Monotypic moth genera

Ethelontides is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Ethelontides biunicornis, is found on Java in Indonesia. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1934.

Pachyplastis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Pachyplastis apicalis, is found in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Both the genus and species were first described by Felder in 1874.

Euctenospila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Euctenospila castalis, which is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (West Kasai) and Ethiopia.

Adixoana is a genus of moths in the family Urodidae containing only one species, Adixoana auripyga, which is known from Equatorial Guinea. The species was formerly included in the family Sesiidae.

Lymphia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Rebel in 1901. It contains only one species, Lymphia chalybella, which is found in France and Russia.

Mimetauge is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its one species, Mimetauge napeogenalis, was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1970. It is found in Peru.

Eogeometer is a prehistoric genus of Ennomine geometer moths in the tribe Boarmiini. The type and only species is Eogeometer vadens, the specimen of which measured about , and was estimated to be 44 million years old, dating back to Eocene epoch. Both the genus and species were described by Thilo C. Fischer, Artur Michalski and Axel Hausmann in 2019 as the first geometrid caterpillar in Baltic amber.

Trichofrons is a monotypic moth genus of the family Adelidae, the fairy longhorn moths. The genus was erected by Amsel in 1937. Its sole species is Trichofrons pantherella, which was first described by Achille Guenée in 1849. It is found in Algeria.

Hyphal is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its only species, Hyphalia phylira, was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in Suriname.

Cyclidalis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by George Hampson in 1906, and contains the species Cyclidalis chrysealis. It is found in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

Paranagia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Paranagia rufostrigata, was first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1906. It is found on New Guinea and on the southern Maluku Islands, Sulawesi and Borneo. The habitat consists of forests and areas with secondary vegetation.

Hemiptilocera is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888. Its single species, H. chionographella, described by the same author, is known from Peru.

Lambaesia is a small genus of snout moths described by Hans Rebel in 1903. The species, Lambaesia caradjae, was described at the same time, and remained the sole member of the genus for many years. It is found in Algeria.

Proaegeria is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae containing only one species, Proaegeria vouauxi, which is known from Cameroon.

Malacognostis termatias is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Malacognostis. The genus and species were described by Edward Meyrick in 1926 and are found on Borneo.

Problepsidis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae. Its only species, Problepsidis argyrialis, is found in India. The genus and species were described by George Hampson in 1895.

Archaeolepis mane is amongst the earliest undisputed lepidopteran fossils. It dates from the Lower Jurassic (ca ). It was found in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation, Dorset, United Kingdom.

Osrhoes is a monotypic moth genus of the family Palaeosetidae. Its only species, Osrhoes coronta, is only known from Colombia. Both the genus and species were first described by Herbert Druce in 1900.

Anticoreura is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae described by Prout in 1918. Its one species, Anticoreura salmoni, first described by Herbert Druce in 1885, is found in Colombia.

Xerocrates is a monotypic moth genus in the family Xyloryctidae. Its only species, Xerocrates proleuca, is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1890.

Zaphanaula hemileuca is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Zaphanaula. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1896. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Phelotis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Guest in 1887. Its single species, Phelotis cognata, the long-fringed bark moth, first described by Francis Walker in 1860, is found in Australia.

Ramphia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852. Its only species, Ramphia albizona, was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1817. It is found in equatorial South America.

Antiptilotis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897 and contains the species Antiptilotis rubicunda. It is found in Indonesia (Java and Sulawesi).

Nolasena is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Nolasena ferrifervens, is found in India, Sri Lanka, Borneo and the Philippines. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1858.

Cereophagus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Cereophagus futilalis, which is found in Argentina.

genus of insects

Cunibertoides is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Boris Balinsky in 1991. Its only species, Cunibertoides nigripatagiata, described by the same author, is known from South Africa.

Cristia is a genus of snout moths. It was described in 1964 by Paul E.S. Whalley, who, in the same article also described the species C. sericeana which is known from New Guinea.

species of insect

Thomictis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Thomictis ephorista, which is found in Guyana.

Megaphysa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It contains only one species, Megaphysa herbiferalis, described by the same author in the same year, which is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Asphalia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1821. Its only species, Asphalia ruficollis, was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Greece and Asia Minor.

Epithetica typhoscia is a moth in the family Depressariidae, and the only species in the genus Epithetica. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1923 and is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

Archicnephasia is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae. It contains only one species, Archicnephasia hartigi, which is found in Italy.

Polyvena is an extinct genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae. It contains only one species (Polyvena horatius) which was described from Dominican amber.

Prohepialus is an extinct genus of insect of uncertain phylogenetic placement. It was originally identified as a moth in the family Hepialidae; however, Simonsen, Wagner & Heikkilä (2019) considered it more likely to be a symphytan wasp. It contains only one species, Prohepialus incertus, which was described from a Thanetian crater lake diatomite (Paleocene) in Menat (Puy-de-Dôme), France. A second specimen is known from the Bembridge Marls (Eocene) in the United Kingdom.

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

Megalophycita is a monotypic snout moth genus that was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1953. Its single species, Megalophycita albicostella, which was described by the same author, is found in Mauritania.

Neocorodes is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Neocorodes amnesta which is found on Cyprus.

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

Morwennius is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Alan Charles Cassidy, Michael G. Allen and Tony W. Harman in 2002. Its only species, Morwennius decoratus, the ornamented hawkmoth, was described by Frederic Moore in 1872.

Porotica is a genus of moths, belonging to the family Coleophoridae containing only one species, Porotica astragalis, which is known from South Africa.

Myrmidonistis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It contains only one species, Myrmidonistis hoplora, described in the same article, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Megalophota is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1918. Its only species, Megalophota leonella, described in the same article, is found in Sierra Leone.

Rhimphaliodes is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1893. Its only species, Rhimphaliodes macrostigma, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Sri Lanka, on Borneo and in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Mimopolyocha is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1925. Its only species, Mimopolyocha obscurella, had been described by the same author in 1911. It is found in Russia.

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

Magiriopsis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. Its only species, Magiriopsis denticosella, was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1912, as a species of Sematoneura, but was reassigned to Magiriopsis by Heinrich in 1956. It is found in Mexico.

Lophoditta is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890. Its only species, Lophoditta tuberculata, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1870. It is found in Puerto Rico.

Ogilvia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1930. Its only species, Ogilvia pulverealis, was described by the same author but in 1899. It is found in Yemen.

Sundwarda is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1901. Its only species, Sundwarda dohertyi, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1901. It is found in Malaysia.

Coptarthria is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot, in 1893, and contains the species C. dasypyga. It is found in Colombia and Guatemala.

Rhynchephestia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Pyralidae described by George Hampson in 1930. Its single species, Rhynchephestia rhabdotis, described by the same author in the same year, is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Pachydyta is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Pachydyta clitozona, which is found in Brazil and French Guiana.

Anopyrops is a monotypic moth genus in the family Epipyropidae. Anopyrops corticina, its sole species, was described by Karl Jordan in 1928 and is found in French Guiana and Suriname.

Foveabathra is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1996. Its only species, Foveabathra venusta, described by Warren in 1899, is found in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.

Modunga is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Modunga palpigera, is known from Borneo. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1863.

Axyrostola is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains only one species, Axyrostola acherusia, which is found in Burma.

Tosacantha is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Tosacantha atmocyma, is known from Uganda. Both the genus and the species were first described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1961.