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Marcipa is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
Gonobombyx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893. Its single species, Gonobombyx angulata, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Cameroon.
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.
Hilaroptera is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Hilaroptera viettei, which is found in Madagascar.
Coniostola is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.
Leguminivora is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.
Psorosticha zizyphi, the citrus leaf roller, is a moth of the family Depressariidae.
Pseudimbrasia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae described by Pierre Claude Rougeot in 1962. Its only species, Pseudimbrasia deyrollei, described by James Thomson in 1858, is found in the mid-latitudes of Africa.
Aspilapteryx is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Protaphreutis borboniella is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found on Réunion, Madagascar and Mauritius.
Psilocerea psegma is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on the Comoros.
Nausinoe geometralis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It can be found in western, southern and eastern Africa, from Ghana to South Africa and some islands of the Indian Ocean as well as in Australasia, Australia and India.
Simplicia extinctalis is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in most countries of subtropical Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia and from Ethiopia to South Africa, including some islands of the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, as well as in Yemen.
Rhynchina obliqualis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. The type locality is Mussoorie, in the Indian Himalayas.
Scalidomia fetialis is a moth in the family Tineidae. It is found in West- and Central-Africa and on the Comoros.
The Tineinae are a subfamily of moths of the family Tineidae.
The Hieroxestinae are a subfamily of moths of the family Tineidae.
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