| Phyllobrostis apathetica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lyonetiidae |
| Genus: | Phyllobrostis |
| Species: | P. apathetica |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllobrostis apathetica (Meyrick, 1921) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phyllobrostis apathetica is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is only known from Pretoria, South Africa.
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are white and the hindwings are grey. [1]
Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes. These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm in the case of the European pigmy sorrel moth, but more usually 3.5–10 mm. The wings of adult moths are narrow and lanceolate, sometimes with metallic markings, and with the venation very simplified compared to most other moths.
Lyonetiidae is a family of moths with some 200 described species. These are small, slender moths, the wingspan rarely exceeding 1 cm. The very narrow forewings, held folded backwards covering the hindwings and abdomen, often have pointed apices noticeably up- or down-turned. The larvae are leaf miners.
Lyonetia clerkella, the apple leaf miner, is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found all over Europe, north-western Siberia, the Far East, northern Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, India and Japan.
Lyonetia is a genus of moths in the family Lyonetiidae.
Phyllobrostis is a genus of moths in the family Lyonetiidae.
Phyllobrostis eremitella is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in Portugal, France and Italy.
Leucoptera meyricki is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family that is found in Ivory Coast, Angola, Congo, East Africa, Ethiopia and Madagascar. It was also discovered in Kenya and Tanzania. It is considered one of the worst pest species on coffee.
Phyllobrostis tephroleuca is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in Gauteng, the Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Zimbabwe.
Phyllobrostis calcaria is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is only known from Pretoria, South Africa.
Phyllobrostis daphneella is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, Corsica, mainland Italy and Sardinia.
Phyllobrostis jedmella is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in Algeria and Spain.
Phyllobrostis hartmanni is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Slovakia. It is listed as endangered on the Red List of Bavaria.
Phyllobrostis fregenella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, Corsica, mainland Italy and Sicily.
Phyllobrostis farsensis is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is only known from Fars in Iran.
Phyllobrostis nuristanica is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is only known from Konarha in Afghanistan.
Phyllobrostis kandaharensis is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is only known from Kandahar in Afghanistan.
"Phyllobrostis" argillosa is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It was described from a single male from Kranspoort near Pretoria. It is misplaced in Lyonetiidae and even in Yponomeutoidea. The species should probably be placed in the superfamily Tineoidea, probably in Tineidae.
Crobylophora daricella is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae.
Cycloponympha hermione is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Xinavane, Mozambique.
Leucoedemia ingens is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in South Africa.
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