Monotypic moth genera

Corcobara is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882. Its only species, Corcobara angulipennis, described by the same author in the same year, is found in India, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka and the Solomons.

Barberia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1905 and contains the species Barberia affinitella. It is found in the southern United States from California to Texas.

Larodryas is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1922, and contains the species L. haplocala. It is found in Australia.

Polygrammopsis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1960. Its only species, Polygrammopsis forsteri, described in the same paper, is found in Ecuador.

Pezetaera is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Pezetaera hoplanthes, which is found on Java.

Tephrochares is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae described by Zerny in 1955. Its only species, Tephrochares inquinata, was first described by Julius Lederer in 1857. It is found in Lebanon and Sicily.

Laciempista is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Roesler in 1975, and contains the species L. amseli. It is found in China.

Passalotis is a genus of moth in the family of Cosmopterigidae.

Anemmalocera is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961. It contains the single species, Anemmalocera flavescentella, described by the same author, which is found in Iran.

Chrysopera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1894. Its single species, Chrysopera combinans, was first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found from in the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China east to New Guinea, Queensland, the Solomon Islands and Fiji.

Moerbes is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. Its single species, Moerbes dryopella, was described by William Schaus in 1913, originally as Zophodia dryopella. It was subsequently moved under the genus Moerbes by Dyar. It is found in Panama.

Fissicera is a monotypic snout moth genus in the family Pyralidae. Its only species, Fissicera spicata, is found on Dominica. Both the genus and species were first described by Jay C. Shaffer in 1978.

Anaudia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae containing only one species, Anaudia felderi, which is known from Botswana.

Ceuthelea is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Boris Balinsky in 1994. Its single species, Ceuthelea untalensis, described in the same publication, is found in South Africa.

Paregesta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Paregesta californiensis, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.

Cuniberta is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. Its only species, Cuniberta subtinctella, was first described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887. It is found in the western United States.

Laristania is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1951. Its single species, Laristania sardzella, described by the same author, is found in Iran.

Neorastia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1954. Its only species, described in the same publication, Neorastia albicostella, is known from Iran (including Bender Tchahbahar, the type location).

Dextellia is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

Pleonotrocta is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Pleonotrocta xerota, is found in Peru. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1926.

Lorymana is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Embrik Strand in 1915. Its single species, Lorymana noctuiformis, was described in the same article and is found in Sudan.

Endographis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Endographis acrochlora, which is found on Borneo.

Dasmophora is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Dasmophora xerospila, which is found in French Guiana.

Chrysophyllis is a genus of the grass moth family (Crambidae). It is monotypic, containing the single species Chrysophyllis lucivaga. This moth is very little known, having only been recorded once, before 1935. It belongs to the large grass moth subfamily Spilomelinae; at the time of its description, these were still included in subfamily Pyraustinae and the entire Crambidae was then merged with the snout moths (family Pyralidae). While its exact relationships are undetermined, it is believed to be a close relative of Talanga (but see below). Like these (and some other, unrelated, moths), the

Cabnia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. Its only member, C. myronella, is found in the United States from Massachusetts to Florida and Mississippi.

Procotes is a monotypic moth genus in the Zygaenidae family described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876. Its single species, Procotes diminuta, described by Francis Walker in 1854, is found in Sri Lanka.

Phryganeopsis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Phryganeopsis brunnea, which is found in California.

Honorinus is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. Its only species, Honorinus fuliginosus, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Peru.

Seeboldia is a genus of moths. Its only member is Seeboldia korgosella, a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Europe, including France, Spain, Albania and Russia.

Ctenomedes is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Ctenomedes neuractis, is found in India. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1935.

Afeda is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It consists of only one species, Afeda biloba, which is found in Florida.

Homodoxus is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Homodoxus aristula, which is found in Mexico and Guatemala.

Sphyrocosta is a monotypic genus of moth in the family of Geometridae.

Chilocremastis is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Chilocremastis castanias, is found in the Congo Basin. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1934.

Aeronectris is a genus of moths in the family Agonoxenidae, with a single species A. euacta found in India.

Weymeria is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Ferdinand Karsch in 1895. Its only species, Weymeria athene, was first described by Weymer in 1892. It is found in Tanzania.

Monoprista nudobia is a moth in the family Drepanidae and the only species in the genus Monoprista. It was described by Swinhoe in 1894. It is found in India.

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Barbourion is monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1934. Its only species, Barbourion lemaii, described by Eugène Le Moult in 1934, is known from Yunnan in south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.

Hulypegis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Nye in 1975. Its only species, Hulypegis procopialis, was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is found in Suriname.

Haplosindris is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Pierre Viette in 1953. Its single species, Haplosindris leucotriangula, described by Paul Mabille in 1900, is known from Madagascar.

Temnobasis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Max Gaede in 1916. It contains only one species, Temnobasis simialis, described in the same article, which is found in Cameroon.

Oligernis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Oligernis endophthalma, which is found on Borneo.

Galasodes is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956. Its only species, Galasodes nervosella, described by the same author, is found in Venezuela.

Epidiopteryx bipunctella is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Epidiopteryx. The genus and species were both described by Hans Rebel in 1916 and are found in Sudan.

Neorufalda, is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hiroshi Yamanaka in 1986. Its single species, Neorufalda pullella, described in the same article, is found in Japan.

Helicacma is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Helicacma catapasta, which is found in India (Assam).

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Gnamptopteryx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by George Hampson in 1893. Its only species, Gnamptopteryx perficita, was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan.

Pedaliotis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Pedaliotis dryograpta, which is found in Brazil.

Nehydriris is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1974. It contains only one species, Nehydriris excellens, described by the same author in the same year, which is found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Phialuse is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae. The only described species is P. palmar of Bolivia.

Exacristis euryopa is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Exacristis. The genus and species were both described by Edward Meyrick in 1921 and are found in South Africa.

Idioses is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae. Its only species, Idioses littleri, was first described by Turner in 1926 and is found in eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.

Chenuala is a monotypic moth genus in the family Anthelidae described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. Its only species, Chenuala heliaspis, the rose anthelid, was described by Edward Meyrick in 1891. It is endemic to Australia. thumb|left|200px|Larva

Chalcomima is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Chalcomima hoplodoxa, which is found in Peru.

Aerotypia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Aerotypia pleurotella, which is found in Morelos, Mexico.

Argophara is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Argophara epaxia, which is found in Namibia.

Hypanchyla is a monotypic snout moth genus described by William Warren in 1891. Its single species, Hypanchyla maricalis, described by Francis Walker in 1859, is known from Borneo.

Ogmocoma is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Ogmocoma pharmacista, which is found on Rodrigues Island in Mauritius.