Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Pterolonchidae is a small family of very small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. There are species native to every continent except Australia and Antarctica.
Creatonotos is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths in the genus are found in the Afrotropics, South and East Asia, Sundaland and Australia.
Hypagoptera is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains the single species Hypagoptera rufeola, which is found in South Africa.
Saenura is a genus of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains only one species, Saenura flava, which can be found in southern Africa.
Agoma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1977. Its only species, Agoma trimenii, or Trimen's false tiger, was first described by Rudolf Felder in 1874. It is known from most countries of subtropical Africa.
Eois is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus contains about 250 validly described species, most from the Neotropical region. Many species are still undescribed and the total number of species is estimated to be over a 1,000 in the Neotropical region alone. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Isoplenodia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It formerly consisted of only one species, Isoplenodia arrogans, found on Madagascar, but new species were described in 2010.
Acanthosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891. Its only species, Acanthosphinx guessfeldti, the widow sphinx, was first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.
Agnathosia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
Miramonopis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
Stemagoris is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
Acanthocheira is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Tineidae, in which it is not assigned to a subfamily. The genus was established in 1968 by László Gozmány.
Bactra punctistrigana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is known from Namibia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Glyphodella is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae from Africa.
Gisilia sclerodes is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates.
Amerila syntomina is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.
Stemmatophalera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Notodontidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1910. Its only species, Stemmatophalera semiflava, was first described by George Hampson in 1910. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, South Africa and in Tanzania.
Nepheloploce is a genus of moths of the family Tortricidae. It contains only one species, Nepheloploce nephelopyrga, which is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
"Eucosma" cathareutis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1938. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2010 Józef Razowski, Leif Aarvik and Jurate De Prins wrote "The taxonomic position of this species is unknown. It is not a true member of the genus Eucosma Hübner, 1823."
