Dinometa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lasiocampidae |
Subfamily: | Lasiocampinae |
Genus: | Dinometa Aurivillius, 1927 |
Dinometa is an Afrotropical genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. It was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1927, containing at the time only the species Dinometa maputuana , originally described by Wichgraf in 1906 as Gastroplakaeis maputuana. [1] [2] Two additional species, Dinometa abigailae and Dinometa ethani , were described in 2024 by Alexey Prozorov et al. [3]
Ogoa is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae erected by Francis Walker in 1856. The species are known from Africa.
Streblote is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.
Platyptilia farfarellus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1867. It is found from central and southern Europe to Asia Minor, Micronesia and Japan. It is also known from Africa, where it has been recorded from Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, São Tomé & Principe, Tanzania, Uganda, the Seychelles and Malawi.
Nymphicula nyasalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, Malawi and Tanzania.
Trabala charon is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae, first described by Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Kenya, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Maxera marchalii is a moth of the family Erebidae.
Brachylia rectangulata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Wichgraf in 1921. It is found in Malawi and Tanzania.
Elophila africalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Eoophyla citrialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Tanzania, where it has been recorded from the Eastern Arc Mountains.
Eoophyla euprepialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
Eoophyla interopalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Eoophyla tanzanica is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Tanzania.
Eoophyla mimicalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.
Eoophyla capensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Nymphicula hexaxantha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Paracymoriza scotalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Armatophallus exoenota is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in the Gambia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa.
Pellecebra is an Afrotropical monotypic genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. Its sole species, Pellecebra superba, is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—which is its type locality—the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon and Nigeria.
Apoxyptilus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae containing only three species:
Diapalpus congregarius is a moth species of the family Lasiocampidae. It was first described in 1913 by Embrik Strand and is the type species of genus Diapalpus. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.