Monotypic moth genera

Drepanojana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its single species, Drepanojana fasciata, is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893.

Nyearctia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Watson in 1975. Its only species, Nyearctia leucoptera, was first described by George Hampson in 1920. It is found in French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and Venezuela.

Neocrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Neocrambus wolfschlaegeri, it is found in North Macedonia, Greece and Kurdistan.

Pseudoschinia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Pseudoschinia elautalis, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas.

Liopycnas is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Liopycnas percnombra, which is found in Japan.

Puerphorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae containing only one species, Puerphorus olbiadactylus, which is known from Yemen, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, southern Europe and Turkey.

Difundella is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It contains the species Difundella corynophora, described by the same author, found in Panama.

Pelinopsis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Paul Dognin in 1905. Its only species, Pelinopsis pachyzanclodes, described at the same time, is found in Loja Province, Ecuador.

Ischnocanaba is a monotypic moth of the Heliozelidae family described by John David Bradley in 1961. Its only species, Ischnocanaba euryzona, described by the same author in the same year, is found on Guadalcanal.

Marzigetta is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Marzigetta obliqua, is known from Mexico. Both the genus and the species were first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1918.

Calymma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its single species, Calymma communimacula, was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in central and southern Europe and from Turkey to Transcaucasia and the Middle East.

Mesopsestis is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the subfamily Thyatirinae of the Drepanidae and was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1921. Its single species, Mesopsestis undosa, was described by Wileman in 1911. It is found in Japan.

Stockophorus charitopa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae and the only member of the genus Stockophorus. It is known from Bolivia.

Mimophobetron is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1950. It contains only one species, Mimophobetron pyropsalis, described by George Hampson in 1904, which is found in Central America (Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras), the Bahamas and Florida.

Cleptophasia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae described by Prout in 1918. It consists of only one species, Cleptophasia scissa, first described by William Warren in 1909, which is found in Brazil, French Guiana and Venezuela.

Azanicola is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Boris Balinsky in 1991. Its single species, Azanicola adspersa, described by the same author, is found in South Africa.

Indomalayia is a monotypic genus of snout moths that was first described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler and Peter Victor Küppers in 1979. Its sole species is Indomalayia flabellifera, originally described by George Hampson in 1896 as Spatulipalpia flabellifera, which is found in India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Fergusson Island and Australia.

Arhodia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Arhodia lasiocamparia, the pink arhodia, is found in mainland Australia and Tasmania. Both the genus and species were first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.

Callicereon is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. Its only species, Callicereon heterochroa, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1879. It is found on Madagascar.

Aphrophantis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Aphrophantis velifera, which is found on Fiji.

Metoecis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Paul Mabille in 1879. Its only species, Metoecis carnifex, was described by Charles Coquerel in 1855. It is found on Madagascar and South Africa.

Eumacrodes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1905. Its only species, Eumacrodes yponomeutaria, first described by Achille Guenée in 1858, is found in the Caribbean and North America.

Grillotius is a genus of moths of the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Grillotius bergeri, which is known from Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Psychophasma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. Its only species, Psychophasma erosa, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1858. It is found in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru.

Bonaberiana is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Bonaberiana crassisquama, is found in sub-Saharan Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Strand in 1915.

Megalodes is a genus of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae. This genus has a single species, Megalodes eximia.

Scoliosia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by George Hampson in 1914. Its single species, Scoliosia brunnescens, was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1912. It is found in Papua and Papua New Guinea.

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

Centropseustis is a monotypic genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Centropseustis astrapora, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

Hemiloba is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Charles Swinhoe in 1901. It contains only one species, Hemiloba excisa, described in the same article. It is found in India.

Apsidophora is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae. It contains only one species, Apsidophora purpurorbis, which is found in Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and New Guinea.

Spartopteryx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1858. Its only species, Spartopteryx kindermannaria, was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1871.

Symmacra is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1896. Its only species, Symmacra solidaria, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Borneo east to Fiji, Samoa and Australia.

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.

Trichocosmia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It contains only one species, Trichocosmia inornata, which is found from Texas to California, north to Utah.

Xanthetis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1900. Its single species, Xanthetis luzonica, was first described by Felder in 1875. It is found in the Philippines.

Aplasta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its only species, Aplasta ononaria, the rest harrow, was first described by Johann Kaspar Füssli in 1783. It is found in southern Europe to Anatolia and from England to the Baltic states.

Paracorsia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by H. Marion in 1959. It contains only one species, Paracorsia repandalis, described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Fennoscandia and the Baltic region. It has also been recorded from central Asia, including Iran and Kyrgyzstan and North America where it has been recorded in southern Ontario and northern Indiana.

Lepidotarphius is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Glyphipterigidae described by Pryer in 1877. Its single species, Lepidotarphius perornatella, was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in China and the Russian Far East.

species of insect

Atypha is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821. Its only species, Atypha pulmonaris, was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1790. It is found in southern and central Europe, northern Turkey, Transcaucasia and the Caucasus.

Paragalasa is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae. It contains only one species, Paragalasa exospinalis, which is found in Arizona.

Issikiocrania is a genus of moths of the family Eriocraniidae. It contains only one species, Issikiocrania japonicella, which is found in Honshu , Japan.

Dyspteris is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae and was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Dyspteris abortivaria, commonly known as the bad-wing. This species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855 and is found in North America.

Pararotruda is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Roesler in 1965, and contains the species Pararotruda nesiotica. It is found on the Canary Islands and Madeira.

Eccopisa is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848.

Argyphia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae described by Saalmuller in 1891. Its only species, Argyphia arcifera, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1881. It is found in Madagascar and the Comoros.

species of insect

Erythrolophus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Erythrolophus fascicorpus, is found in Assam, India. Both the genus and species were described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.

Frostetola is a genus of moth within the family Castniidae. It was described by José Oiticica Filho in 1955, and contains the single species Frostetola gramivora. It is known from Brazil.

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.

Fotella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Fotella notalis, is found in the US in the Big Bend region of western Texas, southern Arizona, southern California and southern Nevada. The habitat consists of dry deserts. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1882.

Micromartinia is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Micromartinia mnemusalis, which is found in Costa Rica, Brazil, French Guiana and Venezuela.

Pterapherapteryx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by John Curtis in 1825. Its only species, Pterapherapteryx sexalata, the small seraphim, was first described by Anders Jahan Retzius in 1783. It is found in central and northern Europe and south-east Russia.

Castronia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1912. Its only species, Castronia apostata, was first described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in Brazil.

Neopheosia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1920. Its only species, Neopheosia fasciata, was first described by Frederic Moore in 1888. It is found in the Himalayas, Taiwan, Sundaland, Buru and Japan.

Stegothyris is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Stegothyris fasciculalis, which is found in Madagascar and South Africa. ==Holotype== The holotype of 'Stenia fasciculalis' Zeller, 1852 is illustrated on the web pages of Swedish Museum of Natural History. ==References==

genus of insects

Micropaschia is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Micropaschia orthogrammalis, was described by George Hampson in 1906. It is found in French Guiana.

Nigetia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Nigetia formosalis, the thin-winged algibelle or thin-winged owlet moth, has a scattered distribution in eastern North America from Ontario to Connecticut, south to Florida and Texas. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1866.