Monotypic moth genera

Dystebenna is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. The genus is mostly placed in the family Elachistidae, but other authors list it as a member of the family Agonoxenidae. It contains only one species Dystebenna stephensi, which is found in Asia and Europe.

thumb | right | alt=Phanoxyla kitchingi holotype (Colombia, Antioquia, Vereda Caño Seco, Rio Nare) male upperside | Phanoxyla kitchingi holotype (Colombia, Antioquia, Vereda Caño Seco, Rio Nare) male upperside Phanoxyla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Phanoxyla hystrix, described by Rudolf Felder in 1874, is known from northern South America, including Brazil and Ecuador.

Egybolis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847. Its only species, Egybolis vaillantina, the African peach moth, was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

Portentomorpha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Portentomorpha xanthialis, which is found from Texas to Louisiana and Florida, the West Indies (including Cuba, Puerto Rico) and from Mexico to Bolivia (including Colombia and Ecuador).

Pseudosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Hermann Burmeister in 1856. Its only species, Pseudosphinx tetrio, was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. Its common names include tetrio sphinx, giant gray sphinx, frangipani hornworm, and plumeria caterpillar. In the island of Martinique it is best known as Rasta caterpillar (chenille rasta, in French) because of its colors which are reminiscent of the ones found in Rastafarian clothing and accessories. It is native to the tropical and subtropical Americas from the southern and southwestern United State

Eustixia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its only species, Eustixia pupula, the spotted peppergrass moth, described by the same author in the same publication, is found in North America from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas and north to Ontario.

Neoalcis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by James Halliday McDunnough in 1920. Its only species, Neoalcis californiaria, the brown-lined looper, was described by Packard in 1871.

Spectroreta is a monotypic moth genus belonging to subfamily Drepaninae erected by Warren in 1903. Its only species, Spectroreta hyalodisca, was described by George Hampson in 1896.

Polyptychopsis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. It contains only one species, Polyptychopsis marshalli, which is known from Brachystegia woodland in large parts of Africa.

Actenochroma is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It consists of only one species, Actenochroma muscicoloraria, which is found in Brunei, China, India, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra), western Malaysia and Nepal.

Aboetheta is a monotypic moth genus of the Spilomelinae subfamily of the Crambidae described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1914. The sole species in the genus, Aboetheta pteridonoma, was described by the same author in the same year, and is found in Australia.

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Ascalapha is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1809.

Polygrammate is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Polygrammate hebraeicum, the Hebrew moth or Hebrew, is found in the eastern parts of North America, from Ontario, south to Florida and as far west as Texas. Both the genus and the species were first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. thumb|left|200px|Polygrammate hebraeicum larvae

Chrysectropa roseofasciata is a species of moth in the genus Chrysectropa. It is in the subfamily Chrysopolominae. This is the only species in the genus.

Phaeosia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by George Hampson in 1900. Its only species, Phaeosia lutea, was described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico.

Didasys is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. The genus contains the single species Didasys belae, the double-tufted wasp moth, which is found in the US states of Florida and Alabama. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875.

Anomoxena is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Anomoxena spinigera, which is found in Colombia.

Hyponeuma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Hyponeuma taltula, is found in the Brazilian states of São Paulo and Paraná. Both the genus and species were first described by William Schaus, the genus in 1906 and the species two years earlier.

Ephestris is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. It contains the single species Ephestris melaxantha. Both the genus and species were first described by Jacob Hübner, the genus in 1820 and the species in 1809.

Achroosia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its single species, Achroosia nuda, is found in Espírito Santo, Brazil. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1900.

Dionychoscelis is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus includes one species, Dionychoscelis venata, which is found in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Palaeosia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1900. Its only species, Palaeosia bicosta, the two-ribbed arctiid or two-ribbed footman, was first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in south-eastern Australia.

Fasslia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Fasslia hampsoni, is found in Colombia. Both the genus and the species were first described by Paul Dognin in 1911.

Palmia is monotypic moth genus in the family Sesiidae erected by William Beutenmüller in 1896. Its only species, Palmia praecedens, was described by Henry Edwards in 1883.

Gonotrephes is a monotypic moth genus erected by George Hampson in 1909 in subtribe Phaegopterina and family Erebidae. Its only species, Gonotrephes friga, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1909. It is found in Peru.

Anageshna is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1956. Its only species, Anageshna primordialis, the yellow-spotted webworm, was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1907. It is found in the US states of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

Agyrtiola is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains the single species Agyrtiola niepelti, which is found in Brazil.

Drosophantis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Drosophantis caeruleata, which is found from India and Sri Lanka east to Taiwan, Thailand, Sumbawa and Australia (Robinson et al., 1994)

Castniomera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Castniidae described by Constant Vincent Houlbert in 1918. Its single species, Castniomera atymnius, commonly known as the giant butterfly-moth, was first described by Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1824. It is known from Mexico through Central America to Venezuela.

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thumb | right | Brabira Brabira is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Frederic Moore in 1888. Its only species, Brabira artemidora, was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1884. It is commonly found in the north western Sahara where it plays an important part in desert ecology.

Parosteodes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Parosteodes fictiliaria, the dodonaea moth, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Australia (Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria).

Mimopsestis is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the subfamily Thyatirinae of the Drepanidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1921. Its single species, Mimopsestis basalis, was described by Wileman in 1911. It is found in Japan and the Chinese provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, Hubei and Hunan.

Thisanotia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Its single species, Thisanotia chrysonuchella, described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica, is found in Europe.

Aleptinoides is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae comprising a single species, Aleptinoides ochrea. Both the genus and species were described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912.

Melanodes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Melanodes anthracitaria, the black geometrid, is found in Australia, more specifically in southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. The genus and species were described by Achille Guenée in 1857.

Kasania is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Leonid Konstantinovich Krulikovsky in 1910. It contains only one species, Kasania arundinalis, described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1842, which is found in Poland, Ukraine and Russia.

Ellenbeckia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, consisting of one species Ellenbeckia monospila, which is known from arid areas in Kenya and Somalia.

Cophocerotis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Cophocerotis jaspeata, was first described by Paul Dognin in 1893. It is found in Ecuador.

Pseudeulia is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae. It contains only one species, Pseudeulia asinana, which is found in Italy, Slovenia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Ukraine.

Chionobosca is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Chionobosca actinopis, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.

Cadarena is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1886. Its only species, Cadarena pudoraria, was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It occurs throughout tropical and subtropical Africa and in India.

Neogalea sunia, the catabena moth or lantana stick moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae, and the only species in the genus Neogalea. It is found from the southern United States, through the Caribbean (including Guadeloupe and Martinique) to Argentina. Furthermore, it has been introduced in Australia, on Norfolk Island in 1962. Since that time it has increased its range and is now common in Queensland and northern New South Wales. It has also been introduced on Hawaii.

Bendisodes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1924. Its only species, Bendisodes aeolia, was described by Druce in 1890. It is found in North America.

Poecilarctia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species, Poecilarctia venata, can be found in Zimbabwe and Malawi. Both the genus and species were first described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1921.

Pagara is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Pagara simplex, the mouse-colored lichen moth, is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker in 1856.

Stenaspilatodes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by John G. Franclemont and Robert W. Poole in 1972. Its only species, Stenaspilatodes antidiscaria, described by Francis Walker in 1863, is found in the southeastern United States.

Ischnoscopa is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Ischnoscopa chalcozona, which is found on Sumbawa.

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Pachylioides is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ronald W. Hodges in 1971. Its only species, Pachylioides resumens, was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.

Adetoneura is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Adetoneura lentiginosa, is found on Fiji. Both the genus and the species were first described by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1933.

Didaphne is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Carlos Berg in 1899. Its only species, Didaphne cyanomela, was described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1894. It is found on Cuba.

Aphyarctia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its single species, Aphyarctia surinamensis, described by Walter Rothschild in 1911, is found in French Guiana, Suriname, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

Omochroa is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species, Omochroa spurca, was described from Andalusia. Both the genus and the species were first described by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1866. The type was not saved. The species has affinity with Coscinia romei Sagarra, 1924 (Toulgoët, 1981).

Crinocraspeda is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae erected by George Hampson in 1893. Its only species, Crinocraspeda torrida, was described by Frederic Moore in 1879.

Pantosperma is a monotypic genus of moths belonging to the family Glyphipterigidae. It consists of only one species, Pantosperma holochalca, which is endemic to New Zealand. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.

Cymaroa is a monotypic of tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1905. Its only species, Cymaroa grisea, was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784. It is found in Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa.

Arsina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Arsina silenalis is found on the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion, Aldabra, Madagascar and Zimbabwe. Both the genus and the species were first described by Achille Guenée in 1862.

Phaloesia is a monotypic of tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species is Phaloesia saucia, the saucy beauty moth. The genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found from the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States to Venezuela.