Monotypic moth genera

Anapatris is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Anapatris chersopsamma, is found in Panama. Both the genus and species were described by Edward Meyrick in 1932.

Harmotona is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Harmotona diplochorda, which is found in India.

thumb | right | alt=Top view of agyrotaenia ijungiana | Top view of agyrotaenia ijungiana Argyrolacia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains only one species, Argyrolacia bifida, which is found in western North America, with records from California and Arizona.

Eriozancla is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Eriozancla trachyphaea, which is found in South Africa.

Austrosetia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae containing only one species, Austrosetia semirufa, which is known from South Africa.

Randominta is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Randominta meretrix, which is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Endosimilis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Paul Ernest Sutton Whalley in 1961. Its only species, E. stilbealis, was described by Francis Walker in 1859 as Pyralis stilbealis. It is found in Australia.

Adoxotricha is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Adoxotricha symbolistis, which is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (North Kivu).

Plemyristis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Plemyristis aphrochoa, which is found in India.

Apotistatus is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Apotistatus leucostictus, which is found in Algeria.

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

Lasiogyia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1907. It contains only one species, Lasiogyia xanthozonata, described by the same author in the same year, which is found in New Guinea.

Arctioblepsis is a monotypic genus of snout moths described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It contains the species Arctioblepsis rubida. It is found in south-east Asia, including Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, India and Nepal.

Aphycita is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1968. It contains the species A. sindella, described by the same author. It is found in Pakistan.

Trychnopalpa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae. The only member of the genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913, and it was separated by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in his 1958 The Moths of South Africa. Dalibor F. Povolný gave the same member of this genus the now synonymised generic name Synthesiopalpa. The genus contains only one species, Trychnopalpa fornacaria, which is found in South Africa.

Symmoracma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1894. Its only species, Symmoracma minoralis, described by Snellen in 1880, is found in Indonesia (Java, Sumbawa), Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, China and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Picrodoxa is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Epermeniidae. The only species in the genus, Picrodoxa harpodes, is found in India. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.

Thysiarcha ecclesiastis is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Thysiarcha. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

Michaeliodes is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Roesler in 1969. It contains only one species, Michaeliodes friesei, which is found in Albania and Greece.

Contiger is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Contiger vittatalis, which is found on North America, where it has been recorded from Florida.

Prolais is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Prolais elbursalis, which is found in Iran.

Cervaria is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Cervaria xylinella, which is found in India. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker in 1866.

Marisba is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its one species, Marisba undulifera, was described by Francis Walker in 1863, and is known from Brazil (including Rio de Janeiro, the type location).

Parascythris is a monotypic moth genus in the family Scythrididae erected by Hans-Joachim Hannemann in 1960. Its only species, Parascythris muelleri, was described by Josef Johann Mann in 1871. It is found in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

Ectohomoeosoma is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Roesler in 1965, and is known from Hungary. It contains the species E. kasyellum. It is found in Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.

Bathydoxa euxesta is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Bathydoxa. It was described by Turner in 1935 and is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

Oectoperodes is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Oectoperodes rufitinctalis, was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1892. It is found in Brazil.

Anthopteryx is a monotypic snout moth described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr., an American entomologist, in 1914. Its single species, Anthopteryx irichampa, described in the same publication, is found in Panama.

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

Protohepialus is an extinct genus of moth in the family Hepialidae. It contains only one species, Protohepialus comstocki, which was described from a Tortonian marine shale (Upper Miocene) in the Puente Formation of California.

Aplectropus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Aplectropus leucopis, which is found in Yemen.

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

Indogrammodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Indogrammodes pectinicornalis, which is found in India.

Symphorostola encomias is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Symphorostola. Both species and genus were described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. The species is found on Sumatra.

Makrania is a monotypic genus of snout moth described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1959. Its sole species, Makrania belutschistanella, also described by the same author, originates from Persia.

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Calleremites is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Calleremites subornata, is found in China, Sikkim in India and Myanmar. Both the genus and species were first described by William Warren in 1894 and it has only been seen three times since then, the latest in a forest in northern Myanmar.

Netrocerocora is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Max Bartel in 1902. Its only species, Netrocerocora quadrangula, was first described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1844 as Noctua quadrangula.

Focillopis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Focillopis eclipsia, is known only from West Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1926.

Acleracra is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Acleracra pancarphalea, which is found in New Guinea.

Pierreclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Pierreclanis admatha, which is known from Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Ghana.

Acicys is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Acicys cladaropa, which is found in Australia.

Letoa is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Francis Walker in 1866. Its only species, Letoa patulella, described by the same author in the same year, is found in India.

Uranophenga is a monotypic moth genus in the sedge moth family (Glyphipterigidae). The genus was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1951. Its only species, Uranophenga lemniscata, was described by the same author in 1952. It is found in Myanmar.

Fondoukia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Pierre Chrétien in 1911. Its single species, Fondoukia translucidella, is found in Algeria.

Xylodryadella is a monotypic moth genus in the family Xyloryctidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. Its only species, Xylodryadella cryeranthes, was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925 and is found in New Guinea.

Arctiopais is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Karl Jordan in 1896. Its only species, Arctiopais ambusta, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1881. It is found on Madagascar.

Nematochares is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Nematochares citraulax, is found in Brazil. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1931.

Pioneabathra is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pioneabathra olesialis, which is found on the Comoros and the Seychelles and in Mali, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Yemen (Socotra), Zambia, India, Sri Lanka and Australia.

Novocrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Novocrambus propygmaeus, which is found in Colombia and Guyana.

Gallerites is an extinct genus of snout moths. It was described by Kernbach in 1967, and contains the species Gallerites keleri which is known from the Pliocene. The species was discovered in Willershausen in Germany.

Agamopsyche is a genus of moths in the family Epipyropidae. It consists of only one species Agamopsyche threnodes, which is found in Queensland.

Eudesmeola is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Eudesmeola lawsoni, or '''Lawson's night moth''', was first described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1874. It is found in the dry inland areas of Australia.

Mimicia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Aristide Caradja in 1925. Its only species, Mimicia pseudolibatrix, described by the same author in the same year, is found in China.

Crocydoscelus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae containing one species, Crocydoscelus ferrugineum, which is known from the Republic of Congo and Nigeria.

Heteranassa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by J. B. Smith in 1899. Its only species, Heteranassa mima, was first described by Leon F. Harvey in 1876. It is found in warm, arid habitats in North America from California to Texas, northward to Oklahoma, and south as far as Oaxaca in Mexico.

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

Fossifrontia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1891. Its single species, Fossifrontia leuconeurella, is found in Queensland, Australia.

Lacipea is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Francis Walker in 1863. Its only species, Lacipea muscosella, was described by the same author in the same year and is found in Sri Lanka.

Lipocosmodes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Lipocosmodes fuliginosalis, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec to Florida and from Illinois to Texas.