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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Coleophoridae

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).

Amblyxena

One species native to southern Africa: Amblyxena pilifera

  

Augasma

One species native to southern Africa: Augasma nidifica

  

Coleophora

 

Enscepastra

 

Iriothyrsa

One species native to southern Africa: Iriothyrsa melanogma

  

Ischnopsis

One species native to southern Africa: Ischnopsis angustella

  

Porotica

One species native to souothern Africa: Porotica astragalis

  

Sandaloeca

One species native to southern Africa: Sandaloeca lathraea

  

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.