: Crystallogenes chalcoschista

 

Diocosma

 

Doxomeres

One species native to southern Africa: Doxomeres diaxantha

 

Endrosis

 

Epiphractis

 

Erotis

One species native to southern Africa: Erotis hesperanthes

 

Eucleodora

 

Eulechria

One species native to southern Africa: Eulechria phaeopsamma

 

Fabiola

One species native to southern Africa: Fabiola callipetala

 

Harpella

One species native to southern Africa: Harpella scolopistis

 

Hednophora

One species native to southern Africa: Hednophora pyritis

 

Hofmannophila

One species native to southern Africa: Hofmannophila pseudospretella

 

Hypercallia

 

Idioglossa

 

Isocrita

 

Lasiomactra

One species native to southern Africa: Lasiomactra acharista

 

Meloteles

One species native to southern Africa: Meloteles xanthodoxa

 

Ocyphron

One species native to southern Africa: Ocyphron oxyphylla

 

Ocystola

One species native to southern Africa: Ocystola proxena

 

Opsigenes

One species native to southern Africa: Opsigenes parastacta

 

Orophia

 

Orygocera

One species native to southern Africa: Orygocera recordata

 

Oxyscopa

One species native to southern Africa: Oxyscopa dealbata

 

Parapleuris

One species native to southern Africa: Parapleuris oxycrena

 

Philametris

One species native to southern Africa: Philametris aethalopa

 

Philobota

 

Phratriodes

One species native to southern Africa: Phratriodes curvisignis

 

Picrogenes

One species native to southern Africa: Picrogenes bactrospila

 

Plesiosticha

 

Pleurota

One species native to southern Africa: Pleurota drucella

 

Porthmologa

One species native to southern Africa: Porthmologa deltophanes

 

Promalactis

 

Protomacha

 

Rhoecoptera

One species native to southern Africa: Rhoecoptera gigas

 

Saropla

One species native to southern Africa: Saropla dryozona

 

Schiffermuelleria

 

Selidoris

One species native to southern Africa: Selidoris deligata

 

Tanyzancla

 

Teratopsis

One species native to southern Africa: Teratopsis tunicella

 

Thamnocrana

One species native to southern Africa: Thamnocrana haemorrhoa

 

Thyestarcha

 

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.