Monotypic moth genera

Anthinora is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Anthinora xanthophanes, which is found in Guyana.

Araeophalla is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Araeophalla barbertonensis, which is found in South Africa.

Hyporatasa is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Hans Rebel in 1901 and contains the species Hyporatasa allotriella described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855. It is known from Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and Russia.

Syngelechia is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae erected by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1958. Its only species, Syngelechia psimythota, was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.

Amphiderita is a genus of snout moths described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1925. Its single species, Amphiderita pyrospila, was named by the same author in the same year. It is found in Australia.

Leptosophista is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Leptosophista aleatrix, which is found on Java.

Metaraphia is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its one species, Metaraphia postluteella, was described by George Hampson in 1901 and is known from Borneo.

Platyptiliodes is a genus of moths of the family Pterophoridae containing only one species, Platyptiliodes albisignatula, which is known from Equatorial Guinea.

Chloristola is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Chloristola setosa, is known from Borneo and Malaysia. The type locality is Gunung Mulu National Park. Both the genus and species were first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1996.

Pagmanella is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pagmanella heroica, which is found in Afghanistan.

Diviana is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot in 1888, and contains the species D. eudoreella. It is found in the southern United States.

Anycteola is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1929. Its only species, Anycteola fotelloides, was first described by Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1916. It is found in the US state of Arizona.

Idiobrotis is a monotypic snout moth genus (family Pyralidae). Its only species, Idiobrotis oxygrapha, is found in India. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1937.

Pachista is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Prout in 1912. It consists of only one species, Pachista superans, first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878, which is found in China, Japan and Korea.

Teratauxta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Teratauxta paradoxa, which is found on Sumatra.

Negalasa is a monotypic snout moth genus (family Pyralidae). Its one species, Negalasa fumalis, is found in the US state of Arizona. Both the genus and species were described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913 in the same paper.

Eumaragma is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Eumaragma orthiopis, which is found in Fiji.

Megacaphys is a monotypic snout moth genus containing the species Megacaphys titana. It was described by William Schaus in 1904, originally under the genus Caphys, and was subsequently moved to Megacaphys by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in Mexico.

Paticiola is a monotypic snout moth genus in the subfamily Phycitinae described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. Its only species, Patriciola semicana, was described by the same author in the same year. It is known from North America, including Utah.

Glaucacna is a monotypic moth genus in the family Agonoxenidae which was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1931. Its only species, Glaucacna iridea, described in the same article, is found in Puerto Rico.

Idiocrates is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Idiocrates balanitis, is found in Bolivia. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1909.

Agathactis is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Agathactis toxocosma, which is found in Guyana.

Amblytenes is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Amblytenes lunatica, which is found in Brazil.

Neohepialiscus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae. The only described species is N. algeriensis of Algeria and Tunisia.

Lomocyma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Lomocyma oegrapha, first described by Paul Mabille in 1884, lives in Madagascar.

Stereodmeta is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Stereodmeta xylodeta, which is found in Brazil.

Berastagia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler and Peter Victor Küppers in 1979. It contains the single species, Berastagia dissolutella, described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1880. It is found in Australia.

Metraeopsis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Paul Dognin in 1905. It contains only one species, Metraeopsis cuneatalis, described in the same article, which is found in Loja Province, Ecuador.

Cissachroa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1937. Its only species, Cissachroa callischema, described in the same article, is found in Australia.

Borosia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by László Anthony Gozmány in 1959. Its only species, Borosia aegyptiaca, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Egypt.

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Hecatompeda is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Hecatompeda pyrocephala, which is found on the Solomon Islands.

Microperittia is an extinct genus of moths in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Kozlov in 1987. It contains the species M. proboscifera, which was described from Baltic amber, more specifically Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Thevitella is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Thevitella alphalis, which is found in Madagascar.

Dalakia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961. Its only species, Dalakia uniformella, is found in Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

Nymphulosis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Nymphulosis arcanella, is found in Iraq.

Halseyella is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae described by Nye in 1980. Its only species, Halseyella flavicollis, was first described by John Henry Leech in 1890. It is found in the Chinese province of Hubei.

Pyranthrene is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae containing only one species, Pyranthrene flammans, which is known from Malawi.

Craftsia is a monotypic snout moth genus. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914, and contains the species Craftsia vaetta. It is found in Panama.

Trichopisthia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1909. Its single species, Trichopisthia monteiroi, described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1887, is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Trichocirca is a monotypic moth genus in the family Choreutidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. Its only species, Trichocirca tyrota, described in the same publication, is known from Kenya, Kilimanjaro and Bismarckhügel.

Hylebatis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1908. It contains only one species, Hylebatis scintillifera, described by the same author in the same year, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria and New South Wales.

Anachastis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae from the Seychelles. It contains only one species, Anachastis digitata.

Microrca is a monotypic snout moth genus containing only the species Microrca bistrialis. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956 and is found in Venezuela.

Clanidopsis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species Clanidopsis exusta, the white-streaked hawkmoth. The genus was erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903 and the species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.

Miraxis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Miraxis klotsi, which is found in Peru.

Eugonobapta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1894. Its only species, Eugonobapta nivosaria, the snowy geometer, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in North America from Manitoba to New Brunswick, south to North Carolina and Tennessee.

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Dipsochares is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its single species, Dipsochares nephelopa, is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1937.

Omphalobasella is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Embrik Strand in 1915. Its only species, Omphalobasella inconspicua, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Cameroon.

Ceratostrotia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae described by Warren in 1913. Its only species, Ceratostrotia melanchlaena, was first described by Swinhoe in 1891. It is found in India.

Gypodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Gypodes vexilliferalis, which is found in Brazil (Pará).

Gymnancylodes is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1968. Its single species, Gymnancylodes psorosella, described by the same author, is found in Pakistan.

Neocrania is a genus of moth of the family Eriocraniidae. It contains only one species, Neocrania bifasciata, which is found in the Coast Ranges of southern California.

Ophias is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Ophias albiundalis, was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in February 1891. It is found in Pernambuco, Brazil.

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

Salebriopsis is a monotypic snout moth genus erected by Hans-Joachim Hannemann in 1965. Its single species, Salebriopsis albicilla, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1849. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.

Cubotinea is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Cubotinea orghidani, which is found on Cuba.

Mesciniodes is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, Mesciniodes subinfractalis, was described by the same author in the same year. It is found on Celebes and Borneo.

Pyrgion is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Herbert Druce in 1891. Its only species, Pyrgion repanda, was first described by Schaus in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica.