Monotypic moth genera

Achthina ctenodes is a moth in the family Dudgeoneidae, and the only species in the genus Achthina. It is found in Kenya.

Salinaria is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Rebel in 1901, and contains the species Salinaria diffusella. It is found in Russia and Kazakhstan.

Chlorobaptella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae erected by Eugene G. Munroe in 1995. Its only species, Chlorobaptella rufistrigalis, was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1914. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Nevada. Moths in this genus are distinguished from moths in similar genera by their small palpi and obsolete tongues.

Galadra is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Francis Walker in 1865. It contains only one species, Galadra rhomboidata, described by the same author in the same year, which is found in New Guinea.

Cacozophera is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919. It contains the species Cacozophera venosa described by the same author. It is found in Guatemala.

Teratausta is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1903. It contains only one species, Teratausta odontalis, described in the same article, which is found in Silhet, Bangladesh.

Niphonyx is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Shigero Sugi in 1982. Its only species, Niphonyx segregata, the hops angleshade, was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is endemic to eastern Asia, including the Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, China and Taiwan. It was introduced to the north-eastern United States in the 1990s and is found from Connecticut south to at least Delaware.

Palthisomis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by William Schaus in 1916. Its only species, Palthisomis baresalis, was first described by Francis Walker in 1916. It is found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Arescoptera is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1911. It contains the single species, Arescoptera idiotypa, described in the same article. It is found in Australia, including New South Wales.

Eupilocera is a monotypic snout moth genus. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1909, and contains the species Eupilocera gravidalis. It is found in French Guiana.

Duhemia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Charles E. Rungs in 1942. Its only species, Duhemia variegata, was first described by Daniel Lucas in 1932. The species is found in Morocco.

Erysimaga is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Erysimaga chlororrhabda, which is found in Papua New Guinea.

Paraphyllalia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae described by Max Gaede in 1927. Its single species, Paraphyllalia degenera, was described Its Francis Walker in 1855 and is found in South Africa.

Anthemoctena is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Anthemoctena lineata, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were described by Warren in 1895.

Anexotamos is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Anexotamos flavibasis, is found in Uganda and Zaire. Both the genus and the species were first described by Hering in 1926.

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Gourbia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Gourbia staphylinella, which is found in Tunisia.

Ridiaschina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cecidosidae described by Juan Brèthes in 1916. Its only species, Ridiaschina congregatella, described by the same author one year later, is found in Argentina.

Diloxis is a monotypic snout moth genus. It was described by George Hampson in 1897, and contains the species Diloxis ochriplaga. It is found in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.

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

Vietteia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1955. Its only species, Vietteia terstrigella, described by Hugo Theodor Christoph, is found in Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia.

Auxacia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888 and contains the species Auxacia bilineella. It is found in Turkestan, Turkmenistan and Israel.

Brevicyttara is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by David Stephen Fletcher and I. W. B Nye in 1982. Its only species, Brevicyttara cyclospila, described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1945, is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.

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

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

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

Cryphiotechna is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Cryphiotechna ochracma, which is found in Peru.

Letispe is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Alexander Douglas Campbell Ferguson in 2008. Its one described species, Letispe metanemaria, described by George Duryea Hulst in 1887, is found in southwest North America in Arizona, California, Sonora and Baja California.

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

Callocosmeta is a monotypic genus of tineid moths. It contains the single species Callocosmeta eupicta, which is native to Madagascar.

Gozmanyia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Roesler in 1965, and contains the species G. crassa. It is found in the Palestinian Territories. It is also referred to as the Knot-Horn Moth.

Nonischnoscia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Nonischnoscia umbraticostella, which is found in the West Indies.

Nicetiodes is a monotypic snout moth genus described by William Schaus in 1923. Its only species, Nicetiodes apianella, described in the same article, is found on the Galápagos Islands.

Teratojana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its single species, Teratojana flavina, was found in the former Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Both the genus and species were first described by Erich Martin Hering in 1937.

Lophopleuropsis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956, and contains the species Lophopleuropsis flavostrialis. It is found in Venezuela.

Petasanthes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Petasanthes leucactis, is found in Ecuador. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1925.

Loxmaionia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Loxmaionia megale, which is found in Costa Rica.

Philagraulella is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Philagraulella punica, which is found in Sudan.

Arsacia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species is Arsacia rectalis. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker, the genus in 1866 and the species in 1863. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Queensland and the Solomon Islands.

Acrobasopsis is a monotypic snout moth genus in the subfamily Phycitinae described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1958. It contains the species Acrobasopsis acrobasella, described by Hans Rebel in 1927, which is found in Egypt and Israel.

Weismanniola is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae, containing only one species Weismanniola agdistiformis, which is found in southern Russia and western Kazakhstan.

Cremnophora is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, Cremnophora angasii, was first described by George French Angas in 1847. It is found in South Australia.

Oedothmia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1930. Its only species, Oedothmia endopyrella, was described in the same article. It is known from Mexico and the Bahamas.

Nephelobotys is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Nephelobotys nephelistalis, which is found in Hubei, China.

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

Hapda is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Nye in 1975. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1863 as Dapha. Its only species, Hapda exhibens, was described by Walker in 1863.

Humiphila is a monotypic snout moth genus. It was described by V. O. Becker in 1974, and contains the species Humiphila paleolivacea. It is found in Costa Rica.

Banghaasia is a genus of moths of the family Yponomeutidae. It contains only one species, Banghaasia ildefonsella, which is found in Spain.

Gnamptonoma leptura is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae and the only species in the genus Gnamptonoma. It is only known from its types from Ecuador.

Larice is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot in 1892, and contains the species L. swinhoei. It is found in India.

Malaciotis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. It contains only one species, Malaciotis thiogramma, described by the same author in the same year, which is found in Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Neobostra, is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1906. Its only species, Neobostra ferruginealis, described by the same author in the same year, is found in South Africa.

Cadiouclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Cadiouclanis bianchii, which is known from Ethiopia.

Alpheioides is a genus of snout moths. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912, and contains the species Alpheioides parvulalis. It is found in North America, including southern California, Arizona and Oklahoma.

Asymbletia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Asymbletia dispar, is found in equatorial South America. Both the genus and species were first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856.

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

Eurhophaea is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961. Its only species, Eurhophaea hyrcanella, is found in Iran.

Antisindris is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Antisindris bipunctalis, is found on Madagascar. Both the genus and species were first described by Hubert Marion in 1955.