Monotypic moth genera

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.

Macaretaera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It contains only one species, Macaretaera hesperis, described by the same author in the same year, which is found in India, Vietnam, Australia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea and on Fiji.

Malacodea is a monotypic genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Malacodea regelaria, is found from Fennoscandia and Estonia to northern Siberia. Both the genus and species were first described by Johan Martin Jakob von Tengström in 1869.

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).

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.

Aethaloida is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by James Halliday McDunnough in 1920. Its only species, Aethaloida packardaria, was first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1888. It is found in the US state of California.

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.

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.

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.

Psychomorpha is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839. Its only species, Psychomorpha epimenis, the grapevine epimenis, was first described by Dru Drury in 1782. It is found in eastern North America as far west as the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Abrenthia is a genus of Glyphipterigidae (sedge moths). It was described by August Busck in 1915, and contains only one species Abrenthia cuprea. This species is found in North America, including Florida, Illinois and Iowa.

Oligographa is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species Oligographa juniperi, which is known from South Africa and Mozambique. The species is commonly known as the juniper hawk moth.

Micracosmeryx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Rudolf Mell in 1922. Its only species, Micracosmeryx chaochauensis, described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1922, is known from southern China and northern Vietnam.

Mouralia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, consisting of only one species Mouralia tinctoides. It is found from Florida to South-east Texas, Georgia, Southern California, the Antilles, from Mexico through Brazil to Northern Argentina and in Peru.

Paracataclysta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Crambidae described by Yutaka Yoshiyasu in 1983. Its single species, Paracataclysta fuscalis, was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in South-east Asia (including Sri Lanka and Borneo), northern Australia and Africa.

Amphisbatis is a monotypic genus of moths belonging to the family Oecophoridae. The only species is Amphisbatis incongruella. It is found in Europe.

Aethosia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species, Aethosia ectrocta, is found in Haiti. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1900.

Gastrina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Gastrina cristaria, the wave-lined geometrid, is found in the south-eastern quarter of Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.

Curbia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1894. Its single species, Curbia martiata, described by Achille Guenée in 1857, is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

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.

Divana is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae. It was erected by Jacqueline Y. Miller in 1982, and contains the single species Divana diva, first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1870. It is known from Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia.

Atralata is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Atralata albofascialis, which is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Finland, Lithuania and Greece.

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.

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.

Blepharucha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Blepharucha zaide, which is found in South Africa.

Baptria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Its only species, Baptria tibiale, was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1791. It is found in central and northern Europe.

Psilogaster is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae, first described by Reichenbach in 1817. Its only species, Psilogaster loti, described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1810, is found in south-western Europe and North Africa.

Cantheleamima is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Boris Balinsky in 1994. Its only species, Cantheleamima excisa, described in the same publication, is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Cirrolygris is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae first described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Cirrolygris momaria, was first described by Snellen in 1874. It is found in Colombia.

Neotrichura is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Herbert Druce in 1896. Its single species, Neotrichura nigripes, was first described by Franciscus J. M. Heylaerts in 1890. It is found in Panama and the Brazilian states of Paraná and Rio de Janeiro.

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Janseodes is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Pierre Viette in 1967. Its only species, Janseodes melanospila, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in India, South Africa and the US state of Florida.

Cyrtojana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its only species, Cyrtojana trilineata, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1911.

Aracima is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Aracima muscosa, is found in Primorye, Amur, Sakhalin, China, Korea and Japan. Both the genus and species were first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.

Holcoceroides is a monotypic genus of carpenter moths (family Cossidae). It includes only the species Holcoceroides ferrugineotincta and is doubtfully distinct from Holcocerus. Like the latter, its relationships to other Cossidae are not determined with certainty. The species is found in Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Sudan.

Cacoecimorpha is a monotypic moth genus of the family Tortricidae. Cacoecimorpha pronubana—the carnation tortrix—is its sole species and is found in Europe, northern Africa, South Africa, Anatolia and North America. thumb|left|200px|Larva thumb|left|200px|Pupa

Discothyris is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Discothyris ferruginata, which is found in Taiwan and India.

Evecliptopera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Inoue in 1982. Its only species, Evecliptopera decurrens, first described by Frederic Moore in 1888, is found in northern India, Nepal, south-western China, Japan, the Russian Far East and Taiwan.

Uranometra is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae. It contains the single species Uranometra oculata, which is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo and Uganda.

Sinocharis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Sinocharis korbae, is found in south-eastern Siberia and Japan. Both the genus and species were first described by Püngeler in 1912.

Diceratucha xenopis is a moth of the family Oenosandridae and only member of the monotypic genus Diceratucha. It is found in Australia.

Lepidojulia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Lepidojulia arnaui, is found in the Tucumán Province of Argentina. Both the genus and species were first described by Orfila in 1952.

Mojavia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae erected by Eugene G. Munroe in 1961. It contains only one species, Mojavia achemonalis, which was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1914. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas.

Hypidota is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Hypidota neurias, is found in Brazil. Both the genus and the species were first described by William Schaus in 1904.

Edulica is a monotypic snout moth genus first described by George Hampson in 1901. Its single species, Edulica compedella, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1881, is found in Colombia.

Xanthostege is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Eugene G. Munroe in 1976.

Graphelysia is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae. It contains only one species, Graphelysia strigillata, which can be found in south-eastern Peru; it was historically misclassified on multiple occasions, but in 2010 was determined to belong to the subfamily Agaristinae.

Neophemula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It contains the single species Neophemula vitrina.

Jakuarte is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Pierre Viette in 1953. Its single species, Jakuarte martinalis, described in the same article, is known from Madagascar.

Misogada is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae erected by Francis Walker in 1865. Its only species, Misogada unicolor, the drab prominent, was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1864. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Saskatchewan.

Irigilla is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1900. Its only species, Irigilla nypsiusalis, was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found on Borneo.

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Hyboloma is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1891. Its only species, Hyboloma nummosalis, described in the same article, is found on Borneo.

Pseudothyatira is a monotypic moth genus of the family Drepanidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. Its only species, Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides, the tufted thyatirid moth, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America in Newfoundland, British Columbia, northern California, Maryland, West Virginia, Kansas and North Carolina.

Aventiola is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Staudinger in 1892. Its only species, Aventiola pusilla, was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in Japan and south-eastern Siberia.

Ecbletodes is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1904, and contains a single species, E. psephenias. It is found in Australia.

Scaptesylomima bicoloroides is a moth in the family Immidae and the sole species of genus Scaptesylomima. It was described by Lutz W. R. Kobes in 1989. It is found on Sumatra.

Epitherina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Eugen Wehrli in 1938. Its only species, Epitherina kusnetzovi, was described by Jaan Viidalepp in 1992.

Lepidolutzia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Rego Barros in 1956. Its only species, Lepidolutzia baucis, was first described by Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1823. It is found on Cuba, Bolivia and the Brazilian state of Pará.

Pseudarctia nivea is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae. The genus Pseudarctia includes only this species, which was previously classified in the Arctiinae (subfamily of tiger and lichen moths) but later reclassified as a tussock moth (subfamily Lymantriinae). The species was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1899 and is found in Uganda.