Phyllobrostis tephroleuca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lyonetiidae |
Genus: | Phyllobrostis |
Species: | P. tephroleuca |
Binomial name | |
Phyllobrostis tephroleuca (Meyrick, 1913) | |
Synonyms | |
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Phyllobrostis tephroleuca is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in Gauteng, the Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Zimbabwe.
The wingspan is 10-10.3 mm for males and 10.8–11 mm for females.
Bedelliidae is a small family of small, narrow-winged moths; most authorities recognize just a single genus, Bedellia, previously included in the family Lyonetiidae. The family is still included in the Lyonetiidae as the subfamily Bedelliinae by some authors.
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 prunifoliella is a moth 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.
Phyllobrostis calcaria is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is only known from Pretoria, South Africa.
Phyllobrostis apathetica 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.
Lyonetia castaneella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in Russia and Japan.
Bedellia somnulentella, the sweet potato leaf miner, is a moth in the family Bedelliidae.
Lyonetia euryella is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is known from the islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Yakushima in Japan.
Lyonetia yasudai is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is known from Honshu, the main island of Japan.
Leucoptera oxyphyllella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is known from Kyushu island of Japan.
"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.