Monotypic moth genera

Tesomonoda is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae described by Nye in 1975. Its only species, Tesomonoda endolopha, was first described by George Hampson in 1910. It is found in New Guinea.

Amphekes is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Amphekes gymna, is found in the Chinese province of Yunnan. Both the genus and the species were first described by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1936.

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Ectadiosoma is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Ectadiosoma straminea, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Charmoses is a genus in the family Cossidae, of which the only member species is the moth Charmoses dumigani. Charmoses dumigani is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.

Ecpeptamena is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Ecpeptamena esotera, which is found in Sierra Leone.

Maschalandra is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. Its only species, Maschalandra euphema, described in the same publication, is known from Democratic Republic of the Congo (including Lubumbashi, the type location).

Setosipennula is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae containing only one species, Setosipennula viettei, which is known from Madagascar.

Calamotropa is a genus of snout moths. It was described by George Hampson in 1918 and contains the species Calamotropa pulverivena. It is found in Western Australia.

Dyotopasta is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Dyotopasta yumaella, which is found in the south-western part of the United States, including Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Catancyla is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Catancyla brunnea, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.

Stryphnodes is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Stryphnodes styracopa, which is found in Sri Lanka.

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

Apreta is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Apreta paradoxella, which is found in California.

Afrocostosa is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae, with a single species.

Archisopha is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Archisopha foliosa, which is found in Sri Lanka.

Talapoptera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926.

Eumacaria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Packard in 1873. Its only species, Eumacaria madopata, the brown-bordered geometer moth, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, northern Washington, southern Saskatchewan, from Maine to Florida, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and New Mexico. The habitat consists of orchards and shrublands. The species is listed as threatened in Connecticut.

Axiarcha is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Axiarcha discosema, which is found in South Africa.

Midilambia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Midilambia colombiana, which is found in Colombia.

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Archiephestia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1955. Its single species, Archiephestia adpiscinella, was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1911. It was described from North Africa but is also known from Spain.

Eclecta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Eclecta aurorella, has been found in the Australian state of New South Wales. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883.

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

Enedena is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Enedena punctilinea, is found in Ecuador. Both the genus and species were first described by Paul Dognin in 1914.

Pseudocroesia is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae. It contains only one species, Pseudocroesia coronaria, which is found in China (Shanxi).

Mediophycis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler in 1982. Its only species, Mediophycis attavella, was described by Pierre Viette in 1964. It is found in Madagascar.

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

Dichochroma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1944. It contains only one species, Dichochroma muralis, described by the same author in the same year, which is found in Peru.

Caradjaria is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Roesler, in 1975, and contains the species C. asiatella. It is found in China (including Shaanxi).

thumb | right | alt=Acauro Specimen | Specimen of Acauro Acauro is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Geometridae, containing only the species Acauro rotundus. Both were first described in 1986 by Frederick H. Rindge. It is known from central and southern Chile, at altitudes between 400 and 700 meters.

Cargida is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae erected by William Schaus in 1901. Its only species, Cargida pyrrha, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1898. It is found in Mexico.

thumb | right Platagarista is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Karl Jordan in 1912. Its only species, Platagarista macleayi, or '''Macleay's day-moth''', was first described by William Sharp Macleay in 1864. It is found in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales.

Martiniodes is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its one species, Martiniodes sacculalis, was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956. It is found in Venezuela.

Neopempelia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1954. Its only species, Neopempelia hieroglyphella, was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887. It is found in Russia.

Zymologa is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Zymologa mylicopa, which is found in Colombia.

Ecbatania is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1961. Its single species, Ecbatania alvandella, described by the same author, is found in Iran.

Ambonostola is a genus of moths in the family Agonoxenidae with a single species, A. phosphoropis.

Navura is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its one species, Navura lobata, was described by William Schaus in 1913. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

Anoecea trigonophora is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Anoecea. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1951 and is found in Burma.

Blanchardinella is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. It consists of only one species, Blanchardinella venosus, which is found in Chile. The genus was named in honour of Émile Blanchard.

Falcatelodes is a monotypic genus of moths of the family Apatelodidae. It was erected by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1929, and contains a single species, Falcatelodes anava, which was first described by Herbert Druce in 1890 (as Apatelodes anava).

Chobata is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Chobata discalis, is found in the Dominican Republic. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1858.

Gregorempista is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler in 1969. Its single species, Gregorempista validella, described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877, is known from Turkmenistan.

Illatila is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It contains the species Illatila gurbyris, which is found in Panama.

Aloba is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Aloba cinereus, was first described by William Bartlett-Calvert in 1893. It is found in the Araucanía Region of Chile.

Catopyla is a monotypic snout moth genus described by John David Bradley in 1968. Its only species, Catopyla dysorphnaea, was described by the same author in the same year and is known from Nigeria.

Hallicarnia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae first described by William Forsell Kirby in 1892. Its only species, Hallicarnia albipectus, was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in

Hafisia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1950. Its single species, Hafisia lundbladi, described by the same author, is known from Iran.

Asturodes is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Margaroniini.

Habershonia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Nye in 1975. Its only species, Habershonia areos, was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in the Virgin Islands.

Catajana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae described by Embrik Strand in 1910. Its only species, Catajana bimaculata, described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879, is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other parts of Central and Southern Africa.

Anjumania is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1970. It contains the species A. dimorphella, described by the same author. It is found in Afghanistan.

Boeswarthia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Roesler, in 1975, and contains the species Boeswarthia oberleella. It is found in China and Japan.

Pseudoangonyx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Ulf Eitschberger in 2010. Its only species, Pseudoangonyx excellens, described by Walter Rothschild in 1911, is known from Aru, Papua New Guinea and northern Queensland. The adult moths have forewings that each have a bold pattern of pale and dark green, and a curved white stripe. The green fades to brown in dead specimens. Information about the caterpillars and pupae of this species is deficient.

Megarthridia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by E. L. Martin in 1956. Its single species, described by George Hampson in 1896, Megarthridia canosparsalis, is known from Burma and India (Sikkim).

Oiophassus is an extinct genus of moth in the family Hepialidae. It contains only one species, Oiophassus nycterus, which was described from Shanwang Bed sw2 in the Linchu district, Shandong province in China, which is part of an Astaracian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shanwang Formation.

Griphocosma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cosmopterigidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1929. It contains only one species, Griphocosma citroplecta, described by Edward Meyrick in 1917, which is found in Busa, India.

Taseopteryx is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Taseopteryx sericea, is found in Chile. Both the genus and species were first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883.

Glyphandra is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1900. It contains only one species, Glyphandra biincisalis, described by the same author in the same year. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Togo.