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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Lecithoceridae

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

Genera native to southern Africa

List from Vári et al. (2002).

Atrichozancla

 

Cophomantella

 

Dragmatucha

 

Epimactis

One species native to southern Africa: Epimactis atropunctella

 

Eridachtha

One species native to southern Africa: Eridachtha crossogramma

 

Frisilia

One species native to southern Africa: Frisilia compsostoma

 

Homaloxestis

 

Idiopteryx

One species native southern Africa: Idiopteryx obliquella

 

Isotypa

One species native to southern Africa: Isotypa discopuncta

 

Lecithocera

 

Odites

 

Plagiocrossa

One species native to southern Africa: Plagiocrossa picrodora

 

Protolychnis

 

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.