Monotypic moth genera

species of insect

Tyta is a genus of noctuid ("owlet") moths that was erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Tyta luctuosa, commonly known as four-spotted moth and field bindweed moth. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

Eupackardia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae erected by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1912. Its only species, Eupackardia calleta, the calleta silkmoth, was described by John O. Westwood in 1853. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, as well as in the states such as; Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Ochropacha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae. The genus was first described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1871. Its single species, Ochropacha duplaris, the common lutestring, was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found in China (Jilin), Russia, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and from Central Asia to Europe.

Anomoses hylecoetes is a species of primitive hepialoid moth endemic to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia . It is the only species in its genus Anomoses, which is the only genus in the family Anomosetidae.

Parum is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is monotypic, with a single species, Parum colligata, that was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.

Tetheella is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae described by Werny in 1966. Its single species, Tetheella fluctuosa, the satin lutestring, was described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is found from western Europe across the Palearctic to Kamchatka, Sakhalin Island, Korea and Japan.

Sagenosoma is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, the elsa sphinx moth (Sagenosoma elsa), which is known from the south-western United States (Arizona, western New Mexico, southern Utah and Colorado) and northern Mexico.

Paratrea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1903. Its sole species, Paratrea plebeja, commonly known as the plebeian sphinx moth, was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777. This species is found in the eastern part of the United States extending westward to Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and eastern Texas.

Dolbogene is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Dolbogene hartwegii, or '''Hartweg's sphinx''', was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found from Texas and southern Arizona to Mexico and Guatemala. Only a small number have been caught and not much is known about the biology of this species.

Xenosphingia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Xenosphingia jansei, which is known from arid bush in western Zimbabwe and adjoining Botswana.

Pergesa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. Its only species, Pergesa acteus, the green pergesa hawkmoth, was described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.

Neococytius is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ronald W. Hodges in 1971. Its only species, Neococytius cluentius, the Cluentius sphinx, was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775 as Sphinx cluentius. It is found in northern South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. It is rare on Cuba. It has been recorded in North America, from Mississippi north to Michigan and Illinois.

Crinopteryx is a monotypic genus of primitive monotrysian moths. Its sole species, Crinopteryx familiella, is endemic to Europe, where it is restricted to the Mediterranean region of France, Italy, the Iberian Peninsula and Sicily. Crinopteryx used to be classified in its own, monotypic family called Crinopterygidae, but the latter has been downgraded to a subfamily (Crinopteryginae) of the family Incurvariidae.

Euchloron is a monotypic moth genus of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Its only species, Euchloron megaera, the verdant hawk, is known from most of Africa and Yemen. It is a migratory species.

Acosmerycoides is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Rudolf Mell in 1922. Its only species, Acosmerycoides harterti or '''Hartert's hawkmoth''', was described by Walter Rothschild in 1895.

Phyllosphingia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1897. Its only species, Phyllosphingia dissimilis, the buff-leaf hawkmoth, was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer in 1861.

Tetrachroa is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Tetrachroa edwardsi, which is known from Queensland and New South Wales.

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Antherina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Its only species, Antherina suraka, the Suraka silk moth, was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is found on Madagascar and Mayotte. Both larvae and pupae consumed in parts of Madagascar, but not to a great extent. The larvae feed on oleander, privet, willows, beech, Liquidambar, Crataegus (hawthorns), grapevine, lilac, cherry, laurel, Forsythia, Rhus, Pistacia, apple, pear, plum and peach leaves, but foodplants differ from species to species. They start off black with yel

Amphimoea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Amphimoea walkeri, the Darwin hawkmoth, described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875, is found from Mexico south to Argentina.

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.

Dolba is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Francis Walker in 1856. Its only species, Dolba hyloeus, the pawpaw sphinx, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.

Afrosphinx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Afrosphinx amabilis, which is known from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Xanthopan is a monotypic genus of sphinx moth, with Xanthopan morganii (often misspelled as "morgani"), commonly called '''Morgan's sphinx moth', as its sole species. It is a very large sphinx moth from Southern Africa (Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi) and Madagascar. Little is known about its biology, though the adults have been found to visit orchids and are one of the main pollinators of several of the Madagascar endemic baobab (Adansonia) species, such as Adansonia perrieri'', or Perrier's baobab.

Aristaria is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Aristaria theroalis, which is found in the United States and Costa Rica.

Urota is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae erected by John O. Westwood in 1849. Its single species, Urota sinope, was described by the same author in the same year. It was described from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Neoclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Neoclanis basalis, which is known from dry bush and woodland from Zimbabwe and Angola to Zambia, Tanzania and eastern Kenya.

Akbesia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Akbesia davidi, the pistacia hawkmoth, was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1884.

Giganteopalpus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Adolph Huwe in 1895. Its only species, Giganteopalpus mirabilis, described by Walter Rothschild in 1895, is known from Sundaland.

Chloroclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Chloroclanis virescens, which is known from forest from west Africa to Angola, the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya and Tanzania.

Chilozela is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Chilozela trapeziana, which is found from Costa Rica south to Peru.

Hylesiopsis is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Eugène Louis Bouvier in 1929. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Hylesiopsis festiva.

Cingilia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1862. Its only species, Cingilia catenaria, the chain-dotted geometer, chain dot geometer, chainspotted geometer or chain-spotted geometer, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia south to Maryland and west to Kansas and Alberta.

Hopliocnema is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Hopliocnema brachycera, which is known from Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales.

Holochroa is a moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its type species, Holochroa dissociarius, is found in North America. The species was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887 and he described the genus nine years later in 1896.

Rhadinopasa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ferdinand Karsch in 1891. Its only species, Rhadinopasa hornimani, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1880. It is known from lowland forest from Gabon, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda and Tanzania.

Poliodes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Poliodes roseicornis, which is known from dry bush in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya.

Neoalcis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by James Halliday McDunnough in 1920. Its only species, Neoalcis californiaria, the brown-lined looper, was described by Packard in 1871.

Ascalapha is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1809.

Cymatophora is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1812. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, the giant gray moth (Cymatophora approximaria). It is found mostly in the south-eastern United States. It is found in North America.

Eustixia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its only species, Eustixia pupula, the spotted peppergrass moth, described by the same author in the same publication, is found in North America from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas and north to Ontario.

thumb | right | alt=Phanoxyla kitchingi holotype (Colombia, Antioquia, Vereda Caño Seco, Rio Nare) male upperside | Phanoxyla kitchingi holotype (Colombia, Antioquia, Vereda Caño Seco, Rio Nare) male upperside Phanoxyla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Phanoxyla hystrix, described by Rudolf Felder in 1874, is known from northern South America, including Brazil and Ecuador.

Synoecha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Synoecha marmorata, described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1891, is known from the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales.

Actenochroma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Actenochroma muscicoloraria, which is found in Brunei, China, India, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra), western Malaysia and Nepal.

Nudina is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae described by Staudinger in 1887. Its single species, Nudina artaxidia, was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorye), China (Heilongjiang, Liaonin, Shanxi, Guangxi, Yunan, Guangdong), Taiwan, Korea and Japan.

Calliphylla is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Calliphylla retusa, which is found in South Africa.

Acentria is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae that was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Its only species, Acentria ephemerella, the watermilfoil moth or water veneer, was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious aquatic plant known as Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum).

Apocrisias is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its single species, Apocrisias thaumasta, is found in the United States in southern Arizona and in Mexico. Both the genus and species were first described by John G. Franclemont in 1966.

Polyptychopsis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. It contains only one species, Polyptychopsis marshalli, which is known from Brachystegia woodland in large parts of Africa.

Portentomorpha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Portentomorpha xanthialis, which is found from Texas to Louisiana and Florida, the West Indies (including Cuba, Puerto Rico) and from Mexico to Bolivia (including Colombia and Ecuador).

Pseudandriasa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1968. Its only species, Pseudandriasa mutata, described by Francis Walker in 1855, is known from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

Cybosia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Its only species, Cybosia mesomella, the four-dotted footman, was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Neocercophana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae described by Izquierdo in 1895. Its only species, Neocercophana philippii, was described by the same author in the same year. The type specimen was described from Chile.

Pseudosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Hermann Burmeister in 1856. Its only species, Pseudosphinx tetrio, was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. Its common names include tetrio sphinx, giant gray sphinx, frangipani hornworm, and plumeria caterpillar. In the island of Martinique it is best known as Rasta caterpillar (chenille rasta, in French) because of its colors which are reminiscent of the ones found in Rastafarian clothing and accessories. It is native to the tropical and subtropical Americas from the southern and southwestern United State

Hemimorina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Hemimorina dissociata, is found in North America. Both the genus and species were first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1941.

Belciades is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Igor Vasilii Kozhanchikov in 1950. Its only species, Belciades niveola, was first described by Victor Motschulsky in 1866. It is found in Korea and Japan.

Compsophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Compsophila iocosma, which is found on Fiji.

Dystebenna is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. The genus is mostly placed in the family Elachistidae, but other authors list it as a member of the family Agonoxenidae. It contains only one species Dystebenna stephensi, which is found in Asia and Europe.

Egybolis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847. Its only species, Egybolis vaillantina, the African peach moth, was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.