Morosaphycita

Morosaphycita
Morosaphycita morosalis
Morosaphycita oculiferella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Subfamily:	Phycitinae
Genus:	Morosaphycita Horak, 1997 [1]

Morosaphycita is a genus of Pyralidae, subfamily Phycitinae. The species of this genus are only known from Africa ^[2] and Australia/Oriental region.

Species

• Morosaphycita cirtensis (Ragonot, 1890)
• Morosaphycita cleopatrella (Ragonot, 1887)
• Morosaphycita dibursella Leraut G., 2019
• Morosaphycita dubia (Balinsky, 1994) (Balinsky, 1994)
• Morosaphycita interniplagella (Ragonot, 1888) (Ragonot, 1888)
• Morosaphycita modesta (Balinsky, 1994) (Balinsky, 1994)
• Morosaphycita morosalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Morosaphycita oculiferella (Meyrick, 1879)
• Morosaphycita tridens Horak, 1997 (Queensland)
• Morosaphycita maculata (Staudinger, 1876) (Korea)
• Morosaphycita bispinosa Horak, 1997 (Australia)
• Morosaphycita poliochyta (from Australia]

There remain a number of unplaced species, as: ^[3]

• Morosaphycita cornutella (Amsel, 1951)
• Morosaphycita asbolalis
• Morosaphycita c-album
• Morosaphycita orthosiella

References

1. Horak, Marianne (1997). "The phycitine genera Faveria Walker, Morosaphycita, gen. nov., Epicrocis Zeller, Ptyobathra Turner and Vinicia Ragonot in Australia (Pyralidae: Phycitinae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 11 (3). CSIRO Publishing: 333. doi:10.1071/it96002. ISSN   1445-5226.
2. "Afromoths.net". www.afromoths.net.
3. "Morosaphycita". ftp.funet.fi.