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the web of life in southern Africa

Subfamily: Oiketicinae

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 > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Tineoidea > Family: Psychidae

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Vári et al. (2002).

Acanthopsyche

 

Albidopsis

One species native to southern Africa: Albidopsis major

 

Bambalina

One species native to southern Africa: Bambalina africa

 

Deborreides

One species native to southern Africa: Deborreides febrettina

 

Diaphanopsyche

One species native to southern Africa: Diaphanopsyche rogenhoferi

 

Eumeta

 

Fallacipsyche

One species native to southern Africa: Fallacipsyche adelpha

 

Janseides

One species native to southern Africa: Janseides subhyalina

 

Kotochalia

 

Metisa

 

Monda

 

Oiketicoides

One species native to southern Africa: Oiketicoides maledicta

 

Pseudometisa

One species native to southern Africa: Pseudometisa alba

 

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.